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Prior to painting the whole hse again, I had color in a couple of rooms and put in that if the buyer wanted those rooms changed I would be happy to accommadate. Now I have repainted the whole darn thing in non color shades, soooo blah!
Prior to painting the whole hse again, I had color in a couple of rooms and put in that if the buyer wanted those rooms changed I would be happy to accommadate. Now I have repainted the whole darn thing in non color shades, soooo blah!
I'm not ready to change back to the blah colors just yet --- but I am wondering are most people toning down colors. We've had a bunch of feedback more about the rural aspect of our home but not one negative about color. Would you re-paint if you had no negative feedback on your colors?
A painting allowance??? You've got to be kidding ... Just when I thought I've heard it all.
The poster said people are commenting on the paint. If all it took was different paint to sell the house, darned right I'd give a painting allowance. We offered a decorating allowance when we sold.
Selling in this market is the pits. If me offering $1,000 to the buyer helps sell the house, then its worth it. We had a lot of homes for sale in our area, think over 150 when we were selling.
i do wonder about color- we have color, but I think it is tasteful. Not one feedback as been about neutralizing. Now, we do have a pink girl's bedroom and a kidish kid's bath and have thought about painting it but seriously, if someone can't look past that??? I just don't get it. I am all abuot structural aspects of home- I can tell if someone spent alot on lighting, flooring, wiring,etc... I just don't get the paint thing.
It is one thing to have kid's room look OK, but the big no-no's are anykind of really saturated hue in the more public rooms. You also have to be very conservative in the master bedroom, anything too suggestive creeps out people...
Kitchen ought to be considered carefully. If the room has lots of light and is otherwise VERY tasteful / conservative than some styles can be ok, but it is fine line between "everything in KitchenAid Red/Blue/Green" and a bombed out crack house...
Apparently the people who's home we looked at last year in NC never read these forums! It was like an acid trip going thru the house. Every wall was painted a different color-lime green, bright orange, purple, red, yellow, hideous blue, black.
Oh why do people get so hung up on color? When we bought our present house, we knew we would have to paint all the bedrooms (pink for my son wasn't going to cut it) and lots of other walls too. I like color. I expect to make a house my own through color. On the flip side, I hate seeing white/beige on all walls. I don't understand why people think beige = move-in ready.
Apparently the people who's home we looked at last year in NC never read these forums! It was like an acid trip going thru the house. Every wall was painted a different color-lime green, bright orange, purple, red, yellow, hideous blue, black.
I showed a house like that except it was all those colors together in each room.
My buyers loved it and we wrote a contract within an hour.
Oh why do people get so hung up on color? When we bought our present house, we knew we would have to paint all the bedrooms
Exactly! When I buy a house, I just assume I'm going to have to paint all or most of the rooms to suit my own tastes. I also assume I'm going to have to do a little bit of redecorating. All by myself. Imagine that.
These ridiculous "allowances" are getting out of hand. What's next? Do sellers have to move the buyers' belongings in for them?
In my humble opinion: Every house gives a different feel. Color can and will effect your mood and it affects the feel of the room and the size. Then you throw out a million different tastes and opinions into the mix. Normally a non-color makes rooms look lighter and larger and buyers know that their belonging will go with it. In todays market where money is getting tighter I think people are considering how much extra cash it is going to take for them to make a house work. I love colors and I get paid to put color and personality into houses, but most of the repaints for the market is cleaning up and lightening up the homes, very little dark colors are used.
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