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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in a home that was built by a developer in 2013, and it doesn't look dated. It has white marble counters in the kitchen and bathrooms, hardwoods (dark finish but a neutral brown - not cherry or blonde) throughout the house (white tile in the bathrooms), and brushed nickel hardware throughout. Stainless steel appliances. Cabinets are white shaker style. All of this was the developers choice and it's fine. We've done things like replaced most of the light fixtures (what was hear was all super modern looking but cheap, like probably whatever they could get in bulk, and we've replaced with more classic lighting. We've painted throughout, done some wallpaper in the foyer. I think we could sell tomorrow and the only thing in our house that looks a little dated to me is the backsplash in the kitchen, but due to the design of the kitchen it's only a relatively small area and it doesn't look awful (neutral tone small mosaic tile with some color variation), just probably not what someone would pick in 2023.

What I see in other developer-built houses that I am glad we sought to avoid when we bought: any kind of sliding "barn door", vessel sinks anywhere including powder rooms, engineered hardwoods in gray or very light finishes, trendy flooring patterns, super modern details like floating stairs. Some of that stuff looks good in a home that is thoughtfully designed to the taste of a specific homeowner (I've seen some nice herringbone flooring, for instance) but it's too aggressive of a design choice for a developer to choose and, since they will go with builder grade everything, is likely to look bad quickly.[/quote]

Yep, this. Don't do blonde or white or grey hardwood floors, do classic neutral brown stain. No barn doors, shiplap, fad countertops, etc. This is all design choices.

As far as the construction itself, that really depends on the builder, the materials and the craftsmanship. Posters here lump together all new builds as awful - but almost everything about modern quality construction is vastly superior to methods from 100-120 years ago. The key is quality materials and labor. I'd absolutely take that over an older home without hesitation.[/quote]

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