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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

If the flooring was grey we would be able to live with, but the red is a no go for both of us.

It's jut bloody hostile to restfulness, is my view of it. RED. Sheesh.

I'm less critical than my sister. I've lived my whole life in a very old building that has very little updating. Most stairs are horribly steep with too shallow steps, so you have to turn sideways to go down. Originally there was a spiral staircase from the basement to the attic, but those were replaced with the steep ones in different places; in some places they cut the beams (without replacement for the support), in other places you have to duck to not hit your head. We don't have a proper bathroom, just a room where they installed a shower and separate WCs, a galley style kitchen with a warped wooden counter and no central heating except in the store (plus no insulation, mostly single brick). And that's just the start. So my standards are pretty low.

Well, given the description, I can see that you might be less critical. Almost anything will be a big improvement, especially a proper bathroom and water closet, right? Hoorah!

My sister's current kitchen has slightly higher counter tops than normal, that's nice. We would both like that (seriously and counter that a little bit too low is murder on your back). We both hate black/dark grey bathroom; it sucks out all the lighting and in summer it gets really hot. As I said before my biggest must haves are no leaks, central heating and fairly well insulated. I would live to have a big enough bedroom to create a reading/cross stitch nook, but having seen the houses in our budget I realize that that might not be possible.

Oh, yes, I am exceedingly fond of slightly raised counters, as I'm tallish. Not huge, but, 5'8"+-5'9". That slightly crooked bending over, on the usual counters is a pain, literally, in the butt/back. :-) And given my bod and age and all that, it's unlikely to get better or improve anytime soon. so...if you can find them, grab 'em!

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