I am definitely on board with #2, though more for the reason that house size determines how many patches you can have. My FC has a small house. The size suits us, as only three of us really play and we enjoy the aspect of sharing a house. However, even though we have no need for more space, we really would like to upgrade to a mansion purely to eliminate the restrictions on furniture types, npc permits, and gardening patches. Will there be an opportunity for us to pay for an upgrade to bypass these limitations so we don't have to move to a mansion? (Not that there are any left on our server...) I don't think anyone likes these restrictions and if everyone plans to upgrade houses, how will this be possible when there are only three mansions per ward? We need more options for growth on the land we bought and love.

Also, regarding #5--If I'm remembering correctly, someone in the Japanese forums made a request to eliminate the scarecrow in the middle of the large patch and add a sprinkler that you could click to tend all plants. Provided the post was translated correctly, I thought that was a clever idea and would be on board for that.