Re: monoblock drives and RoI

I'm inclined to agree, but on the other hand you don't want the place to be so unattractive that it acts as a tengam to potential buyers.

Not everyone has the sense to treat poor decor as a plus-point ("oh goody, it needs redecorated and I can do it my way") rather than a turn-off ("what a dump, I wouldn't want to live there!").

What's a tengam?

A puzzle for you to solve. Here's a hint: Get your brain in gear.

Ah yes, gotcha. Dyslexic rich industrialists on a return trip. :-)

However, you it is probably fair to say that a professional scientist is probably more adept at being able to ignore superficial things like that. Some people do struggle to see through a property's current colour scheme and furniture layout.

What sort of hint is that? "Tengam" is not in the dictionary, and if it were, it would be by accident.

I thought they had an anagram option there but apparently not, so a better hint would be

Which is what I said yesterday, on first sight of Ron's clue.

Fair enough, but you have to know (or suspect) it's an anagram first. But it wasn't just any old anagram, it was a reversed spelling, intended to denote a reversed meaning, i.e. a repellor as opposed to an attractor.

Poor decor is obviously not a plus point! However, the question is whether you will recoup the time and money spent on decorating, and I'm skeptical that it would unless you're lucky in getting a buyer who likes what you did.

It might also be because I have little taste so I don't mind living with strange colours until I get around to decorating :)

Stephen, I'm rather surprised to hear you say that! What about that serious on telly, about the house owners who can't sell their house in over a year..but they come along..eg. the tellly people...spruce it up, stick all the furniture in storage, rent new furniture, call in rent a mob and do a sprint clean....rearrange, paint etc.etc. and hey presto they get more than twenty grand above the asking price!

What do you think to that?

Not only to see if it sells "quicker" but sells for more money!

Unless you have a bridging loan the interest isn't relevant, it's just the time to move ... but if markets are slow you are less likely to get a buyer who likes your decor, and if markets are fast then it will sell anyway, so catch-22 ...

I think the true cost of what they did may have been 20k! Fine if you can get the BBC to pay ...