Comment on When will the all white home with grey floors trend be over?
otacon239@lemmy.world 5 days agoI can’t imagine buying something with the mindset wrapped around what someone else in the future might think it’s worth. If I’m buying it, I might as well like it. This is such a sad way to view the world.
snooggums@piefed.world 5 days ago
The mindset is that the person will like it well enough, maybe not as much as their first choice, but they will still like it. Making the decision entirely on resale over personal choice is pretty sad.
Like if someone plans on being in a house for only 2 or 3 years then it might not be worth finding a house with preferred colors or repainting and being able to sell it quickly when moving means they will probably want to keep it neutral.
I would prefer a colorful truck, but they didn’t sell the one I bought in bright colors so I got a grey and it still looks pretty good. I plan on keeping it indefinitely and when I have money to burn or the paint wears and needs redone I will go with a color I want because I don’t have any plans to sell it.
There are other things like light neutral colors for rooms makes them feel bigger or how light color paints on cars show less dirt, but treating high price items as commodities you will sell in the not distant future is what leads to salespeople promoting the mindset.