In 50 years, will artex ceilings in 70s houses be considered a valuable original feature?

[weeducky]

What do you reckon? Apparently, people in the 50s thought Victorian features were hideous.

No

Absolutely not!!

I don’t think so as aren’t most of them made from asbestos?

Absolutely...Best leave it in place. (Personally I don't mind them....it's just a ceiling)

I don't think anyone will get nostalgia for the old-fashioned charm of asbestos.

dusty, asbestos-ridden and awkward to paint - I doubt it.

I have wondered this before! I actually wouldn't be surprised if textured ceilings did come back into style, after all -- isn't it cyclical the same as with clothing?

Lol no

They don’t involve any level of skill so no!

No!
It will be considered an expensive feature as changing means redboarding the ceiling.Added expensive if it is the old fashioned asbestos type.

Don't get me wrong I think the 5 different styles of artex I have in my new house are hideous and they will be going. But curious whether my future grandchildren will think me a monster for it 😂

I dunno, one of our bedrooms has highly intricate swirls, all the same shape and size- looks pretty skilled to me!

We've artex ceilings in our 90's house, I'm not sure why there is all the hate for them. It is a dappled one ot semi circles if that makes a difference.

I certainly prefer our house to all the bland grey stuff around.

And avocado bathroom suites !

No, because they didn't phase out the asbestos content until the 1980s. I'll get mine skimmed over when I can.

Victorian period features were thought of as old-fashioned and just wasn't a lot of people's cup of tea. I don't think they gave a lot of thought to what would be popular or considered a desirable feature in the future, just got on with changing things they didn't like or thought pointless in their day and age (as we do).

There are some houses near me that are Grade listed as being perfect examples of their type, they were built in the 1930s and have stayed very much as they were built. So at least they should be able to retain some of the features of their day.

I really like ours!

Artex never was and never will be something to aspire to.

In the 1950's the BBC ran a DIY series hosted by one Barry Bucknell, showing viewers how to hide 'hideous' Victorian features, such as panelled doors and staircase balusters, by covering them up with sheets of hardboard (you can see him doing this on You Tube). Renovating one 1880s house I spend many hours removing said hardboard and the hundreds of nails used to put it in place.

I don't see why not. One of their major benefits is that they hide flaws. No ceiling is ever perfectly even and the same height throughout. Modern ceilings are made of large plasterboard sheets nailed to the ceiling and then skimmed. It's really horrible when you're lying in bed and can see the shape of the sheets because they slightly distort the 'smooth' ceiling. Artex disguises this.

Friends looking to buy a smaller house took her 13 year old child along.

Some properties had artex on the ceilings and the child, never having seen it, said it was quite nice and had no objections to living there!!

Actually I think that they will. My parents have ripped out all the features of their 60s/70s house. The linoleum, teak bannister replaced with mock Victorian. Coloured bathrooms and artex gone gone. I like this things in the right house. Artex in a Victorian house not so much.

Some people like brutalist architecture so anything is possible!

No.

I am a member of mid century modern furniture and curios group on Facebook and you would be surprised what is considered fashionable now. The bright turquoise bathroom set that my Auntie had being one of them. I think Artex (with the artistic patterns) may come back!

I love brutalist architecture. Still hate Artex...