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Updated in grey. Add in the expense of tearing that all out and making it tasteful again!
I just don't get the gray phenomena. I never did. It's just so cold and industrial. It might work in a modern house, but the houses in my neighborhood are colonial style. It just... clashes with the exterior. And I am saying this as a woman who really has no sense of style. haha
I just don't get the gray phenomena. I never did. It's just so cold and industrial. It might work in a modern house, but the houses in my neighborhood are colonial style. It just... clashes with the exterior. And I am saying this as a woman who really has no sense of style. haha
How I hate it! Cold steel grey walls, silver stainless appliances, fake plastic "whitewashed" flooring. Fine, as you say, in a modern building with black furniture, but mine happens to be brown wood and doesn't go with it. Bleh! Do flippers get a discount on materials for this color scheme or something?
How I hate it! Cold steel grey walls, silver stainless appliances, fake plastic "whitewashed" flooring. Fine, as you say, in a modern building with black furniture, but mine happens to be brown wood and doesn't go with it. Bleh! Do flippers get a discount on materials for this color scheme or something?
My guess is that it's the cheapest crap they can find, but they really neuter lovely period homes. There are a lot of mid century modern homes here and the flippers plaster over the open beam ceilings, put grey fake wood over beautiful hardwood, or in some cases cover up polished concrete floors. Even worse is what they do to Craftsman homes, they rip out all the beautiful wood built-ins and cupboards & tear out the hardwood floors and replace the beautiful wood frame windows with plastic trimmed sliders. It should be against the law.
My guess is that it's the cheapest crap they can find, but they really neuter lovely period homes. There are a lot of mid century modern homes here and the flippers plaster over the open beam ceilings, put grey fake wood over beautiful hardwood, or in some cases cover up polished concrete floors. Even worse is what they do to Craftsman homes, they rip out all the beautiful wood built-ins and cupboards & tear out the hardwood floors and replace the beautiful wood frame windows with plastic trimmed sliders. It should be against the law.
I agree. I'm a real estate junkie and look at the home listings daily, even though I'm (hopefully) never moving again. As soon as I see a solid older home that has gray walls and gray LVP or laminate floors, I'm immediately turned off by the listing. It's deplorable to see the charm of real wood floors and trim replaced to appeal to FTHB who are impressed by HGTV "influencers".
I don’t mind seeing houses of any age with gray interiors, even if it doesn’t suit the era. At least I can move my own furniture in and not have everything clash severely. Then, over time, I can select the exact new color to paint each room.
Of course, there are so many shades of gray that the one in the new to you house might clash a little anyway. Bluish gray. Greenish gray. Taupish gray. Grey with a drop of red. But at least you aren’t mixing purple and green fabric with apricot walls while you get settled.
But please don’t paint over good condition natural wood. Or put down hard to remove flooring on top of something that is okay but you think is outdated.
I would never move my furniture in to a house where I'll HAVE to replace the flooring because it's that hideous plastic "whitewashed" crap. But then, I'd have to be desperate to even buy such a house in the first place.
Just to follow up, the other house in my neighborhood that was up for sale the same time as mine is not closed. It sold for $22K over asking ($16K more than mine). It is also 400 sq feet bigger than mine, has a deck, backs to trees, and is updated (all in gray, but still).
But these two houses (and mine) went under contract a month ago.
I’m now watching houses that went up for sale two weeks ago. Still listed.
This is a ridiculous statement. Before COVID-19, the average time on market was between 60 and 90 days. If something is priced at current market rate and doesn’t have something wrong with it, there’s no point in pressing the panic button if it isn’t under contract in 14 days. Anything less than 60 days is still a very hot market.
This is a ridiculous statement. Before COVID-19, the average time on market was between 60 and 90 days. If something is priced at current market rate and doesn’t have something wrong with it, there’s no point in pressing the panic button if it isn’t under contract in 14 days. Anything less than 60 days is still a very hot market.
Point is it’s cooling. Lots of negative economic factors on the horizon that could quickly lead to a big bubble burst.
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