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RonnieCharter · 30/04/2026 21:30

I have this house. It’s the Richmond by Redrow. Cost us £850k down South. We are a dual income household over £200k income combined. I grew up in a council house. My decor is massively different to the one linked but I don’t think OP meant the decor. I’d class it as middle class.

LaburnumAnagyroides · 30/04/2026 21:30

We have a hot tub. Blame the previous owners who left it. We are definitely upper end of middle class, arguably in my case aristocracy.

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Inburess · 30/04/2026 21:29

I’m looking at a similar house (in a slightly different area) and I suppose wanted to know what people would think of me if I lived somewhere like that! I know it’s shallow!

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Upstartled · 30/04/2026 21:29

Oh, give over. I know people like to think that they can cling to their middle class status in their terrace with nothing more than a full bookcase and framed degree certificate hung up in the downstairs loo, but that home belongs to a middle class family.

Fluffordirt · 30/04/2026 21:28

happysunr1se · 30/04/2026 21:26

I'd say nouveau riche (but not that riche).

Interior wise, the decor is following some recent trends in the mass market end of interior design.

Indeed. It’s a bit ‘Southfork’ in Dallas. Big. No class.

EasternStandard · 30/04/2026 21:27

No but why do you ask

WildGarden · 30/04/2026 21:27

What do you think @Inburess and why do you ask?

Trampoline · 30/04/2026 21:27

OP, are you really meaning to ask if it's middle class? Or do you mean something else like household income?

Ricecakes101 · 30/04/2026 21:27

Nothing about that house says middle class to me.

happysunr1se · 30/04/2026 21:26

I'd say nouveau riche (but not that riche).

Interior wise, the decor is following some recent trends in the mass market end of interior design.

Credittocress · 30/04/2026 21:25

Inburess · 30/04/2026 21:12

@Credittocress 🤦‍♀️ I wasn’t referring to the decor!

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Well it’s tacky inside and tacky out. If it’s not what the house looks like, what are you referring to?

GoodVibesHere · 30/04/2026 21:25

FruAashild · 30/04/2026 21:20

I'll bite. It might be more expensive than an average house but at best it's upper working class / lower middle class. The decor is not nice, there's no sense of class, style or history. Quite a few tacky features (like the hot tub). And it's a new build.

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Jesus what a load of nonsense

TheCompactPussycat · 30/04/2026 21:24

It's a middle income house but it's lacking any class at all.

FruAashild · 30/04/2026 21:24

OneTimeThingToday · 30/04/2026 21:19

You would looking at a mortgage around the 3k a month mark.
So £36k a year just on mortgage... another £3.5k on council tax. So housing alone needs a £50k pre tax salary.

Yep. Thats a high income house.

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High income does not mean middle class. A footballer or pop star could have very high income but that doesn't mean they are from a high class.

Purplewarrior · 30/04/2026 21:23

The hot tub lowers the class classification somewhat.

ToSayYouHaveNoChoiceIsAFailureOfImagination · 30/04/2026 21:21

The photos have been edited with AI. (there's a disclaimer at the bottom of the listing) Who knows what the decor is in real life!

But yes affluent middle class home

FruAashild · 30/04/2026 21:20

I'll bite. It might be more expensive than an average house but at best it's upper working class / lower middle class. The decor is not nice, there's no sense of class, style or history. Quite a few tacky features (like the hot tub). And it's a new build.

xanthomelana · 30/04/2026 21:19

bohemianwrapsody · 30/04/2026 21:15

Nothing middle class about that house. No books, art, evidence of travels, musical instruments...just an awful lot of fake plants.

It looks to me as though it’s been decluttered for the photos so people can see past the current owners possessions.

OneTimeThingToday · 30/04/2026 21:19

You would looking at a mortgage around the 3k a month mark.
So £36k a year just on mortgage... another £3.5k on council tax. So housing alone needs a £50k pre tax salary.

Yep. Thats a high income house.

SwedishEdith · 30/04/2026 21:18

It's far bigger than houses most people live in. The decor is uninspiring but very current - panelling, navy blue kitchen, dangling black metal and glass lights etc. So you need to be relatively affluent to buy it but I don't think it's the decor you'd seen in a stylish home. It's expensive B&Q rather than Heal's.

bohemianwrapsody · 30/04/2026 21:15

Nothing middle class about that house. No books, art, evidence of travels, musical instruments...just an awful lot of fake plants.

CeriseFlingo · 30/04/2026 21:15

It’s lovely. Bang on middle class here.

SwedishEdith · 30/04/2026 21:14

On what criteria are you asking if it's "run of the mill"?

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Inburess · 30/04/2026 21:13

canklesmctacotits · 30/04/2026 21:12

It’s not a working class home or an upper class home, I’d say. I suppose that leaves middle class. Isn’t middle class technically, statistically, run of the mill though? Maybe not at this price range but middle class is quite a wide range these days.

@canklesmctacotits yes that’s a good point!

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Avacadoandtoast · 30/04/2026 21:13

I like the house!

not sure about class though - not really something I ever think about