It could be described more accurately as "work for room and board—in a luxury mansion". There are lots of programs where people work for room and board in orde

It could be described more accurately as "work for room and board—in a luxury mansion". There are lots of programs where people work for room and board in order to have an interesting experience that's different from their everyday lives. Maybe a lot of people would want to do this one. But indeed, it's not really "for free".