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Thanks for all your replies! The Bakfiets certainly feels easier and more forgiving to ride than the Bullitt.
Having ridden them both, what interesting is how it steer, with the Bakfiets, you can turn hard on the handlebar only for the front wheel to turn slightly, whether on the Bullitt, turning hard mean you are turning hard.
All to do with the linkage, easiest way to explain is like the difference in cable pull with cantilevers and v brakes.
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Thanks for all your replies! The Bakfiets certainly feels easier and more forgiving to ride than the Bullitt. During our short on/off test the wife mentioned that riding the Bullitt made her feel constantly on edge whereas she felt totally at ease on the Bakfiets.
Riding the Bullitt was not helped by the steering rod being connected to the wrong hole on the forks, thus making left turns impossible with the tyre constantly making contact! The stem was the length of a continental pro's/90's mtb and the saddle was an awful WTB number that fitted neither of our arses!
As mentioned we'll look to test ride around where we live for a proper assessment, but will insist on shortening the stretch on the Bullitt to help the wife feel more at home. I heard the Douze is meant to handle very well so hopefully we can get hold of one of those as it has a step-through frame to boot.