Is this what you’d consider to be a ‘middle class’ style house?

This thread seems to set an unrealistically narrow standard for what counts as “middle class.” Obviously it’s more complex than one factor, but if a home is worth around £650,000, it’s hard to argue that doesn’t usually place someone somewhere in the middle-class bracket, unless it’s in a particularly deprived area or the person that owns it has other factors (job, background, behaviour etc) that excludes them.
I know people living in expensive homes who have worse decor, but they are definitely not working class. Reducing “middle class” to things like labradors, inherited wealth, or period properties is a stereotype.
If those are the criteria, then we’re basically saying the vast majority of Britain is working class, which doesn’t really hold up.

This is such a weird question. We used to live in a similar Redrow, but I'd say us and most of our neighbours were working class people who happened to have done reasonably well for ourselves. Not sure having a big house can actually make you middle class?

Where we live now I would definitely say most of our neighbours are middle class - old houses, older cars, spaniels and labradors as pets, posh accents, pianos and shelves full of books. We bring down the tone a bit!

True. It’s not to my taste FWIW, but the sneery attitude on here is somewhat wrong.

Yeah I would say it is Middle-Middle

Upper-Middle
Middle-Middle
Lower-Middle

That is not middle class!

As the Italians say, when it comes to matters of personal taste, there are no right or wrongs.

It's your bog standard new build estate house. They're 10 a penny. They all look so similar in style and decor.

Every era had the them. The 90s new build estate houses all have the same look too.

It's neither middle class or working class.

And yet you're so brave just carrying on. That's the spirit - chin up and best foot forward.

Ah ok. Well I really hope it isn’t real. But there will be lots of people with that style of house and interior who probably feel quite shit now. I hope they are proud of what they’ve got and ignore because it is a lovely house.

Quite.

And it’s AI photos anyway, so it’s not even real. But posting a link to someone’s house and asking people what social class they come from is insane.

It's very run of the mill and not one I'd touch with a barge pole. It's ugly but to each their own b

I really hope the owners of this house don’t find this thread 😕. It’s one of the most judgemental and snobbish things I’ve read. And that’s quite a feat on Mumsnet.

In my opinion, this is a really lovely house, certainly larger than average. If I went to visit someone in a home like this I'd think they were doing very well for themselves!

Yes.

It’s an expensive house that most people can’t afford unless they’ve had inheritance or help or been on the ladder a long time so I’d hardly say run on the mill! It’s not what I’d think of as “working class” too large and definitely not “upper class” … too small.

That house would be double the price in my area. So it depends where you live.
For that money near me you would get a terrace three bed, a two bed flat, a small 2 bed semi.
So its not really the house itself, its the price.
Ehich, if you can affors 600k plus, then I would say it's middle class, but on the lower end .

People bitch about “new money” because it’s a way of retaining superiority amongst those who have less money now. They are poorer but still “better” than the flashy new neighbours because they go to museums.

The house itself is fairly standard sized, IMO

lol, no it isn’t!

There is a big gulf between the UMC & the rest of the middle class but everyone seems to lump them together.

As several people have pointed out (and the linked site explains) much of the furniture and effects in these photos, included the wall art, is not real. It's generated by AI decorator software and the results are quite laughable in some instances.

The agents include this imaginary stuff to give an impression of what the place would look like if currently occupied.

The house attempts to mimic the style of a pre-2WW? house, one that would be in a decidedly affluent area where I used to live in the UK, and would cost a few million these days. It doesn't carry through with the aspirations implied by the front view e.g. the small garden, lack of corridors and doors to separate rooms (have they never heard of pocket doors?) a bizarre attempt at period panelling, no picture rails or moulding for the ceilings, and horrendous grey flooring. And the rest of the grey. The TV on the slant speaks of a lack of space - or a desire for a fuck-off screen at all costs. No boundary fence at the front.

It's trying to be something it's not, a mash-mash of styles, which is the architect's fault.

I would think you overpaid substantially for that house if you pay asking price.

The house itself is fairly standard sized, IMO.

Are you suggesting a detached 4 bed with 3 bathrooms large garden and summer house is lower/working class. I hate the class system, but please do take a dose of reality with your granola. AAF.

I'd call it a pushing upper-middle or has some money and no taste house.

No. It's Nouveau Riche. 🤣

Also, the plot is too small for the house.