Living in the upper storey of a house is better for serving God than living in a lower storey.

Sometimes, the structure of a house prevents the woman [living there] from bearing children. When the beams in the structure are not positioned in the manner designated for them since the six days of Creation, the house is considered a ruin even while standing. This ruin harms the woman and she cannot bear offspring.

At the entrance of a person’s house one can determine if the owner’s ancestral merit has ceased or if it is still in effect.

One should take care that the wood of a fruit-bearing tree was not used in the construction of his house.

Concerning the beams of a building: If one is worthy, they are like the standing seraphim, and the building will remain standing for a long time. If he is not worthy, the seraphim are consumed; this being a most common reason for fires.

It is a bad sign for one’s offspring when he builds a wall and its top part falls off.

A person has pleasure only when he lives in a place where his ancestors once lived.

A segulah for a person moving into a new house is to bring into it a sword, a knife, or some other type of weapon. A hint to this is found in the verse, “A house is built with ChoKhMah (wisdom)” (Proverbs 24:3); the letters standing for “Klei Chamas Me’cheiroteihem (weapons are their wares)” (Genesis 49:5) —[me’cheiroteihem referring alternatively to] “their swords” or “their dwelling places.”

A house’s roof is indicative of what will happen to the group or family living there.