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Plantoid · « **Reply #15 on:** May 08, 2013, 10:28:35 pm »

Light colours can turn a pokey room in to a masive room especially if the whole home is decluttered .
Every house or bungalow I've had , got the old two coats of very light coffee colour treatment through out at about 8 months before it was put on the market to allow it to stop smelling of a rushed paint job.
Being all of one colour there are no definate boundries from room to room so the place looks even bigger .
It's no mean feat selling a total floor space bungalow of 7 x 9 sq mtrs and getting above the average area price at the third viewing .

A light coffee lends itself to warmth even on a cold day .. magnolia can be a wee bit too cool
We had the colours mixed to my requirement and individuality .

MAK · « **Reply #16 on:** May 08, 2013, 10:45:03 pm »

I viewed a flat that a 4 feet 11 inch "Barbie" look a like showed me. She had a bright red ( scarlet) bedroom - and sat on her round water bed wearing a short skirt and black stockings.
Did I buy it - too right ( I'id not).

Depend if you are selling a life style or a neutral home I guess.

scarlettoara · « **Reply #17 on:** May 09, 2013, 09:41:55 am »

Quote from: Plantoid on May 08, 2013, 10:28:35 pm

8 months before it was put on the market to allow it to stop smelling of a rushed paint job.

i was hoping the paint smell might disguise the smell of dogs....

Castle Farm · « **Reply #18 on:** May 09, 2013, 01:22:05 pm »

Whenever I viewed a house I'd do a running total in my head of the things I'd need to change. If an offer was on the cards I'd deduct around twice as much as the sum total I reached.

Materials plus labour. An average room cost around £400 to re-decorate.

Raine · « **Reply #19 on:** May 09, 2013, 06:05:31 pm »

You could always just paint 3 wall's and call it a feature

MAK · « **Reply #20 on:** May 09, 2013, 08:01:08 pm »

Blimy - Castle Farm - you pay someone to decorate

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We just spent a week putting up alluminium foil paper over our new plaster walls that showed "stains" and patches of salt peter - then an embost paper - then several coats of paint. The paint was a real problem as the alluminium foil prevented moisture from passing into the wall. Bubbles appeared and white spots appeared - hence the need for several coats of paint.
about 4 days labour for a 10x2.5 meter wall and a day for the other 3 walls.
> £400 me thinks. Materials = about 190 € and we did not do the ceiling.