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Having doubts after offer accepted
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youth_leader wrote: »I think it's lovely, but I'm 63 and looking to downsize.
Will you follow your heart or your head?
I'm 35 and I love it - good bones, lovely features in some of the rooms, good size footprint - and I think it's got curb appeal... but then I don't want to live in a cookie cutter new build
That sounds like a classic case of premature extrapolation.
House Bought July 2020 - 19 years 0 months remaining on term
Next Step: Bathroom renovation booked for January 2021
Goal: Keep the bigger picture in mind...0 -
danlightbulb wrote: »Its hard making big decisions by oneself, especially when one has been badly burned before.
I'm just looking for reassurance that its not a terrible mistake.
In all honesty you are not going to get that here.
To me, and others, is looks like a good property with plenty of potential and none of the perceived negatives you mention would be of any concern, to me.
However I am not buying the house.
Decisions like this are difficult and only you can make them.Things that are differerent: draw & drawer, brought & bought, loose & lose, dose & does, payed & paid0 -
If curb appeal is important to you, and it sounds like it is, you could make it look modern and fairly similar to next door by updating the paintwork.
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Is that black and white one meant to be appealing?Things that are differerent: draw & drawer, brought & bought, loose & lose, dose & does, payed & paid0
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Horses for courses, but it's a more modern, new build type look that I get the feeling they're wanting.oldernonethewiser wrote: »Is that black and white one meant to be appealing?0 -
To each their own but I wouldn't be ripping out a nice garden to turn the front into a barren wasteland.
As I said I am not buying the place, which is why I don't think the OP will get the confidence required from this thread.Things that are differerent: draw & drawer, brought & bought, loose & lose, dose & does, payed & paid0 -
The next generation will likely bemoan the characterless, fuddy-duddy houses of this generation, full of grey rooms with no personality, and want to change them up again for something more 'modern' and with curb appeal - maybe a splash of red paint and a garden with a hedgerow...oldernonethewiser wrote: »To each their own but I wouldn't be ripping out a nice garden to turn the front into a barren wasteland.
As I said I am not buying the place, which is why I don't think the OP will get the confidence required from this thread.0 -
Or even kerb appeal if they are UK homes Things that are differerent: draw & drawer, brought & bought, loose & lose, dose & does, payed & paid1
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I blame most of the estate agents on Rightmove for my poor spelling/grammar.oldernonethewiser wrote: »Or even kerb appeal if they are UK homes0 -
Getting caught up in what future buyers want is a sure road to madness. You can never please all people. Nobody on this forum is going to be the one looking to buy your house in future, so what they personally must-have or can't stand is irrelevant. And if you try to do all things, you'll just end up with somewhere that's so soulless and lacks personality that for those who it "ticks all the boxes" will feel meh about it and not be interested.
If it's the sort of place that works for you, then is it really so insane to think that it might work for others in future?0
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