Reply to "entertaining" overvalued?

Forum Index » Real Estate

Reply to ""entertaining" overvalued?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I met with some builders and they kept talking about entertaining.  I don't want people in my house.  This is for me, not to show off.[/quote]

For many, it's not about "showing off"; it's about connecting, sharing, actually spending time together and talking to one another in an increasingly isolated, removed world. This comes up a lot, mostly in the Food forum. I hate the misconception that inviting people to your home, wanting them to have a good time, and sharing a special experience with them is "showing off."[/quote]

OP here and I agree with you but that's WHY I don't feel like I need to plan my house around it. I have friends over all the time, am the primary host of playdates, and have even pulled off my share of family holidays but I think part of my attitude about it stems from not thinking guests need a lot of special accommodations built into my house. Years ago we set up a bunch of borrowed card tables and threw tablecloths over them and had a 20 person dinner party in a 1 bedroom apartment. It's one of my fondest hosting memories. So my post wasn't about not wanting to entertain it was about thinking the emphasis on it in homebuying is overblown. Even as a person who really enjoys hosting, it is a very small fraction of the time I'm actually in my home. And usually it's a small group and/ or 1 person who doesn't need any kind of accommodation beyond what I personally already find comfortable. [/quote]

Sure as someone who once lived in NYC and hosted 50 people at a party in a 800 sq foot apartment, anything is possible but when people get older and move out to the burbs where space is more affordable, some people prioritize having more space to entertain.  Others don’t.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics