The housing cycle, magnolia walls and laminate flooring

LillyJ

clobber wrote: »

Funny old game innit. I like neutral colours (easier to customise). Can't stand houses that have been done over like "Changing Rooms".

Proper wood floors or neutral coloured carpets. Don't like laminate flooring at all. May change my mind when I get a dog.

Decking, well, don't get me started. 10k off the asking price before we even start. Hateful stuff.

Yeah dogs really do change you attitude to flooring! I didn't mind carpet at all till I got one.

I actually get a bit twitchy when I look at a house that is all perfect, but poorly finished. It always makes me wonder what they are trying to cover up. I tend to find that places like these, "done up" to sell on are often the ones with the old boiler, dodgy electrics or a needing a new roof.

I would prefer one that needed a lick of paint but had been a well loved cared for home, where they had actually spent money on it for the long term rather than just to make it look like a show room or 3 months.

Magnolia paint is a hell of a lot cheaper than a new boiler etc.

madmalteaser

I never knew there were so many laminate floor dislikers! Personally I don't mind it (although yes it is a bit cold on the feet first thing in the morning). I like neutral colours though but not your traditional magnolia. Although I have just recently gone for a bright yellow in our very dark hallway...

m1ntie

sarkin wrote: »

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I personally cant stand it and will not be buying such a property as it will cost me a fortune to replace with bright vibrante colours and a touch of individuality. .

Since when did a few pots of paint cost a fortune?

*jobags*

I'm actually going to go for laminate look lino - good quality stuff tho, not the Empire Stores specials
We rented a flat in France last year and that had laminate lino and we loved it - so practical with 3 kids under 5
At present we have fitted carpets throughout - bought the house, brought it up to a habitable standard then got a fitted carpet throughout the whole house - trashed within 6 months by the then 3 year old
At least with laminate/lino etc you can put a good quality rug down and take it with you when you move
In our last house we stripped the floor back to the wood etc then bought a Persian rug for £5k and brought it with us when we moved - our living room then was 40 x 25 feet
Bought a 30s semi and the rug 12x16 didn't fit in any room so has been in carefully preserved in the spare room (sticking out of the door cos it is so big) ever since
Now we can afford and extension and my one stipulation in the drawings/planning process is that the living room MUST be big enough to hold the rug - £50 k extension for a £8k rug what would :money: say about that?

Kids/dogs turn you off carpets. I am told on good authority (by an Iranian friend) that persian rugs appreciate in value the more they are used - who cares - that's a problem for my Executors - along with the contents of the loft and garage!!

Our last house was bought in the early 90s and we painted it grey throughtout - come on, it was all the rage in those days and we were afraid of colour

After a few years of grey we bought bath towels in different colours, hung them up on the walls for a few days and decided on which colours we liked.
By the time we left the all grey huge living room was crimson, yellow and blue, the master bedroom was purple and gold and the whole place looked fantastic - it also sold within 10 days of going on the market having been described by several agents as having an amazing interior

The current house is apricot white throughout but that will soon change

I think you have to live in the house for a while but once the building work is completed later this year on this house it is seriously going to be colourful with golds, purples, yellows, reds and blues throughout - it takes confidence to inject colour into your home, some people have it from the start, with others it comes in time
I've had enough of neutral colours, after a while it puts the brain into neutral. You can get away with the most amazing colours if you get a property which is south facing and/or gets lots of sunshine

Having said that in future I would always and only go for a white kitchen and bathroom suite - had early 90s grey bathroom last time - never again

Jo