While I understand why we have the timer, I do feel the present system could be improved.

- a pop-up notice that your house is due for demolition would be useful, rather than hiding it on a sub-menu that many people don't even look at or know about.
- Indefinite storage of furnishings. I really feel for people who lose seasonal items and other stuff that has sentimental value. The time limit applies to people with a FC room who are kicked from their FC or whose FC goes inactive while they are taking a break, as well as people like the OP.
This is the only subscription game I know of that deletes player assets in this manner, even if the player in question is paying a sub.

Personally, I feel paying a sub should be enough to secure your house. However, with the housing shortage we have, I know that won't get support. A large number of players desperate for a house seem eager to devise ways of taking houses away from others rather than pushing for Square to find some way of increasing the supply. Apartments were a step in the right direction but they need to have more features added and the option to increase the size, before people will accept them as a good substitute for a house.