A Man About the House is a 1942 novel by the British writer Francis Brett Young.

[1] Two sisters living a life of genteel poverty in North Bromwich discover that they have inherited a villa near Capri from an uncle.

In the warmth of the Italian climate they both flourish, but the presence of the villa's handyman provides a troubling note.

In 1946 Flora Robson and Basil Sydney appeared in a stage adaptation A Man About the House by John Perry at the Piccadilly Theatre in the West End.

[2] In 1947 it was made into a British film of the same title directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Dulcie Gray, Margaret Johnston and Kieron Moore.