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We did. We got a big house (for the area) with an in-law suite, pool, huge yard (for the area), and totally new upscale(ish) flooring, cabinets, appliances, bathrooms, etc. for a relatively low price, so it was definitely worth it despite my thinking the pointy stucco, small-windowed front of the house looks pretty ugly. It checked off everything else for my growing family with live-in father in law, and we love it.
No, if the outside was ugly and would take too much money to bring up to my standards then I would not purchase it. The home is about the inside as well as the appearance on the outside.
If a house had everything I wanted on the inside, the lot I wanted, and everything else, then who cares what the outside looks like? That can be changed. Can't change the location. It's much easier to paint a house or reside it than it is to gut a house and rebuild it.
If the house is a horrendously ugly with zero curb appeal I would not buy. Curb appeal is important to many. Cute houses sell fast. Ugly ones not so much unless the price is really good.
No...I love my classic 2 story farmhouse....lol I love it so much that it often makes me smile looking at it as I drive up (it's the house I always dreamed of) sometimes when I drive away I like to look at it in the rear view mirror.
Its a new build stuck between Tudor and Craftsman style. The on-line pics are pretty bad, the house looks better in person. We loved the layout and neighborhood and the lot isn't as big of a hill as it appears in the pic (most of the lots in neighborhood are hilly). I figured we could do some landscaping and eventually paint it and it will be a lot better. We feel we got a good deal for the size, layout and interior finishes.
I was actually thinking about starting a thread on how to make it prettier! The columns definitely need to be another color - they are almost purple. The house is more in the green/gray family than blue.
That house has potential! A lot could be fixed with more earth-tone colors, to tie into the brick and to be more appropriate for the Craftsman/Tudor architecture. Also, add some landscaping (nice shrubs, or small ornamental tree(s) on the hill, under the window, to the right.
Here is my house, as it looked over 6 years ago:
It's still a work in progress, but I think it looks much better now.
^That's actually from early April.
A house we were considering was butt ugly. I tried playing with photoshop to try to improve it, but it is just an ugly shape, ugly design, ugly style. The interior was incredible, the location fabulous, and construction quality was superb. Solid concrete, built like a bunker. Problem was, it looked like a bunker. We passed.
That house has potential! A lot could be fixed with more earth-tone colors, to tie into the brick and to be more appropriate for the Craftsman/Tudor architecture. Also, add some landscaping (nice shrubs, or small ornamental tree(s) on the hill, under the window, to the right.
Here is my house, as it looked over 6 years ago:
It's still a work in progress, but I think it looks much better now.
^That's actually from early April.
It's a shame that big (blue spruce?) had to go but it outgrew its location twenty years ago.
It's a shame that big (blue spruce?) had to go but it outgrew its location twenty years ago.
And the house next door!
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