Talk:Shack/@comment-1838919-20140904020826

This building really is a higher level replacement for the Hovel.

It produces about double the gold and experience per day/per population, while using half the space.

Its two problems are #1 cost, and #2 uneven population provided. You get +5 population maximum per level and this building only provides 4, so you may need to construct other houses to fill in the gap.