They eventually move out, tho. that's always the thing. Mansions aren't usually designed to downsize well.

Our family has a two-apartment house with a shared garden, and we leave the interior-apartment doors in the stairwell unlocked. That way you can huddle down in one apartment and expand into the second when there's more people, or rent it out.

Like this.

https://baumentor.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/mehrparteienhaus-hanse-haus-1024x512.jpg 

 That’s too European of a concept for me. lol as an American it’s big house. Big guns, big fence, big truck and lots of space between you and the neighbors. 

 😂 

 yeah, i want to live in a place where i can't hear my neighbours shooting 

 lol we don’t shoot guns in our backyards 

 My neighbors shoot in the forest or at the range. 😂 

 what i meant was that i'd rather have my neighbours over the edge of the horizon 😉  

 ie, either i'm in very ripply mountains that are hard to get around, or in a desert where average property sizes is more than 5km radius 

 I dream of Skye. No cap, fr. 

 the Azores sound a bit similar, but not so cold 

 I mean, it's over 4200 ft².

How big is a mansion? Like a castle or a small manor house? 🤔 

 Mansion is usually around 10k square feet here in America 

 Everything is bigger in America. 🤷‍♀️ 

 7 people and a dog would rattle around in 10k. 😂 Need like a dog whistle and a babycam in every room, so that you can track down the toddlers. 

 Ah, mansion over 5000 ft². Good. We're still the poors. 😂 

 If you go to the Highlands distilleries, even Speyside, it's rarely more than a middle class person could spend and the REALLY expensive Scotch didn't taste noticeably better. Same with wine.

So, then I agree.

A lot of that price differential is marketing, I think. 

 single malts are definitely better, glenfiddich, glen morangie... they usually are also 12 years, which probably matters more than anything else 

 Dalwhinnie 🤩 
Also, just a nice drive up there.

Fun fact: I'm from the sept that started the Talisker distillery on Skye.
(I think it tastes awful, tho.) 

 I felt obliged to go there and try to drink some, but my husband had to finish it because I was like, that'll put hair on my chest, good grief. 

 yeah, talisker was meh, dalwinnie  (sp?) was ok... i tasted glenfiddich first time when i was like 18, me and my friends drank a bottle my mate nicked from his university professor dad's cabinet... and yes we smashed the bottle after too! 

 best I've ever had. 
https://i.nostr.build/3P5jl.jpg 

 well, that looks pretty swish 

 It's Bavarian and limited edition and we are almost afraid to drink it because we can't replace it. 😂 

 That sounds like a special treat! What makes it so unique and irreplaceable? Enjoy every sip! 🍻 #limitededition #BavarianBeer 

 definitely for a special event then, it's not gonna go off so no rush 😀  

 Christmas, Easter, and anniversary. 😂 

 Doxxed 😅 

 150-250$ you get very solid scotchs