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I think you'd have to be a bit of a helmet to ask for money off to change the colour tbh.
It's possible that bland twats (or potential landlords) would be put off by the walls not being beige but someone else might love it and think 'great no need to decorate'.
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Most people are planning to repaint but if it's freshly painted the whole place will look a bit less worn and more tempting.
Shades of yellow and orange could well be a bit off-putting to some and make people think that more work needs to be done and price accordingly.
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Definitely worth repainting. Go with a neutral colour.
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a couple of shades of yellow and orange, kitchen a light blue, and a bedroom a light pastel green.
I think your agent is right but perhaps aren't saying what they really mean. The problem isn't that buyers will try to knock money off for repainting, the more fundamental problem is that non-neutral colours put buyers off or make them reduce their bids.
Not for logical reasons (walls are easily and cheaply repainted) but because a lot of people just don't like coloured rooms. White rooms do tend to look bigger too.
Painting it all white is a no-brainer. Fair enough if you can't be bothered, but you could potentially be looking at losing thousands because you can't be bothered.
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Had an estate agent come round to give us a valuation, mentioned we need to repaint the flat, so that we could get top dollar and not get into negotiations to lower asking price as buyer would won’t money off to repaint themselves.
Front room and bedroom is painted a couple of shades of yellow and orange, kitchen a light blue, and a bedroom a light pastel green.
Worth repainting? More trouble than its worth? How much do you actually lose if buyers want to repaint?