Last year I spent quite a while watching house-selling and house-diy programs on British TV (we're selling our family house), and I was struck by the importance that was placed on PRIVACY. Personally I don't give a damn what the neighbours can see, but the estate agents and others kept emphasising the high fences or walls, the thick foliage, the detached nature of a house, blinds and curtains and other ways to make it even more private or secluded. Now this means that people buying these must be looking for privacy. So then, when they have a stroke or whatever, is it any surprise that no-one notices it?