It holds 15 common housing and Four would give a worker pop of 3600 which should be enough for most maps. Four would also give 14 companies (6 would max you out) of companies that should be able to rearm fast. It has a 22 wide by 20 tall footprint so it is not even that big. I tried to get compact and acheive a balance between common and elite housing. It may run into trouble in initial scenarios that do not allow avenues. In this case a road behind the left and bottom houses would be required till avenues become available. I haven't tested in desirability-wise for the differing difficulty levels. A fish pond may need to replace two houses and two gazebos below the inner manors to make it work at a cost of 120 people. [This message has been edited by SenetEr (edited 11-22-2000).]