User blog comment:AveryWood/Realistic Skyrim and My Opinions on Hearthfire and Dawnguard/@comment-24.156.111.185-20120907022555/@comment-3492791-20120907023524

From what i've read of Hearthfire, its even worse than I imagined. And I didn't want it when I thought it was better.

You buy land, build foundation, build small house. You choose one of the three prechoosen (prefurnished) types of rooms in each of the three spots you're allowed to add. It's basicly the same exact house system we currently have, but you have to build in the middle of nowhere and you get a slight level of customization.

Not even close to worth $5 to me. Most interesting part of the whole add-on is why your adopted children love you so much when you leave them complety alone in a house in the midle of the wilderness for months at a time.