Things you would NEVER want in your house:

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I'll start.

A kitchen island.
A hall console table.
A corner sofa.
New rugs.

I am thinking of getting a plumbed-in Miele coffee machine.

Funnily enough, I covet all those things you hate OP! I'd give my left nut for enough space to have any of those!

Oh and net curtains

Bidets are great for rinsing potties and a perfect size for a toddler urinal

What's wrong with L shaped sofas?!?its my dream to have a bug comfy tan vintage leather L shaped sofa!

A feature wall,

A corner sofa in red leather.

A "quote"about family and the like... no thanks.

Vertical blinds.

Fake flowers.

A pleather bed.

No proper entrance way type thing, i.e. straight into the living room.

A homophobe or a racist

Carpet in the bathroom
Pink bathroom suite
We had both of the above when we bought our house.
And to totally no to any of this slogan/ family motto type wall art things.

My half brother.

I don't dislike en suites, I think they are great. I just hate it when housing developers get carried away trying to add them to as many bedrooms as possible thinking they are what people want above all else, but they skimp on the size and layout, don't add windows etc. If they are poky and cramped with poor ventilation and nowhere to keep towels and toiletries and they are too close to the bed so loo smells travel they are awful to use and will get mouldy, stinky and dank.

In a four or five bed house I need one decent sized family bathroom, preferably with a bath and a shower cubicle, but at least a bath with a shower over it, and one other good sized shower room which might be en suite, it might not. And one downstairs loo.

Downstairs bathroom, no, horrid, cold, off the kitchen, WHY?
Kitchen island, just gets in the way, horrible big square lump that is just IN THE WAY
Bathroom suite of any colour other than white
Breakfast bar, I have no idea what the usefulness/comfort factor is here
Carpet in bathroom, no, what is the point, wouldn't it just go damp and mouldy?
Those awful white plastic front doors, just vile, any wooden door at all would be better

Astonished that anyone wouldn't love and adore a memory foam mattress, though. Mine sorted out my bad back in approx two nights.

I firmly love metro tiles and refuse to believe they will date! Ditto green paint and retro and shelves full of dusty books.

LittleMilkNoSugar, my 1930 house has had every single original feature ripped out. We have a uPVC front porch and UPVC windows front and back. When I first saw it I thought it was 1950s, not 1930s. I dream of the day when I have the £££ to replace them all. Sadly, they're back in the queue behind the new kitchen and bathroom I so desperately need (not to mention the need to replace my naff but cheap eyelet curtains )

A conservatory
Big venture style canvases of the family rolling around on the floor
A flowery feature wall
Wall sticker quotes
Wall mounted tv
Orange pine
Pets

Devora I empathise. We have a 1930s house that could be beautiful but no money to do the work. I have never had a new kitchen or even had one with any drawers!

Also:
vertical blinds, venetian blinds, high gloss kitchen units, union jack motifs, slogans on walls/ cushions etc.
Utility- style pendant lights in kitchens
Radiator covers
TVs in kitchen or bedroom

Re en-suites, I think for me it is an aversion to the idea of sleeping in close proximity to the place where you go to empty your bowel or bladder

Perhaps because homes are more expensive to update than clothes, RudyMentary? Personally, I'm happy with things that will date but that I know I will love for a long time (metro tiles, Orla Kiely, grey paint - all dating fast but I resolutely refuse to go off them). Not so keen on: bi-fold doors that will likely get leaky and rusty; glass boxes that are not energy efficient; excessive open-plannery that will drive you mad when you've got teenagers.

devora I think that anything which is very much of-the-moment will, inevitably, date quite quickly

What's wrong with eyelet curtains?
What's the current aspirational window covering?

Yes of course, and part of developing your own taste is the confidence to decide your own balance between the enduring classics and fashion. I've got a lifelong weakness for a bit of kitsch, and THAT goes in and out of fashion. I loved a home featured in one of the interiors magazines last months - it had what I think she called a 'Wall of Sorrow', a staircase jampacked with 60s prints of sad, big-eyed children. So refreshing to see amidst all the endless kitchen extensions and boutique hotel style bathrooms.

A flatscreen TV that's smaller than one of my bookcases.

I actually don't think there's anything wrong with eyelet curtains, though I accept the point about cheap and sparkly .

Isn't the current aspirational window treatment wooden shutters? Or long linen curtains puddling on the floor? Both of which are lovely, but would look daft in my little rooms against my uPVC windows . I have white wooden venetians in all rooms (except bedroom) and I firmly maintain they are Not Naff.

What's with all the conservatory hate? Genuine question, not throwing any buns

We bloody love ours! it is a bit cold at present but that's our fault for being too tight and not heating it. We do have a proper glass roof though, not one of the corrugated plastic efforts, and it has dwarf brick walls, power and lights.

It genuinely looks like another room of our home, just with a lot more light . We use a dehumidifier to keep it pleasant and useable throughout the winter months, and its great for anyone who suffers low mood during between November - March. My only gripes are; spiders love it, and flies come in during the warmest months, then drop dead with the heat in the early morning, and we have to hoover them all up at the start of the day if anyone is likely to visit us at home

It is white upvc, but doesn't look out of place on the back of a new build, at least its in keeping with the rest of the characterless house

Daryl, you had me nodding in agreement will you got to the spiders and flies...

Sorry Devora they literally die within hours though and we just go round and collect them in the morning, sometimes don't even hoover just dustpan and brush them, they all end up on the floor. Our poor niece came round with her parents unannounced one morning, and we were all in the conservatory/garden and she was really freaked out by the flies I hadn't disposed of yet, bless her.

But lying on the floor in there with the children, spotting shapes in the clouds on a chilly but sunny spring day, makes up for it totally