While many see the majority of Gypsies as unemployed, Roma workers have long played a prominent role in building houses in Hungary. Initially in the field of adobe bricklaying, later in brick factories and then in the construction industry in general, the role of Roma has become increasingly important, sometimes clinging to their identity, sometimes abandoning it. What can a family achieve in three generations from the 1960s to the present day? And what is the cost of change?