Demo lite suggestion

[Jojoya]

I'm sure this is probably an unpopular opinion but I think it needs to be said. In my time walking around the housing districts I've seen quite a few houses that go unused, both inside and outside other than just a single Aethernet Crystal. No farming, no choco stable, no decoration, just a blank plot (inside and out) and a crystal thrown in there. I feel plots like this should always be up for demolition, I understand the "I bought it, I'll use it how i want" mentality. But scenarios like this only compound to the issue of scarce housing for those who actually want to partake in the systems that housing allows (decoration, RP, gardening with cross breeds, choco leveling, etc.). My statement about it being up for demo doesnt mean these houses should be outright taken away, because that isnt fair either, but I feel if you arent going to utilize the housing features you should have the house, and leaving it with that demo feature would allow players who are actively playing and at least using the only feature they put on their plot to keep their houses. I'd be for leaving demo timers up permanently but that is less my concern with this post. What are your thoughts on leaving demo up for completely/nearly completely unused plots?

Do you have your character parked outside those houses 24 hours a day, 45 days straight to know beyond doubt that they aren't getting used at all? Because that would be rather creepy and pretty unhealthy for you considering the total lack of sleep.

Just because they aren't being used in the way you would use a house doesn't mean they aren't getting used, especially if it's a FC house with workshop attached. SE isn't about to tell players how they must use the houses that they buy, only that they must enter them once every 45 days to retain possession. If all someone wants the house for is a cheaper teleport option as they move between the various areas of the game world, that's their choice.

I'd rather see SE address the issue of supply in a constructive manner that solves the problem over dreaming up more ways to make it more difficult for players to buy and retain a house that doesn't solve anything in the long run.

[Zedix]

No. The system has a metric for taking away houses that people have. There is no good reason to extend it from the objective(they havent used it in x days) to the subjective(they dont use it well enough). Should my neighbor lose his house for putting up 6 of those namazu effigies that make the horrible grinding noise? Should anyone who ever put up a Paissa housing wall lose their house for bad taste? My yard looks nice and i craft there all the time(i visit my house daily), but my inside isnt finished yet so do i lose my house next?

Do yourself a favor. Dont go around looking at the seemingly empty houses. Nothing good comes of it. Tour the decorated ones for ideas you can use in your own house/apartment instead. Oh, and get an apartment. They dont get demo'd, and you can actually do a LOT more then you might think with one. Its small, but ive seen great work done.

1) They turn off demolition after a time goes by so players may not even be subscribed to the game and the housing stays for months awaiting demo to be turned back on, how is that fair to current active players seeking housing? If my suggestion is so off base then leaving demolition on 24-7-365 should remain a thing to let that metric work the way its intended.
2) I am not proposing to demo people because of subjective opinions on "taste" so that is completely off the point I am raising.
3) No, you wouldn't, it is at least partly furnished, I am purely looking at people who have not furnished/utilized their housing at all, inside or out.

[Zedix]

I'm just trying to think of why the houses might be like that...
Is it possible those people are/were new home owners? Are they still blank?
It's also possible that it's owned by one of those people who buys every house they can "in protest" of not liking this or that about the way housing works.

1) The house has been owned for at least 4 months now, not a new player, house has been blank and still remains blank to this day.
2) Buying houses in protest is, IMO, abhorrent. You are actively taking something away from people who wish to use the limited system to do what exactly? Make a point to "the man?" SE has shown disinterest in changing the housing system from its current state and no amount of community trolling and screaming will change that, buying houses to "protest" does nothing but hurt the people and FC's that actually want to utilize the system as is. Even in its deeply flawed state there are many people who want to do things only housing allows. And if there are actually people who buy houses in protest, they should really rethink what that is doing to the community. They are adding to the problem they want fixed instead of finding home owners who will stand with them, I'm all for adding more wards, creating new districts all together in new areas of the game, but buying houses to make a point is just petty, depressing, and self defeating.