We are currently looking at houses and my partners picks are being decided by $100 or less items.
Shes a complete sucker for anything crafty like an old chair from the op shop thats been repainted.
Houses that need a little bit of work are instantly poopooed over houses that have nice furniture!
Its really frustrating!
'I liked that one it had a nice dishwasher' has been my favorite quote so far.
SEnd her on a holiday with her friends/family. That's what I did when I bought my first house. Didn't have to hear her opinions and just surprised her and the family when I unveiled the house to them
I paid for the house by myself, so my situation might be different.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha , so can relate.
me - "hmm, this house could easily be extended for extra rooms and alfresco dining"
mrs altomic - " I prefer the one with the cute window in the front door, and the kids can share a room"
most important: camping outside discreetly one night to noise-check. dogs, loud music, bogans, get yourself a checklist and process of eliminate them.
I GOD DAMN HATE NOISY NEIGHBOURS AAOAORAR SKREEEEEEE
CALL 911 *WUB WBU WBUB DOOF DOOF WUB WBU WUB WUB DA NANA NAAAA WUB WUB WUB
valuable info right there.
we have the WORST neighbours… i swear to you they DO NOT sleep!!
and they let their dog roam free to sh*t on my lawn!
I have been keeping a tally of commodores parked outside with a 2x bonus given for cars parked on the front lawn.
Will definitely visit of a Saturday night and say hello to the neighbors before making an offer.
I went through something similar, weird as it sounds I used logic and got the house - The same house her initial impressions were yuck - never living there.
Part of that was the styling that the house was done in at the time.
Anyway - we agreed up front the important factors in a house that we needed, those that were nice to have and those that at the end of the day really didn't matter.
Reminded my partner of those and we went for 2nd look, 3rd look with her parents and 4th look etc Slowly she came around.
Once we had our own furniture in it its inside a completely different house …
If its really bad and you find a perfect place hire a stylist for 1/2 hr to show partner what could be done different …
Over the years I've learned to keep my wife away from auctions… She gets too emotionally tied to a place and makes bidding decisions based on emotions.. Basically a RE agent's dream.
Trying to talk my wife into buying this https://m.realestate.com.au/property-other-qld-kogan-7845318
She can't look past the no power.. What should I do?
Emotion is really hard to beat! You will just need to provide supportive responses to her issues with a property, not everyone can visualise a house with their own furniture, paint colour etc (unfortunately they are the stylists dream). Find someone else she trusts with style or design issues and take them along for a second/third inspection as suggested above. Also ge a list of criteria you both agree on before looking at houses. List them under negotiable (things we can change or live with), non negotiable (must have) and non essential (for the dream house)
Most of all don't cave in an buy a house you don't like the layout of because it is style within an inch of its life. Paint and furniture is easy to fix, walls are hard to move.
Personally I go into a house and look at what I would change to make it the way I want, sometimes nothing can achieve that.
Are you looking for advice here?
The only thing I can suggest is to get a new partner.
Post pictures of your other options - we'll help you choose!