Owning your own home

You’re gonna end up in the golf club for daring to want a nice big house for you and your family...

Bullshit situation though, market’s mad by the sounds of it. :(

Me too, a while back now but the agent knew we were looking for and that we'd had just had a purchase fall through, so he called us about a place that hadn't definitely come on the market yet but the owner wanted to test the waters. We viewed that day and offered on condition they didn't list it. So it never even got as far as Rightmove et al, never even got as far as the photographs being taken.

At the end of the day its your house if you want dark do it, fuck what other folk think.

Maybe I should stick my gaff up and see what we get for it! Save me trying to sort out this Architect malarkey

that room would take anything, theres enough white wood and plaster plus space and light, the flooring can add or subtract light also.
you could paint it smalt (deep blue) and it wouldn’t look out of place.
depending on its aspect or other furnishings i would shift the amount of cold/warm to match the light (warmer for northlight/colder for south facing)

At the end of the day its your house if you want dark do it, fuck what other folk think.

This.

It will look good dark green or blue.

completely disagree with the others, dark paint makes dark rooms, which are miserable.
imagine having to have the lights on during the day because your walls are dark!

paint it white, then have some nice green sofas, carpets, posters and wall hangings, whatever you want. just leave the walls white so you have a nice bright and soft environment to live in.

I disagree that white necessarily creates a bright and soft environment as a rule (if only to demonstrate how much of this colour stuff comes down to opinion). White walls won't save a room with poor natural light; it just ends up looking dingy.

If you have a room with good south/west facing natural light, dark colours can look great and you won't need to put lights on during the day any more than you would in a room with light coloured walls (in my opinion!) The atmosphere will obviously be different but it's not like you won't be able to see the remote control or something

All white is bloody awful after a while. Looks good in photos but even with sparkly furniture it gets really dull and any imperfections are painfully obvious. Also highlights any cheapness in your build / fit out / furnishings. It's OK for one or two rooms or if you've gone nuts on custom fittings / furnishings but for hard working communal rooms I'd add a colour, the depth depending on the light present.

Black, with a single bare 100w filament bulb.

Cradle of Filth playing in the background.

Re: Estate Agents.
Sadly dealing with them/getting to know them is very helpful if you want to be at the front of the queue.
There were several occasions when EAs told us about properties just coming on/offers fallen through, before they hit Rightmove. In hot areas they often don't have to do that many viewings either so if you don't get a slot then you won't get the property.
With our current house: The EA called us up just after an offer fell through as we'd made a lower offer several months before. It wasn't re-advertised.
Acorn do this thing where they don't put a property "on the market" and instead invite round a select list of buyers.
They said to us we could just do that with them for 2 weeks and if no offer accepted we could sell with someone else straight after or list as normal. (we didn't)

Only you can decide what colour your happy with.
It's such a personal thing.
Some "experts" say look in your wardrobe for colours you like.
Also try and find out what colours work for your neighbours' rooms.
What colour is that carpet?
You could take a sample of the carpet to a paint shop and ask for tones which will work with it.

Some "experts" say look in your wardrobe for colours you like.

Black walls and denim carpets it is then

Lovely room that. Darker would work fine with the right lighting. Dulux have a visualiser app - it's not perfect, but can give you a good idea what different colours will look like - take a pic in the app, choose the colour and it will replace all your mustard.

The marble/quartz in that bathroom would give me a fucking migraine every time I had a shower....

This lounge looks ace https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1­19100233

This estate agent selling -off-market thing can't be happening in Scotland where most properties are sold by blind auction, right?

My in-laws (in England) insist that I need to be in the inner circle of estate agents for the reasons mentioned in this thread, but so far they're just spamming me with stuff that is already online.

The house we bought had Dulux 'Antique Map ' in the living room when we moved in and we liked it so repainted the same colour. Nice not to be all white but still light, nice contrast between skirting and cornice etc.

Edit - obviously the colours are not perfectly white balanced in that pic.

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Our bedroom was dark blue and badly painted. Still went for asking. Lights on in the photo but it really wasn't needed during the day.

Craig & Rose French Turquoise is the answer. White above picture rail too.

Sorry mate, shit news. A mate of mine lives on that road and they've done the extension/loft pretty much exactly like that and it's a spacious family home that they can happily stay in for years. The overlooked gardens are pretty shit though so at least you've missed that (silver linings blah blah).

It's tricky round there though because those roads are pretty sort after these days and they don't have loads flooding onto the market, Wanstead has always been pricey but there you're easy walking to two central line stations , high street, nursery/schools etc and The Duke pub on your doorstep. Perfect commuting spot city boy money wankers as well (partially sorry if you work in the city).

Realistically you'll be able to make most colours work. Some might take more effort in finding furniture, etc that matches so have a think about sofas, art you like, etc before settling 100% on a colour.

If you're only painting walls then repainting isn't that tough if you decide to change your mind. One thing I would say though is go for some tough paint. Stuff that scuffs and marks as soon as you brush against it is a real hassle.

Exactly this. We just painted our lounge F&F Pelt. Dark-as-night purple. Room gets plenty of light during the day, but we hardly use it then anyway - love the cosy vibes at night with good lighting. Do whatever you want!

i feel this is a safe space so just need to vent here.
Fuck me, what is it with Agents/solicitors/conveyancers???
both me and the Mrs have had to put a few fucks into people this morning.
an agent who doesn’t answer the phone or emails and a conveyancer and solicitor who are blaming each other for unanswered questions and unsent emails.
we don’t care about your petty grievances so how about you just do your jobs that we are paying you for?

we have a mini chain of 3 but the top has moved already the FTB at the bottom and us in the middle, we all speak to each other and are pissed off with them and want to complete first week of april.

cant get our mortgage valuation because “the agent is uncontactable”
i had to get a memorandum of sale by standing in the office and making him do it while i stood there.
how are these people still in employment?

thanks for listening.

It is nuts. There has got to be a better system!

I know opinions are like arseholes, but this all day long:

theres enough white wood and plaster plus space and light, the flooring can add or subtract light also.

In the main room of this flat, the primary wall space holding the colour is not what will affect the brightness.

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