To buy a house that I can't afford to change the decor of?

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Itisallabitvague · 17/05/2025 15:49

Think footballers wives....very marble and shiny. Great area, gorgeous outside spaces, amazing garden. We can't afford to buy it and change the decor for about 4 years.

I am being unreasonable - just buy it and change it when you can afford it.

I am not being unreasonable - interior is so important, keep looking.

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Itisallabitvague · 20/05/2025 17:52

Snugglemonkey · 18/05/2025 22:56

Think about that question for a minute.

"What on earth has hard work got to do with buying a house?"

Really?

Exited to fix fat finger typing!

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Thank you. Hard work has a hell of a lot to do with buying a house. Maybe that poster comes from generational wealth 😆

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Itisallabitvague · 20/05/2025 18:14

TheCoralMoose · 18/05/2025 22:20

Hard work because most people have to this to afford a mortgage unless they pay cash for a flat or house that requires a lot of improvement. Even then you need money to pay builders decorators etc.

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Exactly.... but people on MN will find something not to like eh.

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Icanttakethisanymore · 20/05/2025 21:52

BangersAndGnash · 17/05/2025 16:07

I think it depends.

Is a chunk of the asking price to pay for marble floors throughout, expensive but hideous kitchen and bathrooms?

So that you would effectively be paying twice, once for their refurb and again for yours?

OR would the house cost the same even without WAG decor / can be sorted with new kitchen doors and worktop, and a new bathroom in due course ?

What is the scale of the disastrous decor?

This.

I’d be reluctant to pay for something other people value but you dislike, it’s a waste of money. If it’s sufficiently wild that most people would be planning an update that would bother me less.

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