Would you prefer to buy a house that was completely neutral/sterile or one that was painted like someone actually enjoyed living in that house while there?
Completely neutral (white/light gray)
Soft neutrals (beige, sage, light blue etc)
I am having a "argument" with the advice my friend is getting from a realtor about painting their house prior to moving.
I will admit to having a deep loathing to white/sterile, especially when literally everything is white or cold tones - white trim, white appliances, white walls, white carpet, white cabinets, gray floors. But it's because the vibe I get is that whoever lived there last thought of it as only temporary, and never bothered to change the colors from the builders grade paint, and if you didn't like it enough to make it at least somewhat your own, why should I pay more than half a million dollars for it?
Caveats to this: I live in a part of the USA where the house behind me that exploded and burned to the ground sold for 250k, wreckage still there.
No house, including one that was built on a boulder that you rode a pirated mining car down some self-installed tracks half a mile to get to, has been on the market for more than 2 weeks in the last 6 years in the surrounding 200 mile radius
The house in question is in a debatable school district, but only because the next town over is the highest rated in the state and everything else is obviously going to fall short.
These are the colors that are "too much" for the realtor:
From left to right: living room, 2 options for the hallways/connecting space, upstairs bedroom, and kitchen.
