I don't care what's on the walls - that's an easy fix, but flat paint on trim or doors would make me think twice. It would have to be redone and it's usually more expensive to do since it's so labor intensive.
I think a paint credit would assuage concern, but only if it felt appropriate for the work involved.
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I can't imagine not buying a house that I want because of paint. That is so fixable. Personally, I wouldn't want what you are suggesting but when we were looking to purchase, our concerns were much bigger than something that a weekend of labor can fix. Tile in the bathroom, kitchen cabinets, flooring....things like that were deal breakers for us. Our house looked like the previous owners found a clearance sale at Sherwin Williams or something, every room was such odd, bright colors. We didn't think twice about that, the layout worked, the land was what we wanted, the infrastructure was solid. Paint was just a project we would get to.
Repainting all of the trim is far more than a weekend project and will cost thousands to have done professionally. Unless houses are flying off the market where she is (in which case, why bother at all?), she needs to avoid flat paint on the trim. At the very least, don’t purposely do something unnecessarily shitty to the house that buyers will be forced to remedy. It’s not just the unorthodox choice, it’s that the paint is also not going to stick since it’s unlikely she is going to scuff sand all the trim so the flat paint will stick since she’s trying to save time/effort.
More importantly, it signals that the house was cared for by someone who doesn’t know the basics and I would have serious concerns about other home maintenance choices that are less obvious to the naked eye.
I can't imagine not buying a house that I want because of paint. That is so fixable. Personally, I wouldn't want what you are suggesting but when we were looking to purchase, our concerns were much bigger than something that a weekend of labor can fix. Tile in the bathroom, kitchen cabinets, flooring....things like that were deal breakers for us. Our house looked like the previous owners found a clearance sale at Sherwin Williams or something, every room was such odd, bright colors. We didn't think twice about that, the layout worked, the land was what we wanted, the infrastructure was solid. Paint was just a project we would get to.
Repainting all of the trim is far more than a weekend project and will cost thousands to have done professionally. Unless houses are flying off the market where she is (in which case, why bother at all?), she needs to avoid flat paint on the trim. At the very least, don’t purposely do something unnecessarily shitty to the house that buyers will be forced to remedy. It’s not just the unorthodox choice, it’s that the paint is also not going to stick since it’s unlikely she is going to scuff sand all the trim so the flat paint will stick since she’s trying to save time/effort.
More importantly, it signals that the house was cared for by someone who doesn’t know the basics and I would have serious concerns about other home maintenance choices that are less obvious to the naked eye.
Ditto this. If I saw freshly painted flat paint on trim work I'd wonder what they were thinking and what they were trying to hide. I'd MUCH prefer to have scuffed, old, semigloss trim.
I can't imagine not buying a house that I want because of paint. That is so fixable. Personally, I wouldn't want what you are suggesting but when we were looking to purchase, our concerns were much bigger than something that a weekend of labor can fix. Tile in the bathroom, kitchen cabinets, flooring....things like that were deal breakers for us. Our house looked like the previous owners found a clearance sale at Sherwin Williams or something, every room was such odd, bright colors. We didn't think twice about that, the layout worked, the land was what we wanted, the infrastructure was solid. Paint was just a project we would get to.
Repainting all of the trim is far more than a weekend project and will cost thousands to have done professionally. Unless houses are flying off the market where she is (in which case, why bother at all?), she needs to avoid flat paint on the trim. At the very least, don’t purposely do something unnecessarily shitty to the house that buyers will be forced to remedy. It’s not just the unorthodox choice, it’s that the paint is also not going to stick since it’s unlikely she is going to scuff sand all the trim so the flat paint will stick since she’s trying to save time/effort.
More importantly, it signals that the house was cared for by someone who doesn’t know the basics and I would have serious concerns about other home maintenance choices that are less obvious to the naked eye.
I probably look at it differently than some as we have done everything our house needed ourselves from a new roof to all new windows to tearing down walls and new drywall. Painting trim wasn't painful to me when we did it, we tore it off, painted it and put it back up. It was one of the easier projects we've tackled. If people aren't used to doing projects themselves then yes, maybe that's a big one. Take my answer with a grain of salt I guess. We wouldn't be able to do half the things we've done if we had to pay for labor so we just get it done and are used to it.
I've repainted every single house I've bought, even if they had neutral colors, so I'm not sure I'd care much. Unless there's a long list of things to do AND I need to paint then I might be annoyed. However the trim should not be flat and I also hate flat walls. Eggshell is where it's at.
I would definitely notice flat painted trim. Can you leave the trim and just paint the walls if they are really bad? What’s the overall level of the property in terms of someone new wanting to update it?
I can't imagine not buying a house that I want because of paint. That is so fixable. Personally, I wouldn't want what you are suggesting but when we were looking to purchase, our concerns were much bigger than something that a weekend of labor can fix. Tile in the bathroom, kitchen cabinets, flooring....things like that were deal breakers for us. Our house looked like the previous owners found a clearance sale at Sherwin Williams or something, every room was such odd, bright colors. We didn't think twice about that, the layout worked, the land was what we wanted, the infrastructure was solid. Paint was just a project we would get to.
I wouldn't be bothered as I love painting but I am in the minority from what I hear. People would see another expense to be added as they move in. Painters aren't cheap. It costs thousands to repaint a house.
OP, paint the walls a warm neutral color in satin or eggshell and the trim in semi-gloss. A lot of paint brands have special paint for trims and doors. It is self-leveling (brush marks will disapear when it dries) and it dries harder making it easy to keep clean and resistant to chipping caused by furniture/pets/kids/people.
ETA: Behr paint at the Home Depot has a cabinet/trim paint enamel in semi-gloss or satin