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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know, I know, it doesn't matter what other people think, but I'm still not that highly evolved so just humor me.

We live in a suburban Nova neighborhood where SFH are worth $900-$1.1M (many of us paid less of course.) These are just normal 4br houses but you know how prices are around here. I would estimate most neighbors have a HHI of $200-$350k. Two feds, or an engineer and teacher, some SAHM's, stuff like that. Obviously there may be outliers.

Anyhoo, we've noticed a lot of our neighbors doing major renovations lately, and not just since Covid. Full kitchens and baths, some are moving walls and changing layouts, etc. Some families have literally redone the whole house. The results are stunning, don't get me wrong and the neighbors seem to enjoy their updated homes. I don't begrudge them this.

DH and I and just...don't really feel like spending our money on this or dealing with the disruption (the latter may even be the bigger of the two reasons.) Yes we have moments after we've seen a neighbor's home where we discuss it, but when it actually comes to pulling that kind of money out of savings and going through the motions, we just don't want to. I guess in that sense we are kind of lazy. We complete all the home maintenance, have fresh neutral paint throuhgout the home, updated light fixtures, we replace worn carpeting, etc. Previous owners redid the kitchen maybe 15 years ago - its not the current style but still in great shape. We have newer appliances. At some point we'll be forced to do the upstairs baths but putting that off as long as we can - no one sees them but us.

[b]TL;DR - What do you think of us when you come to our home that is not remodeled, especially if you know or highly suspect that we could afford it? Do you think less of us or think we are cheap?[/b][/quote]

I think they are very wise with money, and have their priorities straight, OP.  Since you asked. [/quote]

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