Is it better to live in an ugly house and look on a nice one or vice versa?

[Bo Koffzki]

i allways wondered, which to prefer?

Cecile? what you think?

[Nixon]

In my limited real estate experience:

It's better to buy the worst, ugliest house in the neighborhood, fix it up, beautify it and the landscaping, and then enjoy the appreciation in value.

CYA

[Guy Propski]

I think it's better to live in a beautiful house, and ignore all the rest of the ones on the block.

Oh, and it's "Cecil"; no "e".

[whitetho]

Years ago, there was a cartoon in the New Yorker, which featured a real estate agent showing a property to a couple. The setting was a picturesque mountain village, that had an ugly highrise in the center. The real estate agent was trying to sell the couple a unit in the highrise, promoting it with something like "This is the only location in town where you wouldn't have to look at the only ugly building in the whole village".

[Dystopos]

Reminds me of the anecdote about the guy who had lunch at the Eiffel Tower restaurant every day because it was the only place he could see the city without that tower spoiling the view.

Personally, I would prefer to live in a beautiful house because people would associate it with me. But it's more important that the house suit your way of living and provide gracious accommodation to you and your guests.

[saucy potato]

Wouldn't it be best to live in a house that suited your personality? I see all these new housing developments where all the houses look exactly that same inside and out, and I find it rather boring. All the people in the neighbourhood look exactly the same, they have the same cars, the same dogs, the same cutains/blinds, garage door colours, etc.

MHO.

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*That was a well-plotted piece of non-claptrap that never made me want to retch.*

[saucy potato]

Sorry. I think I strayed from the original point in my post.

Oops.

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*That was a well-plotted piece of non-claptrap that never made me want to retch.*

[handy]

Is it better to be ugly & look at beautiful people or be beautiful & look at ugly people?