How long does an empty house plot stay vacant before someone automatically claims it?

[Snowifer]

I've heard that a plot can stay empty for a few days, but the safest way is to fill the plot the same day. You can TT to stay in the same day to keep the plot empty.

 

[Tiffany]

The very first villager that moved the plot stayed open for days(until i moved in a camper). This was before i had been to any other islands or had anyone come to mine. after that empty plots were always filled the next day and always a voided villager. I do wonder if the plot would stay open longer if we didn't have any voided villagers to be dumped on us.

 

[Miss Misty]

The very first villager that moved the plot stayed open for days(until i moved in a camper). This was before i had been to any other islands or had anyone come to mine. after that empty plots were always filled the next day and always a voided villager. I do wonder if the plot would stay open longer if we didn't have any voided villagers to be dumped on us.

It's random. Even if you don't have anyone in your move-in queue, sometimes the game will generate one for you after one day of the plot being empty. You have a better chance of going longer without being assigned a villager if you don't pick up voided villagers, but it's not a guarantee.

 

[Mezzanine]

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