When viewing a property would you mind if..

tbs624

barnaby-bear wrote: »

Bl^^^dy hell it's cheap where you live - that might stretch to a 2-bed scummy terrace in a rough area round here

Erm..clearly you have never been to Castleford :rotfl:

DKLS

tbs624 wrote: »

:rolleyes: See my post above. The OP isn't saying that his/her bathroom or kitchen needs ripping out or that the property needs gutting - s/he was asking about repainting a room.

Ok Mr pedantic pants, to answer the OP, Yes a terracotta painted room would put me off, unless the house for sale happened to be in the Mediterranean.

A quick coat of a neutral colour, would instantly lift the room, and make it more saleable in my eyes. If a house is neutrally decorated I feel I can move straight in and tackling the house one room at a time, if the place hasnt been touched for years or the sellers have the tastes of the colourblind I would feel that I would have to have all the decor sorted before moving in.

barnaby-bear

kunekune wrote: »

if I see a house all in magnolia I wonder why it's been re-done for sale, and start imagining all kinds of horrors that have been hidden. I like it to look like a home.

see lots of people think the opposite - if you are too lazy to clear the kids toys away, do the garden, or put a fresh lick of paint on the place and you can't afford decent furniture.... your clearly too lazy or poor to have maintained the house - you've clearly neglected the electrics so they'll burn the house down, the flat roof must leak, you won't have bothered buying insulation, the boiler won't have been serviced, in fact the whole place must have a million problems and will fall down....

kunekune

I guess that I am unusually capable of putting up with other people's decor. My rule of thumb is that if it still there two years later, I'm never going to get round to changing it.

We had a flat in Auckland once where there was sort of a feature wall covered in a wallpaper showing Captain Cook first meeting the residents of New Zealand. We actually put up with it for nearly five years, and it wasn't hard to replace. We never got round to changing the shag pile in the living area either, or the avocado bench top. We did change the brown flowered wallpaper in the bedroom, though.

Radsteral

i havent bought a house before , but dont think in this world a lick of paint would make me say yes or no for that house
after all, even if the house was spotless but still people living in there before i buy, i would defenitely paint over, just as a sign of new house and fresh new start.
these who think a lick of paint will blind prospective buyers of the little misshaps and therefore increase value of the house are day dreaming

tbs624

DKLS wrote: »

Ok Mr pedantic pants, to answer the OP, Yes a terracotta painted room would put me off, unless the house for sale happened to be in the Mediterranean. ...

and yet you claim

DKLS wrote: »

... I always buy a house with my head, I leave emotions out of it.

:rotfl:

tbs624

barnaby-bear wrote: »

see lots of people think the opposite - if you are too lazy to clear the kids toys away, do the garden, or put a fresh lick of paint on the place and you can't afford decent furniture.... your clearly too lazy or poor to have maintained the house - you've clearly neglected the electrics so they'll burn the house down, the flat roof must leak, you won't have bothered buying insulation, the boiler won't have been serviced, in fact the whole place must have a million problems and will fall down....

.... and aren't they just the sort of PITA buyer who will wet their pants when they get their survey and be arguing the toss all the way to the morning of exchange of contracts.

Doozergirl

Radsteral wrote: »

i havent bought a house before , but dont think in this world a lick of paint would make me say yes or no for that house
after all, even if the house was spotless but still people living in there before i buy, i would defenitely paint over, just as a sign of new house and fresh new start.
these who think a lick of paint will blind prospective buyers of the little misshaps and therefore increase value of the house are day dreaming

No one is saying it will increase the value but the same house, presented in a way that is appealing to more people will sell faster. A lick of paint isn't going to sell the house faster if the carpet is manky and the bathroom dated though, people will still know it needs updating. You can't pull wool over people's eyes but a room can benefit from being redecorated *properly* in a different colour.

QTPie

Yes, agreed, but if you look back at the poster that you were calling a "precious FTB", he was not just talking superficial decor - he was also talking carpets, bathrooms, kitchen etc...

Paint doesn't cost a LOT to put right (unless you are like my husband and wont do it himself... :rolleyes: ), but as soon as you get into carpets it cn be pretty costly (especially for a large 4/5/6 bedroom house), let alone kitchens and bathrooms...

So the person you quoted (this is like Chinese Whispers...) wasn't being particularly precious...

Like anything, we have to offer what somewhere is worth to us (personally) and, to be honest, that may change as the years go by. I am more pragmatic than I used to be: I would be a lot more willing to take on a "project" that I couldn't afford to get "perfect" at this point in time (providing the location and plot were spot on).

You obviously have vision, but vision (an DIY kills) vary hugely amongst perspective buyers. I always think that, when selling a house, you want to appeal to AS MANY people as possible. Hece somewhere looking fresh and neural is least likely to alienate anyone and mot likely to maximise the conversion of viewers into offers

QT

tbs624 wrote: »

Look back - what I said was

"I would not entertain a buyer who tried to negotiate a lower price simply on the grounds that the property needed some paint & wallpaper...yes, even in the current market. Those are superficial issues and a matter of personal choice:"

Not talking about extensions, carpets,, new kitchens or bathrooms..

DKLS posted

"I will calculate a costing of bringing the property to my standards, and that will be reflected in any offer I make...."

People's standards differ but it doesn't necessarily follow that a vendor will (or should) reduce their selling price just because a potential buyer doesn't like the wallpaper or the colour of the walls.

Those sort of buyers should stick to Barratt Houses.

barnaby-bear

tbs624 wrote: »

.... and aren't they just the sort of PITA buyer who will wet their pants when they get their survey and be arguing the toss all the way to the morning of exchange of contracts.

But also the sort who can be hoodwinked if it's clean, magnolia and you through some meaningless guarantee certificates (that are always non-transferable) indicating the DG is fensa certified, the boiler has been serviced, the flat roof has a guarantee and wave the appliance manuals at them for good measure..... we are confident and our house is well maintained, we are successful aspirational people - if we aren't worried you shouldn't be, buy our house and be like us....