I’m having this argument with my realtor right now. She wants me to paint the entire house a boring white color, destroying all of its character; even ruin the wood cabinets by painting them too. I think she’s crazy but the wife is siding with her so I don’t know what the fuck to do. I don’t want to ruin my beautiful stained wood with ugly, white paint. I find it hard to believe that this is what actually sells.
They somehow made it look bland as hell. They added a fucking basketball court? Are they targeting Chicago Bulls players?
Psythik@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Delphia@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Bruh, 2 things.
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its not going to be your house anymore.
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Either you trust the realtor or you dont.
PolarKraken@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Despite sincerely understanding the parent comment’s POV, yours is the correct degree of detachment for such a crucial, life-altering (I assume) set of financial decisions.
Expanding cuz I’m apparently chatty tonight - if you trust your realtor, because your realtor can demonstrate doing their job well (both with your current experience and from prior ones with others), and you the seller lack such expertise, get out of the way and let the professional work (I’m on the clueless seller end of the spectrum, to be clear).
If you do not trust your realtor, identify why and fix that immediately, this is WAY too big for well-founded misgivings. That fix ranges from fixing one’s own internal POV to firing the realtor, entirely situational, but 100% critical before taking further steps. Slowing down is usually better than moving forward badly, too.
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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
- Take photos.
- Get an AI to paint the cabinets white.
- Do some AB testing.
bestagon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The old home I grew up in still had original wood trim complete with years of partial diy restorations that gave it an incredible visual depth. It was such a highlight of my time there because everyone else’s in town was covered in the same white paint. The only story it could tell was how good/shit the previous owner was at painting
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Originality is scary to the vast majority of people. And because of billionaires, comforting and following pays off in the short term, and most people are selfish, stupid, and irresponsible.
RagingRobot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
We are getting ready to sell our house and the realtor wants us to paint everything boring colors and it’s killing me. She mentioned white was a good choice lol.
I can’t wait to get in my new place and paint it so I can feel normal again. Who wants to be surrounded by boring white walls all day
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I went through this last year and was pretty gutted by the process… at first.
When the final bill came in for all the renovations and prep for sale, we just added it to the list price. Our realtor’s thinking was that we could entice buyers with something that is turn-key, rather than just doing the bare minimum. It was boring looking, but you wouldn’t have to change anything because it was perfectly inoffensive, if not without flair. And the buyer gets to finance un-doing our to-taste changes along with the house. Win-win.
The key here was that our realtor had the float to finance the renovations, a crew that could do the work for a steal, and felt our home was a sure bet. YMMV.
Now, my new place… yeah. Still saving up to un-fuckulate what the last guy did.
Psythik@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Same. Been arguing with the realtor and wife with this? Who the fuck wants painted white cabinets over a nice stained wood? Whoever buys the house is going to have a hell of a time sanding it off.
Evotech@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It makes sense. You want a blank canvas.
Zanathos@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Fuck that, let the new owners change it around. Let them build in material costs to their mortgage if they need to. Welcome to home ownership!
We sold our first house as is for 10k over asking, and it was flipped in two years. The new owners did a lot of reno on the place even though it didn’t need much. They replaced carpet and painted cabinets and natural woodwork and that’s it.
Had I put in the work of renovating before selling it would not have made a difference.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well, ideally the white walls are covered in art, like a museum.