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Ive been following this thread with interest

And I think a point needs to be made that hasn't been
made yet. But if it has please excuse me.

That point is this:

Don buy TOO much house. Buy the amount of house you
need.

Seems like here in the US people are buying mini
mansions for only two people to live in. And getting
in massive debt for it

Good advice? Bad advice?

The rub there is in defining "too much" and "need" - what seems outrageously
luxurious (or restrictive) to one person may seem just right to someone
else.

You might as well enjoy what your earnings can buy - you sure can't take it
with you.

I find the term "mini-mansion" something of an oxymoron - a mansion is a
large imposing residence, or the house of the lord of a manor, or a separate
apartment or lodging in a large structure (it's also one of the 28 parts
into which the moon's monthly path through the sky is divided). From the
way you use the term, it seems that you intend the first meaning listed.
How do you have a small "large imposing residence"?

I suspect what most people mean by the term is "a house bigger than mine".
That's just jealousy/sour grapes.