AIBU to ask why so many £1m houses....

Also, there's people like me who find it obscene to rip out perfectly functional rooms every few years for the sake of passing fads/fashion. The amount of consumption of resources/waste into landfill for this stuff is appalling and it's a pretty recent phenomenon to think it's an automatic must-do.

No point doing up bathrooms and kitchens to sell; most buyers want to put in their own choices there.

Odd question OP. You might as well ask why all £1m houses don't have four bedrooms or a separate utility room? Surely it depends entirely on the area and what the comparables are. One million pounds isn't going to get you a lot in or near London and with new bathrooms and kitchens those houses might well be priced closer to £1.5m.

Usual advice is worst house on the best road

Location will be the main factor for sure.

You can repaint a really good quality kitchen & it will look like new

In the last couple of years the cost of renovation has gone through the roof. A really nice large fitted kitchen (e.g. 6m x 6m) can cost 100k.

Oftem the people who own these homes either bought them for less, or have huge mortgages to pay off, and dont actually have the money.

Also in my area (posh london commuter belt) property prices are falling, so theres a real risk you spend a massive amount on reno & it doesnt add enough value to the property to cover what you spent.

Location and size are much more important than the aesthetics when valuing a house. A house is rarely priced at a price equivalent to move in condition minus work needed.

How done up a house is often helps it sell faster - but only compared to those "in the middle houses". People either want done up,.modern nice decor or untouched, needs everything doing. The Inbetweeners of done up in 2010 and now somewhat dated but not enough to want to spend them money on it are the harder to sell.

There are quite a lot near me like that. And lower priced ones. The owners are deluded. I’d never pay that much for a house which hasn’t been updated in decades. Especially when ones of a similar price have been

I don’t need to be “indulged” as it isn’t me pushing my agenda here! It’s you. Keep indulging yourself, by berating others. I hope it makes you feel better.

This isn't a university essay. I dont need to quote sources and at 11.30 at night I am not about to indulge you
But you would have to have a Trumpian level of brain power to not realise that replacing a kitchen is worse for the environment than retaining the one that is already in situ

It feels like people have forgotten that reducing consumption is the most effective way to help combat climate change. I am not sure if it's because it's an uncomfortable truth or just due to lack of education. Perhaps a mix of both

But again, it’s not science that you can quote or is actually researched is it? You have precisely zero dated and named studies to quote. Smith and Jones et al have never published a study on the environmental effects of a new kitchen or new decor. That is what is palpably obvious. It’s your agenda, good for you, but it isn’t “science’. Even you have to admit that? And, this thread would have you believe that no one buys new kitchens anyway. So, like I said, as you were…..

Location and plot size/layout are the 2 most important things I would say. Decor can be changed, extensions added, but you cannot change the location or plot

We bought a detached house which needed work over an immaculate semi, as with a semi you never know what neighbours you might get

I dont need to. It should be palpably obvious that replacing an entire kitchen is worse for the planet than just keeping the one that is already there. Its not rocket science

I find it staggering that you can be so vehement and not be able to produce the stats to support your rhetoric.
Perhaps you could learn to do that? At your leisure. Of course.

I find it staggering you don't already know about reduce reuse recycle and the science behind it.
Reducing consumption is the number one thing we can all do

I shall leave you to learn about it at your leisure.

I must admit that most of those Omaze houses seem to have every once if character sucked out of them. How do they find so many where all the period features have been removed?

No proven stats then? Just “accepted good practice” By whom? Where is the “good practice” research around keeping a kitchen for decades? It doesn’t exist.
And “founded on solid science”? Please do link it. I agree with FSC timber but there is no science or research around new kitchens or decor.
Personally I go with the buy once methodology but we are all different. As you were…..

If you are considering selling, you won't add as much value with a new kitchen or bathroom as it costs to do. Probably because it would lose the "new" feel after a few months and wouldn't be to a purchaser's taste.

Indeed. But replacing them frequently is deeply unnecessary. We 've lived in our house for just over a decade. Our neighbours have replaced their kitchen and bathroom 3 times in that time

@Normallyinthepoolof all the things to whinge about, a decent kitchen that works for the family is not it

Inflation.

my terraced house is worth £900k

I'm not. All excessive consumption is problematic. How to you think the kitchens and bathrooms and furnishings are made? How do you think they are transported? It all consumes vast amounts of energy and resources.

It's accepted good practice founded on solid science that you should reduce how much you buy, reuse things as much as possible and then recycle whats left.

A lot of people buy beyond their means and can’t afford the upkeep

Because most brand new bathrooms are incredibly naff?