Oh so very lucky! I do enjoy the everliving stuffing out of my small house and hope, now that i've saved enough to upgrade when kugane opens up, to move on to even bigger things!
If you had more Gil you COULD probably buy a house though, there are always 'flippers" with housing lots available for excessive amounts.
I'm just agog at someone who'd say it's worthless when enough of it could get you almost anything your little heart desires in this game including Savage completion.
I might add: Crafting itself just slows with limited inventory, I capped out all my professions at 60 with no extra retainers, and I'm on my way to do it again soon (although I have now caved and have an extra 2 retainers) . I mainly waited so the market prices would die down from the insanity at expansion launch.