From c2298235506ff6ada462f2305f6843f2115d1996 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Trahan <tyler@tylertrahan.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 13:57:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Player-placed house protection for houses should
 override the callback

---
 src/newgrf_house.cpp | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/newgrf_house.cpp b/src/newgrf_house.cpp
index 565927aaa7..6d507be6f4 100644
--- a/src/newgrf_house.cpp
+++ b/src/newgrf_house.cpp
@@ -595,12 +595,16 @@ bool CanDeleteHouse(TileIndex tile)
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	/* The house might be placed by a player or protected by the GRF house flag. */
+	if (IsHouseProtected(tile)) return false;
+
+	/* Check the callback result, if the house uses it. */
 	if (hs->callback_mask.Test(HouseCallbackMask::DenyDestruction)) {
 		uint16_t callback_res = GetHouseCallback(CBID_HOUSE_DENY_DESTRUCTION, 0, 0, GetHouseType(tile), Town::GetByTile(tile), tile);
 		return (callback_res == CALLBACK_FAILED || !ConvertBooleanCallback(hs->grf_prop.grffile, CBID_HOUSE_DENY_DESTRUCTION, callback_res));
-	} else {
-		return !IsHouseProtected(tile);
 	}
+
+	return true;
 }
 
 /**