Do housing lottery winners ever expire?

[Akial]

Hello, I won an FC housing lottery awhile back but we decided not to move after all, so I just never accepted the plot. Been anxious to even check it, worried I might accidentally move us, but I figured eventually it'd probably expire.

It hasn't expired, it's been unclaimed since February now I think (the conversation where we decided not to move was Feb 7). Does it just persist forever?

[Zigrin]

You have like 4 days to claim the plot. If you don't you have few months to accept the money back. You will loose like half of the money as a penalty for not claiming the plot. If you will wait too long you will loose all the money. Plot is probably unclaimed because there are more FC plots than FCs and probably noone else bid for it.

[Akial]

I'm not too interested in the money, it was only like 20 million or something. I didn't want to accidentally move the FC by picking the wrong menu option.

So it's possible the reason it still shows up as a winning bid is nobody else has bid on it in any of the lotteries since?

[Reinha]

So it's possible the reason it still shows up as a winning bid is nobody else has bid on it in any of the lotteries since?

No. The house is back on the market after the 4 day result period ends.

[Akial]

Ah I see, thanks guys. It must just show the winning bid message because I could collect the money then, I get it.

I'll check into that.

[Jojoya]

Hello, I won an FC housing lottery awhile back but we decided not to move after all, so I just never accepted the plot. Been anxious to even check it, worried I might accidentally move us, but I figured eventually it'd probably expire.

It hasn't expired, it's been unclaimed since February now I think (the conversation where we decided not to move was Feb 7). Does it just persist forever?

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...796b3f56abbd28

You may finalize your purchase of a plot at any time during the results period. However, should you fail to claim your plot of land during the results period despite having won the lottery, your claim to that plot will be forfeit. Furthermore, a 50% cancellation fee will be deducted from the deposit made at entry.

Refunds of the deposit made at entry will expire 90 days (Earth time) after the results period ends. Please be sure to accept your refund within this allotted time by accessing the same placard by which you entered the lottery.
Failure to accept your refund within the allotted time will result in the loss of said refund.

So if your entry was made in February, it's long past when you could have collected the 50% refund. If the plot is still vacant but the placard is showing a winning entry, it's because someone else won the plot in the current lottery but has not claimed it yet.