1930s features

[shiveringwiggles]

Buying a house with 1930s original features (picture rails, wooden doors, tiled fireplace) and I'm in two minds.

I cant decide whether to rip it all out and modernise or keep/restore.

Is it worth keeping for resale value? What would you do?

I think not to rip the fireplace out as although not necessarily desirable now it will be as the house will approach its centenary not that far down the line, when people will be looking for original features.

I don't think that fireplace is 1930s. If you remove the wallpaper I'm guessing you will see the size of the original fireplace. In the 30s they were often 4 or 5 feet high and in dark wood.

Who would- I agree.

This is a 1960s fireplace. Very similar

Love 30s houses, I have one myself with a beautiful stained glass window. Love seeing other properties from this period on huth.

Your fireplace looks 50s/60s though, as does the carpet! I like them though.

fireplace isn't 1930's...looks like the one in my childhood home that was in there from 1959

@HildaTablet - those doors handles take me back! I bought a 1930s semi and it had very similar handles, but with knobs rather than lever handles. Sorry to say I replaced them with aluminum knobs .
I kept the original brown bakelite ones for some years and eventually took them to the tip.
This was probably 30 odd years ago but I regret it now.

I agree it looks more like a 50s fireplace.

Another one who doesn't think that's a 30s fireplace.
It looks very similar to one my friend ripped out of her 1950s house