"I doubt the stench is any better at another location we'd choose," Rodolphus pointed out, and he would dare to criticize her rather rudimentary attempt at cooking, but yes a home with an Elf would be far preferrable. "Unless you'd rather skulk with Snape and the rat at Grimmauld Place, that is?" Which they'd been avoiding on principle - the were a married couple, with a certain need for privacy, after all - but Rodolphus did suspect that the food was better.