@lakewhut
Who determines need?
Our home is 17 rooms.
It was only 8 when we bought it, but expanded over the decades,
We never wanted our children to share bedrooms or bathrooms
Both Mrs. CTL and I have professional offices in the home
All our grandchildren spend the summer with us, all our family spends Pesach with us.
Most important: we paid as we expanded, no borrowing. Much of the work done by us:carpentry, sheet rock, basic electrical, painting.
In our town, our home is large, but there are quite a few bigger. We only have a 2 car garage, more than 1000 houses have 3 car garages or bigger.
SO>what constitutes a mansion by you? I think brick or stone construction, slate roof, walled property with gated entry, servants quarters in the gatehouse or over the garage.
I don’t consider the 12 room vinyl side McMansions of the 2005-2008 era as mansions, just noveau riche oversized homes lacking individuality