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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Millennials here are proving my point, y’all are lazy!![/quote]

Anyone can take down wallpaper and re-paint. That’s not bad, just time-consuming. You can also learn a lot about relatively minor stuff from YouTube videos, like installing a new kitchen faucet. But are you going to do your entire kitchen renovation yourself? Are you going to demo, hang those cabinets, take the right accurate measurements to get the granite guys to cut you the right size counter top, and while you’re at it demo your current flooring and then install your new floors? Are you going to rip out and then install a brand new toilet in your half bath to replace the one the previous owners hadn’t touched in 30 years?? It’s not “lazy,” it’s just being stretched financially to where you can’t afford to make hire contractors to make big repairs right away. [/quote]

DP. You lost me at "entire kitchen renovation" and "half-bath" renovation. It might not be lazy to want to do this stuff, but absolutely none of it is necessary.

This is exactly the tradeoff OP is talking about. 
* Millenial wants turnkey house, including cool new kitchen with Viking stove and renovated half-bath.
* Millenial complains that boomers either (a) aren't doing this for them, or (b) they're doing it but charging a lot to recoup their costs, and/or (c) bidding wars result from all the other millennials who want the Viking stove.

Newsflash: only millennials in a "turnkey house" bracket are going to be able to afford pp's renovated kitchen and half-bath. These higher-income millennials will happily pay the premium for the renovated kitchen and half-bath.

The millennials who aren't in the turnkey house bracket are either unwilling to consider a cheaper area where they can get a turnkey house, or they're on the fainting couch over the thought of having an outdated kitchen. How about you guys learn how to live with an outdated kitchen? And, for the half-bath, pick up a paintbrush and hire a plumber to put in the new toilet. It won't kill you.[/quote]

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