Resetting Demolition timers

[Jojoya]

Now that SE has announced demolition will resume when patch 6.3 is released

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...dc7f8fbefe7955

there are a few things that should be mentioned to hopefully prevent any problems for those not familiar with how demolition works.

When the Lodestone notice says "enter the estate", it means entering the interior of the house and not just walking into the yard of the house. Some players believed that going to their house to tend their garden without going into the house would be sufficient to reset the timer just to find their house demolished one day. Make sure you go inside the house.

While the demolition timer is supposed to be reset when the owner of a private house or a FC member of the FC that owns the house enters it, this does not always happen. We don't know why the bug occurs, only that it does sometimes.

If you need to reset the demolition timer for your house to prevent a demolition, after you enter the house double-check the Estate Timers in your Timers list (as shown in the Lodestone topic) to make certain your timer has reset. If it does not, interact with an interactive furnishing inside of your house such as a Summoning Bell. This should cause the timer to update.

Because there is no way of telling when this bug will occur, it is a good idea to get in the habit of checking the Estate Timers at least one a month. (As an example, I also check my Estate Timers when I go into Timers after weekly reset to see what my Custom Deliveries for the week will be.)

Important: tenants entering a private estate do not reset the demolition timer. It is only reset by the owner entering.

Just because you do not receive an email regarding a pending demolition does not mean your house is safe. There have been multiple reports of players never receiving an email even though their correct email address is on file. There have also been multiple reports of players without a house getting demolition notice emails for houses they have never owned or for FC houses when they've never been part of the listed FC.

It is far better to refer to the Estate Timers to check the status of your house than wait for an email.

[Shibi]

This bit is dangerous. Be aware.

Please be advised that the timer will resume immediately after patch data is made available for download during the scheduled maintenance for Patch 6.3. Because of this, there is a possibility the auto-demolition timer may expire for certain estates before maintenance has ended.

So make sure you reset before maintenance happens. Some houses will demo during maintenance.

[Frizze]

I mean, its true that some houses COULD demo during maintenance, but only if they were already at less then 1 day left on the timer before it was suspended a year ago and in the year since they havent gone into the house to reset it. Im going to hazard a guess that this number will be terribly small, approaching zero. By all means, everyone be safe and use your house. But i kinda doubt that first day will see much movement in the way of open houses.

[LaylaTsarra]

I mean, its true that some houses COULD demo during maintenance, but only if they were already at less then 1 day left on the timer before it was suspended a year ago and in the year since they havent gone into the house to reset it. Im going to hazard a guess that this number will be terribly small, approaching zero. By all means, everyone be safe and use your house. But i kinda doubt that first day will see much movement in the way of open houses.

Judging from past experience with the resumption of demolition a good number of houses will go but that number pales in comparison to those that will become available 45 days later.

And I agree checking your housing tab is a good idea given entering the house does NOT always reset the timer.

[Themarvin]

Now they just need to nuke these backdoors people use and exploits of old as well for good and everyone is happy because everyone would be on equal ground.