Suddenly without a house

[Enkidoh]

Again, just 'being' inside a house doesn't stop the automatic demolition - you/the home owner have to make use of house functions like summoning a retainer or moving furniture around. Just standing in it chatting on a linkshell does not stop the demolition timer. Many players have been caught out by this, and I'm pretty sure SE would look at this and make the same conclusion. "Working as Intended" I'm afraid.

[MrThinker]

Again, just 'being' inside a house doesn't stop the automatic demolition - you/the home owner have to make use of house functions like summoning a retainer or moving furniture around. Just standing in it chatting on a linkshell does not stop the demolition timer. Many players have been caught out by this, and I'm pretty sure SE would look at this and make the same conclusion. "Working as Intended" I'm afraid.

Is this true? I'm pretty sure it was just "entering the actual house" rather than actuallly moving furniture and stuff.

[Hasrat]

Is this true? I'm pretty sure it was just "entering the actual house" rather than actuallly moving furniture and stuff.

Ehh, it's iffy. Stepping in and immediately stepping out or logging off, maybe probably likely the game doesn't totally register it. Interacting with something in the house is, at worst, just a safety measure to ensure the game has recognized the house is in use. For all we know, it may even be an intended feature. If you're not actually "using" the house, the game's prepared to kick you out for someone else that potentially might get more "use" out of it. If it's something you only enter to reset the timer once every 40 days or so, an argument can be made that you don't really "need" it.

[MicahZerrshia]

Is this true? I'm pretty sure it was just "entering the actual house" rather than actuallly moving furniture and stuff.

When you step in it will tell you the demo timer has been shut off if it was getting close to the end. But sometimes, even when players get that msg and hang out in their house for awhile, the timer bugs out, doesn't seem to actually shut off and their house gets reclaimed anyway. You should always interact with something just in case.

[MistakeNot]

Again, just 'being' inside a house doesn't stop the automatic demolition - you/the home owner have to make use of house functions like summoning a retainer or moving furniture around. Just standing in it chatting on a linkshell does not stop the demolition timer. Many players have been caught out by this, and I'm pretty sure SE would look at this and make the same conclusion. "Working as Intended" I'm afraid.

Just being inside a house should and usually does prevent the demolition timer from ticking down. I know that from experience, having a character house without anything interactive in it and where I haven't changed decoration for several months at a time.
Now, it is entirely possible that there is a bug such that sometimes you actually need to interact with something inside to reset the demolition timer, but it is certainly not commonplace.