Would you buy a house with brown upvc windows?

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As the title asks really - would you scroll straight past on Rightmove? Would it put you off buying? House has been renovated inside so not being sold as a doer upper.

I actually don’t mind them and vastly prefer it to the horrid on trend grey that everyone has but I’m interested in whether it would affect others viewing or buying.

Yes

I bought a house with brown window frames outside and inside. I absolutely hate them. But… there’s some covenant or rule or something stupid in the paperwork that says they must be brown, so they’re here to stay it seems. Unless any wise mumsnetters can tell me ways I can break the ‘rules’ to get rid of the monstrosities

Our previous house had dark brown windows. It went quite well with the style of the house. When we've redone the place, we replaced them with oak looking upvc. Still looks good. No way I'd have ruined it with anthracite/grey. Heritage green would have suited as well but I wanted to keep the original character of the house.

It would put me off a bit, but it would depend how much I loved the house. The green that a lot of people seem to choose nowadays would also put me off a little as I feel that, although it doesn't look bad, it will also look dated in not all that long. I suppose it would affect my offer on a home, rather than whether I decided to buy it.

No but I wouldn't buy with anthracite coloured ones.

You can get ones they are wood effect outside, painted effect inside. DM has them. They look fine on her house, but I’ve seen horrors elsewhere.

I've both bought and sold a house with brown (wood effect) upv windows. Actually sold twice as the first one fell through. I wouldn't have chosen them myself but they were never an issue buying or selling.

The new owners replaced them with grey and I think I actually preferred the brown.

This was in response to @Katmai

No I probably wouldn't buy it. I absolutely hate them.

I don't really like Brown windows, but I hate white too. I guess it would depend on the house and neighbourhood whether they stayed or not.

I think the folks in here before us must have got a cheap deal on second hand Brown upvc windows. They looked absolutely stupid in the neighbourhood. Painted them anthracite which blends in much better.

Not necessarily, houses built circa 1985 to early 2000s might have that dark brown woodwork or upvc inside and out.

I remember not liking it when it was fashionable. A colleague bought a huge house with wood windows in dark brown. All the doors - exterior, interior and on the fitted wardrobe - were the same brown stained wood. The doors were also all the same size. It looked really weird on the fitted wardrobes, an entire wall row of doors one of which was to the en-suite. They had brown bath panels too. Paddy o doors … it was all brown

It wouldn't put me off but I would factor in the cost of replacing them all

We have them. Top quality and I loathe them.
I have never found anyone competent to spray them. Plus they have a brown glazing bar in the middle.
It is noticeable at the moment the houses left unsold have brown double glazing here.

My house has brown UPVC windows, door and conservatory!

I hate them but they weren't enough to put me off what was otherwise a good purchase for the money we had

I'll get them done eventually

Paddy o doors 🤣

Our house is one with covenant that they have to stay brown - originally brown wood when they were built in the 90s. We’ve replaced them all recently with brown wood-effect PVC outside / white inside so it doesn’t definitely mean the windows are old. Most of the estate have done the same.

If I’m honest it would put me off yes. It would have to be a very unique house where it was perfect and nothing else on the market like it.

if there are alternate similar properties with white windows or wood ones, to be honest I’d view those instead.

No, it wouldn't put me off.
Grey would, though.

Oh yes, definitely. For me though, it isn't something I'd personally want to tackle.

We’ve just finished a whole house renovation and now windows feel very minor 😂

Ours had brown pvc, white on the inside. Also had a hideous brown door with stained glass. Everything else about the house was great, so we bought it knowing that we’d change them eventually.

Four years later, and we’ve just got rid of them, replaced with white aluminium. 21 windows, three sets of French doors, one front and one back door. Cost a * fortune but we’re glad it’s done and the fitting was much less disruptive than we feared.

How often do you look at the outside of your house? I only glance at mine when I come home.

I would if most things were right with the property. Not my preference, and nor would grey be - they’re tomorrow’s brown windows I fear…

Some coloured UPVC frames are also coloured inside- the plastic is coloured beofre extrusion into the frame molding. Those that are white inside but coloured outside are actually more likely to fade in the sun, as they will be 'foiled'.
That's why we went for white, as we wanted white inside and a lot of our windows are south-facing.

I'm surprised so many people are saying they'd replace with white. White windows look so cheap!