It is said that he was such a posey and perverse fellow as he lived in a unique house which had a back door inside of the front gate and an entrance to the backyard although a common house had the entrance inside of the front gate ("Legends of Masters, Diary of a Film Reviewer in the Fields" written by Shozo ISHIZAKA, published by Sanichi Shobo).
目立ちたがり屋で、ヘソ曲がりの中平は、住んでいる家も常識破りの家で、普通、家は門を入ると玄関があるが、中平の家は門を入ると裏口があり、裏に回ると玄関がある、という不思議な一風変わった家であったと伝えられる（石坂昌三著『巨匠たちの伝説映画記者現場日記』三一書房）。