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I also live opposite a park in an area that seems to attract loud drunks at night. That is a pain but waking up and seeing massive trees swaying and looking out over grass makes up for it - and if we had double glazing it would probably be fine.
I would definitely go for the fixer (even though we're halfway through our own).
Shiny stuff that's not to your taste but is too new to bin is my idea of a nightmare - and I really enjoy putting my own stamp on a place (even if you'd have had a hard time reminding me of that at times over the last year).
Also that door is excellent.
I live opposite a park, in summer it’s a fucking nuisance as drunken twats traverse it at all hours, singing and being arseholes. Special shouts to the bunch of pricks who turned up the other night at 0230 with some fucking boom box. Might be worth checking that out.