It may not have exactly replicated the experience of sleeping rough and alone in an ill-lit doorway and potentially in danger, but it was nevertheless icily cold and a very long way from most people’s idea of creature comforts on a November night.

And anyway, as the poster in of the pictures points out, there are many types of homelessness.

Over 100 Propertymark agents and suppliers slept out last Thursday night to raise money for the charity Centrepoint, which works with young homeless people.

At the last count, this remarkable industry effort raised £61,373.13, with money still coming in, and well in excess of the original £40,000 target.

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/sleepout-propertymark