We are doing our house up to put on the market and I'm not sure what to do with the hall, stairs and landing; we started ripping off the hideous patterned, textured wallpaper that had been painted over by the previous owners (we hadn't touched it since we moved in 5 years ago) and the plaster underneath is pretty rubbish. We have had stupid quotes to replaster and don't want to spend a fortune so can I ask for advice please?
Do we go for patching and sanding any lumps ourselves and painting it a creamy beige?
Or
Do we hang some heavy textured wallpaper to cover the dodgy plaster?
I feel the painting option is more honest and even if it looks less than perfect. Whilst a freshly put up textured wallpaper would ring alarm bells for me that we had something to hide.
Personally I'd rather move in to neutral slightly lumpy walls than live with someone else's choice of textured wallpaper.
Thoughts?
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Doing house up to sel, what to do with hall, stairs and landing?
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ThePluralOfAnecdoteIsNotData · 09/09/2011 18:22
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