In short, there's very little flexibility. There are also precious few options beyond "do you want this or not?" You get no say in what furniture is installed or where, just whether you want to use the offerings hard-coded into the system, there are no aesthetic options, either interior or exterior. Realistically, I can see limiting buildings to three wings and two towers. Frankly, for the size house you're putting together, being limited to three wings without any possible compromise seems like an artificial limit. But bigger than that is the mutual-exclusion construction model - if you want this room, then you can't have these two no matter what. One such bug prevents expense-free construction, even if you do everything right, which is frustrating to self-sufficient game styles. Little bugs that should be squished during the next update, but it's a little unnerving that Bethesda QA let so many errors slip through. And, if you are so inclined, you can build your house largely without expense it's possible to gather and make the necessary components yourself (more on that in a tick). You are given options on how the house is to be built and what is to go inside. On the positive side, it does enable one to create a home that feels more your own than any other you can buy in the game. Point blank and period, it's about giving the player the chance to put together a home of his or her own, customized to match individual preference. Point blank and period, it's about giving the Hearthfire is relatively up front about what it intends to do and how it intends to do it.
Hearthfire is relatively up front about what it intends to do and how it intends to do it.