A mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. realtors define a mansion as a dwelling of over 8,000 square feet (740 m2). A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms. Today, however, there is no formal definition beyond being a large and well-appointed house. On the other hand a bachelor pad is a slang term for a house (pad) in which a bachelor or bachelors (single men) live. It should not be confused for the formal term “bachelor apartment”, which is used in real estate to refer to an apartment with no bedrooms, in which the main room serves as a bedroom, living room and dining room and sometimes kitchen. The trend now however, is that most people live in luxury condo rentals rather than in mansions or pads.
