sakumabali wrote
You built or bought the house and just contracted the land is that correct? Totally depends on your agreements in the contract.
Generally you own everything on the land when you leave and can't agree on a continuation. The lessee is by law not so defenseless as many think (says my notary)
If you own the house and could knock it down and your landlord wants it why not make a deal with him? Like I give you the house if you give me free extension of x years? Or we together rent it to a new party and we split the money x / x? ... etc
As Sakumabali states -
It starts with the contract - which needs to be in Indonesian to be legally valid - and goes from there. So you should start there.
In the absence of any detail you'll have to overcome the "that's how it works here" mentality and attempting to agree a fair price and sell to the land owner seems a good course of action - though I'd expect major pushback.
I'd also heard of foreigners having some success in the courts regards legal remedy (dont know the specifics of the claims) however I imagine legal costs would be significant if you went this way.
Good luck
