private void confiscate(final HousePortal portal){
  notifyIfNeeded(portal.getOwner(),"You have neglected to pay your house taxes for too long. " + "Your house has been repossessed to cover the debt to the state.");
  logger.info("repossessed " + portal.getDoorId() + ", which used to belong to "+ portal.getOwner());
  portal.changeLock();
  portal.setOwner("");
}

private void confiscate ( final HousePortal portal ) { notifyIfNeeded ( portal . getOwner ( ) , "You have neglected to pay your house taxes for too long. " + "Your house has been repossessed to cover the debt to the state." ) ; logger . info ( "repossessed " + portal . getDoorId ( ) + ", which used to belong to " + portal . getOwner ( ) ) ; portal . changeLock ( ) ; portal . setOwner ( "" ) ; }
confiscate a house , and notify the owner .
