Art Deco

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I am intrigued by this art deco house. Would love to buy it but I would be worried about making changes to it. It’s like a museum.

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/112603103#/?channel=RES_BUY

Would you buy or would you think it’s too high maintenance?

I wouldn’t be able to step foot in the bathroom after watching the shining!

The kitchen looks like 1950s/60s - I wonder why they replaced the original?

I'm guessing when it was just 30 years old and tired, rather than period, it was far less appealing! Better at the time to replace with something 'on-trend'. A bit like we would now with most 90's kitchens!

@Motherof3Dragons I would consider it to be an Art Deco house. Perhaps you’re thinking of the streamline style of Art Deco which is particularly iconic, but most of the features in that house, the Crittal windows, the sunburst motifs on fireplaces, and the brick detailing on the garage are very Art Deco.

Our house has simple straight lines featuring on things like coving and skirting boards, moving away from the more ornate Victorian and Edwardian designs and into more modern patterns. But for me, yes that’s a fairly typical 1930s house in an Art Deco style.