What do you consider a mansion?

[CLARENCE 2015!]

In construction we usually considered 8000 to be officially a mansion but public perception is sometimes 6000

[dead0man]

I've never once considered a number when thinking about it.  It's like porn, it's different for everybody, but you'll know it when you see it.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I don't think about it in square feet. I'd day 3 bathrooms is a good litmus test for a single family home.

[dead0man]

I don't think about it in square feet. I'd day 3 bathrooms is a good litmus test for a single family home.

Not in 2011 America it's not.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

That's how I define a mansion. A family with 2 bathrooms is one thing, but 3?

[dead0man]

We've considered putting a bathroom in our basement, it would be the third in the house.  There is no way this place is a mansion.  Maybe in Somalia or Southern California, certainly not here.

[republicanism]

Wouldn't the value of the estate be the only criterion that makes sense?

[Franzl]

Wouldn't the value of the estate be the only criterion that makes sense?

Not necessarily. That depends too strongly on location. What you can get in North Dakota is probably not what you could get with the same money in downtown Munich.

[republicanism]

Wouldn't the value of the estate be the only criterion that makes sense?

Not necessarily. That depends too strongly on location. What you can get in North Dakota is probably not what you could get with the same money in downtown Munich.

Sure, but that is the same argument we had in the "who is rich?"-thread: No one forces you to live in a huge house in downtown Munich.

[Link]

That's how I define a mansion. A family with 2 bathrooms is one thing, but 3?

What kind of deprivation...

[Link]

Wouldn't the value of the estate be the only criterion that makes sense?

Not necessarily. That depends too strongly on location. What you can get in North Dakota is probably not what you could get with the same money in downtown Munich.

Sure, but that is the same argument we had in the "who is rich?"-thread: No one forces you to live in a huge house in downtown Munich.

Not really.  As we all know the most important thing in real estate is location, location, location.

[Yelnoc]

6 or more bedrooms would definitely be a mansion.  I don't know what kind of square footage that would be, though.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I still maintain 3 bathrooms for a single family is too many.

2 sure. 2 and 1 for a unit you rent out, yes. But 3?

[dead0man]

Have you ever lived with a teenage girl?

[Link]

I still maintain 3 bathrooms for a single family is too many.

2 sure. 2 and 1 for a unit you rent out, yes. But 3?

So how much would you say a three bathroom mansion would cost on the low end?  And by low end I mean something bult in the last 15 years that isn't a run down money pit in a seedy neighborhood or in the middle of nowhere.  Please indicate what currency you are using.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I dont know or care.

[Хahar 🤔]

I still maintain 3 bathrooms for a single family is too many.

2 sure. 2 and 1 for a unit you rent out, yes. But 3?

Depends on how many people there are in the family, doesn't it?

[Napoleon]

6 or more bedrooms would definitely be a mansion.  I don't know what kind of square footage that would be, though.

Really?

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I'd agree with that 6 bedrooms thing - for a single family.

[Link]

I still maintain 3 bathrooms for a single family is too many.

2 sure. 2 and 1 for a unit you rent out, yes. But 3?

So how much would you say a three bathroom mansion would cost on the low end?  And by low end I mean something bult in the last 15 years that isn't a run down money pit in a seedy neighborhood or in the middle of nowhere.  Please indicate what currency you are using.

I dont know or care.

Then I must say your analysis is a bit simplistic.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I still maintain 3 bathrooms for a single family is too many.

2 sure. 2 and 1 for a unit you rent out, yes. But 3?

Depends on how many kids.  I grew up as the fourth of four kids in a five bedroom, three bathroom house which was just right for our family size.

[tpfkaw]

I dunno.  Are we talking Manhattan or Harrisburg?

[Ban my account ffs!]

My friend's dad built their house for $70,000 and it has 3 bathrooms.  And 3 bedrooms.  And it's about 2000 sq. feet.  Obviously not a mansion.  Why three bathrooms?  One in the master bedroom, one off the hallway for visitors (and now dad cuz mom kicked him out of the master bath ) and one in the basement (along with a family room, bedroom, and utility/laundry room).

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

If the third bathroom is dedicated to visitors, then I might be willing to push back my definition to 4

[opebo]

clarence you poor guy, I didn't know you were 'in construction'.  Has your unemployment run out?