At least you can dismantle these ones. With the newer sets it's a bit more problematic.
Yesterday I also received the Egyptian robbers' house as a belated birthday present. It's a really, really nice set and it can also be used for such things as Romans dioramas. I plan to use it for an eventual Jesus diorama - it can be his workshop or something.
Now that I think of it, since the roof can be removed, it could also be used a diorama for that chapter in the gospels, where they lower the sick man from the roof