Choosing a house based on external appearance makes about as much sense to me as choosing a surgeon based on how handsome they are. Especially when that appearance ranking has nothing to do with cleanliness, or neatness, but, I don't know how to interpret this, culture or era of origin? Aesthetic, but not based on color or comfort or neatness or cleanness?

I'll never get conspicuous consumption.

This book (and others in the author's series) is a beautiful exploration of that concept: https://www.amazon.com/Not-So-Big-House-Blueprint/dp/1561583...

That is you, and is your right. Some people are more concerned about space and don't care about looks, other care about looks over space. There are thousands of other considerations, and for the most part this is a continuum with many in between choices and trade offs that each makes.