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Lunchbox -- I think you misunderstand Mantus' and my position. It's not that the house doesn't exist unless it's perceived -- it that's it's not a house unless it's perceived. To slip into Heideggerese (if you'll forgive me), the being of objects is primordially readiness to hand; that is, objects have their being as objects of use for us.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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