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We got quite a lot of raised eyebrows when we bought a mid-century place as well. Since then it's become far more desirable but 10 years ago it languished on sale for a couple of years before we bought it and was being sold with planning permission to knock down and build something horrid in its place.
It's so much better designed for living today than a victorian house (apart from the tiny kitchen we extended - keeping the original intact) and amazing light throughout. Mind you - completely shit insulation which we can't do a lot about and concrete walls so hanging pictures is a PITA but that's a bit of a first world problem I can live with.
Seem to be leaks everywhere at the moment though so am going to have to bite the bullet and get a specialist to have a look at the copper roof at some point which I'm sure will be £££.
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Howard
My partners family were, initally, rather snobby about us buying a 'mid century' property, we got the feeling that they would much prefer us to buy a Victorian/Edwardian house. They kept calling a 'new build' dispite it being over 50 years old.
One thing I realised was when they bought their 20's house in the 70's it was the same age as the house we're buying is now.
They're fine now, but I assume it was akin to me being a bit snobby about the 'look' of late late 80 to early 00's housing - most of it will be good to actually live in. I just don't like the aesthetic/design language of a lot of the, maybe it was becuase they were what was new what I was of age to start to notice such things?
It was the same for them I suspose, they grew up seeing these new designs of houses they didnt like the look of and have had the feeling linger, even though they are objectivly better in several ways.