I will say this, where as OP did screw up by not going into his house, it dosent change the fact that the system is rather flawed. If someone is paying a sub, they shouldnt have to go back to their home just to go inside... For those people jumping in and saying they do it with multiple characters, then you technically arent useing your homes as the game intended either and just have them to have them. I dont think thats super wrong, though i will say why would you ever need more than one home is beyond me.

The system should be changed to either no cause time lose as long as your sub is active and only start the timer the moment your sub goes unpaid or at least allow simply being on your property to count seeing as somewhere the game knows who owns the lot and who has permissions because i belive fountains and certain light fixtures as well as the firepit cannot be used by people who are not owners or part of said fc.