From: Ronald Raygun 
Subject: Re: monoblock drives and RoI
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 20:16:35 GMT

Stephen Burke wrote:

> Ronald Raygun  wrote:
>> The real problem is that it's a matter of taste.  The carpets might
>> be new, but the buyers might dislike the pattern, and ugh those
>> purple walls.  And what use a designer kitchen if it's the wrong
>> design, etc.
> 
> Some experts seem to advise people to decorate their house before selling,
> but to me that seems fairly pointless, given that it's fairly unlikely
> that you will find a buyer with exactly the same taste.

I'm inclined to agree, but on the other hand you don't want the place
to be so unattractive that it acts as a tengam to potential buyers.

Not everyone has the sense to treat poor decor as a plus-point ("oh
goody, it needs redecorated and I can do it my way") rather than
a turn-off ("what a dump, I wouldn't want to live there!").