I'm not sure I understand the complaint many of you have about housing. You want the largest plots for the largest mansion to hold all your stuff, but there aren't enough large plots and the one's out there are too expensive. Gee, sounds like real life. I'm not in a FC, so for me (crafter/gatherer) a personal house is a necessity. I started with a small house, went to a medium, and just got a large first-class plot because NOBODY WANTED TO PAY FULL PRICE! So, while you're playing a waiting game watching the value go down, I bought what you wanted but didn't want to pay for. Yeah, paying 50m kinda dents the pocket, but what else am I going to spend gil on? As Ashe (xAshe10x) told me once when I was sniveling about the cost of large plots (yeah, I did it too) "you'll make that back in 3 months growing crops". BTW, my server typically has 10-15 smalls and 3-5 mediums and 1 or 2 large for sale every week. If you're a newer FC or beginning player, isn't a small house better than nothing?