diff --git a/frontend/src/components/falukant/House3D.vue b/frontend/src/components/falukant/House3D.vue
index 5217607..a5c8cd1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/falukant/House3D.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/falukant/House3D.vue
@@ -204,12 +204,14 @@ export default {
       }
 
       const ageScale = requestedAge <= 3 ? 0.6 : requestedAge <= 7 ? 0.8 : requestedAge <= 12 ? 0.9 : 0.98;
-      this.renderedCharacter.scale.setScalar((1.7 / maxDimension) * ageScale);
+      // Overview figures should read as a person standing next to the house,
+      // rather than filling the same visual volume as the building.
+      this.renderedCharacter.scale.setScalar((1.15 / maxDimension) * ageScale);
       const scaledBox = new modelRuntime.Box3().setFromObject(this.renderedCharacter);
       const center = scaledBox.getCenter(new modelRuntime.Vector3());
-      // The house model is centered at z=0. Place the figure a little in
-      // front of it, rather than overlaying an unrelated canvas.
-      this.renderedCharacter.position.set(-center.x, -scaledBox.min.y, 0.62 - center.z);
+      // The house model is centered at z=0. Keep the figure to one side and
+      // clearly in front of it, instead of letting the meshes visually merge.
+      this.renderedCharacter.position.set(0.72 - center.x, -scaledBox.min.y, 0.85 - center.z);
       this.scene.add(this.renderedCharacter);
     },
     render() {