Friday, July 23, 2004

On second thought. . . Garden gnomes take £15,000 off the value of your home. The Guardian has published a piece cribbed from a TV show called "The 20 Quickest Ways To Lose Money On Your Property" -- a list of the pounds-value of bad decor decisions on your home's resale value.  Link [Boing Boing] 5 Additions such as "humorous" gnomes and stone cladding (£15,000) 6 Textured finish to ceilings (£14,000) 7 uPVC windows (£12,500) 8 Smell of pets (£10,000) 9 Poor DIY (£10,000) 10 Avocado bathroom suite (£8,000) 11 Nightmare neighbours (£7,500) I think I'll stick with the pink flamingoes. 9:42:43 AM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

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