[Jarrod]

Coming from someone who's been in the house and around the camera runs for the last three series, it's impossible to merge the houses together. There's a single corridor that connects the houses together.

The "Other House" is actually higher than the main house, it's build on a mound and there's quite a bit of distance between the main house and the other house. There's a lot of camera run between the two houses too. The houses can't be put together as it wouldn't work for camera men and for practical reasons to do with production.