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

Some very old fashioned ideas of middle class- I actually wonder rather than middle class if the poster means middle income - ! I have lots of books, thousands of records, stuff from travels, we rent though even in early 60s , have a business and I’m pretty sure would be called middle class! and even though I’m not keen on estates I really like this house, just needs personalising a bit - I think some of you don’t think it can be middle class unless it’s what I call a mouse special, Edwardian:Victorian, messy, wallpaper, roll top ancient baths etc -

OP maybe you should have said judging by the exterior, because too many posters are thinking you mean the interior, which I’m assuming you don’t!

So how do you judge a house on social class? By postcode, surely?

But the post wasn't asking whether the people in the house are happy, it was asking whether the house is middle class or not.

Middle class markers such as books, things on the wall which aren't mass produced, pianos, knick knacks from travels are just that, markers. They're not people trying to curate a particular image.

To me, a middle-class house has lots of bookshelves and William Morris prints everywhere, and either no telly or a very small, ancient one.

It's a bit scruffy and most of the furniture is inherited brown stuff or bought from antique shops and eBay.

This is my house! 😂😂

So if you walked past it in the street you’d mistake it for a council house?

But that has to do with income, not social class.

But what you are seeing is mainly a response to the decor. I do think you are being very unfair to the owner of this house though, they presumably have done very well for themselves to be able to afford a house twice the average cost and size. The class markers don't detract from that achievement.

Buy a house you love in a location you like and then you won't care what other people think of it because it will be your home.

What do you mean by is it run of the mill?

It looks like a middle class house probably owned by professionals, to me. I lived on a council estate growing up but a few streets away were houses like this and they were where my middle class classmates lived.

Because you have to be joking... It's a massive, modern house. If it isn't middle class then it's what.... working class??? 🙄 🙄 🙄
Please. It's far above the average house price and huge. This post has no point. Like the posts that say "is £180k salary a lot of money because I am not sure it is - I barely scrape by each month 😭" ... Ridiculous.

I’m sure that whoever lives in that house will be very comfortable and happy and enjoy their hot tub. I don’t think they’ll be too concerned what anyone else thinks. It’s sad when people have to curate an image and display evidence of their travels etc.
The happiest people suit themselves.

Haha I like Dunelm, I also think this house is perfectly nice and, although I’d tweak a few things, I would be over the moon to live in it. Not sure what that says about me?

Also nobody has answered my question about whether my aunties vast collection of interesting fridge magnets from every holiday/travel/day trip destination, ranging from Skegness to Majorca and beyond, count as ‘evidence of travel’? 😃

I'm not in UK but price tag would be, where I live you would never get a house that size or in that condition for that price. It would be a million plus

The question is what class would you say the style of house is. Nothing about it says class to me.

I could have wrapped my thoughts up in a nice comment and maybe said “It’s very Dunelm Chic” but the meaning would be the same

Nope. There's a 360 tour with the same details such as the strangely positioned fan and computer monitors, and there isn't an AI tool capable of creating complete 360 tours. I maintain that generative AI has not been used in these photos.

I know! Some really horrible replies on this thread!

I think you do

Oh well, your loss.
The women in my family tend to be a lot more interesting than the men.

Dogs are definitely class linked. Probably more than houses, because there are fewer factors constraining choice.

Not from scratch. The rumpled beds you pointed out, and the piles of clutter in the corners of the pic 23/24 office are definitely real. As is the lawn. But they've taken a lived-in house and done a photoshop cleanup (blurring photos and taking out other identifiers, probably improving the light) that has given it that uncanny look and a few bits of odd perspective.

It’s the house of a very comfortably off person. Most people couldn’t afford it. As for class it depends how you define middle class.

Do you mean middle income?

What is a working class house?

I completely disagree. I'm very familiar with AI and the home office picture isn't generated. None of them are.

I didn't know that dogs denoted class. That is worthy of a whole new thread. 😂
That house is middle class with tres nouveau riche interior. Quite a small garden. But middle class covers a whole range, from new builds to country cottages to semi- detached and depends on the area.
I suppose Giles on gogglebox is middle class. His house is quite cluttered and tatty. I'm just waiting for all the hate because I watch a ' lower class' TV programme.

What a bizarre discussion! All the houses I've bought in my life are Edwardian / Victorian terraces in North London. The first two were definitely ex 'workers' homes but at least one is now in a highly sought after area close to the tube and you need to be quite affluent to afford them (unless they've been in the family since the 1970s or whenever).

Current house on a larger scale so I assume a wealthier type of family would have lived here originally.

Re mortgage comment earlier - it's doubtful that anyone buying this place would be a first time buyer, so they'd have built up equity over time and wouldn't need a mortgage on the full price.