Is my kitchen now crap...........and do I have to do anything about it before I put my house on the market?? Honest opinions sought....

[Lauriefairycake]

I had a horrible pine kitchen which was solid wood so couldn't bring myself to chuck the wood. I painted it with lovely Laura Ashley 'sky' paint and it looks great.

I've just had to replace the hob and double oven because the oven broke and was unrepairable and they were white. They are both now stainless steel.

But.... I still have a white sink with stainless steel tap. And I think the white sink lets it down but its in perfectly good condition and I don't want to put a stainless steel in for the sake of it.

Is my kitchen now doomed to people coming round and thinking they have to replace it?

1. because it's painted wood
2. because the sink doesn't match

the walls and floor are white too.

who are these picky buyers you are thinking of?

I've never heard of anyone not buying a house because the sink doesn't match

God they're all picky round here. The last house I sold I had the most bizarre comments.

'I don't like tiles' (had solid Cornwall slate)

'It's too close to the shops'

'It's too far from the shops'

etc etc

Actually more worried about the fact that it's painted wood and not a nice modern kitchen. Hoping I can get away with it cos its an 1867 cottage.

Chances are that if you change it, it still wouldn't be to some others taste and they would change it anyway. As long as it is clean and in decent nick, I wouldn't worry.

The chances are that a buyer will want to install their own Dream Kitchen whatever you do. I wouldn't waste the world's resources or your own money by installing a new kitchen that the next owner will rip out.

I wouldn't worry about the picky comments either. Some people just feel a need to say something, however ridiculous, in order to justify not wishing to proceed further.

It sounds lovely to me.Why don't you ask the estate agent,but tbh I woudn't put a new one in.

I think most people just want a kitchen that you can live with and will end up installing a new one anyway so I am sure it is fine.

No you don't have to change it. It would only be worth considering if you really weren't getting any offers. The cost and upheaval right now would so not be worth it!

Personally I would, even if it's a fairly subtle statement that it makes.
A s/s sink costs under £40 and it'll match your oven so it'll help tie the look of the kitchen together. The previous owner of this house actually replaced the old one because of a comment I made at our second viewing that he must have overheard, even though we never formally said anything.
I think coloured sinks are really dated (my parents put one in in the eighties) and it would make me look at the kitchen more carefully and make me wonder how old it was and if it was coming to the end of it's life.
Personally I have no problem with painted wood. Assume your worktops are passable as you don't mention them.