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it seems now a days that people are all ready wondering about re-sale before they even move into the freaking house....
everyone I know has been living in thier homes for decades,,,,way to much HGTV everybody !!!
I have never lived in a single house more than five years and even that was only once. My lifetime average stay for a home (including childhood) is about 3 years. Resale was of paramount importance to me when looking to buy a home because based on past averages, the odds that I'll be there in ten years are not real good. And it's not just me, I can honestly say that I don't personally know anyone under the age of 45 who has lived in the same house for the last ten years.
When looking at houses I definitely ruled a few out based on the looks of neighboring homes but it wasn't due to paint color. There are a lot of Victorian homes in my area and the color choices are usually much bolder than more modern homes. Still, I think slight differences in shade make such a difference! There are some homes that I think look beautiful but others, even with similar age and architecture, just look downright tacky.
You guys weren't kidding about the whole pink thing...
yup, this is the Pink brownstone on garfield Place in park Slope Brooklyn, it is a landmarked historic area, but this house has been painted pink since the 60's and has since had another coat....
the block is beautiful, and the neighbors are used to this house by now, it is a very nice old man that lives there and he was widowed many years ago, his wifes favorite color was pink, hence the color of the house.
What we need is an HOA where the houses are deliberately pink and purple. All different shades, and some greens and melons and tangerine allowed, too. If you have lots of them together it would look great (like a big bowl of scoops of sherbert). IMO, the distinctive appearance of the community could be a draw.
What we need is an HOA where the houses are deliberately pink and purple. All different shades, and some greens and melons and tangerine allowed, too. If you have lots of them together it would look great (like a big bowl of scoops of sherbert). IMO, the distinctive appearance of the community could be a draw.
Someone beat you to it. Not repainting in a bright color would attract a lot of attention here, and fast.
I have never lived in a single house more than five years and even that was only once.
After moving twice a year during my college years, I'm more than happy to stay put! Moving is a pain. And that was when I didn't have much but clothes, records, books, and a couple of lamps.
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Originally Posted by Caladium
What we need is an HOA where the houses are deliberately pink and purple. All different shades, and some greens and melons and tangerine allowed, too.
An earlier commenter brought up things he believed (and in some or many HOA's that may be true, I don't know) that HOA's are obsessed with. Our HOA doesn't care about any of that stuff. The only real rules are don't park on your lawn, pay your dues on time (and the HOA won't foreclose, either, just keep piling up liens on the house) and keep the front and sides of your property free of garbage. The boat, gate, antenna, etc just not an issue.
Not everywhere is Irvine, CA.
As for the pink issue, a very light pink would be okay. The vivid pink, though, would cause me to not buy in a neighborhood. I also hate gray, green (especially lime green) and blue on a house, too, though those colors I can live with since they will have no effect on my home value. I also dislike those colors for interiors, too. Orange would make your house look too much like an Orange Julius.
I once lived in a Craftsman-style house with a very beautifully kept bathroom with sandstone-colored tile. Sort of a light terra cotta color. I put new white fixtures in it and also added brushed chrome faucets, a quiet fan, a high-end medicine cabinet with beveled mirrors, and light fixtures from Pottery Barn. I had a terrible time selling the house. Why? The Realtors (I had two) told me the people hated "the pink bathroom." It wasn't pink. If you put something pink in there, you could clearly see that the color was brownish. But people perceived it as pink and it was death to a quick sale.
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