The belief that our houses in some way reflect our moral worth is a deeply rooted one. In a foreword to Bungalow Bliss, Fitzsimons wrote: ‘I always believed when growing up that people who live in big houses and look out through big windows must have a superior outlook, a desirable dimension to their character, that is denied to those who are brought up in poky rooms with puny windows – that they must have a deeper perception and broader outlook.’
