The Fail Fail - what price is that house?

[SueEllen]

Can you find the prices of the houses in the article?

'Tasteless' homeowners are slammed over 'Grey Plague' trend | Daily Mail Online


'Tasteless' homeowners have been slammed over a trend of ruining pretty homes with dreary paint-jobs, supersized fences and Astro-turf lawns, dubbed the 'Grey Plague'.

A number of examples have been shared online in recent weeks, showing how once picturesque white houses, often dating back centuries, have been transformed into ugly, grey mountains stripped of greenery and often with imposing front features.

The worst offenders, according to scores of social media users, appear to be Edwardian and Victorian redbrick homes clad in dreary grey render, with some described as 'truly shocking.'

One Victorian home, complete with a pretty turret, was given a grey makeover in Woodford Green, Essex, with commenters saying the owners had ruined a decent house.

All the white wooden windows were changed to grey plastic while the home was rendered in a dark colour.

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[vetran]

Seems to be quite popular among our south Asian neighbours around here when updating houses . Though if you look at new builds they too love grey.

[d000hg]

Can you find the prices of the houses in the article?

'Tasteless' homeowners are slammed over 'Grey Plague' trend | Daily Mail Online


'Tasteless' homeowners have been slammed over a trend of ruining pretty homes with dreary paint-jobs, supersized fences and Astro-turf lawns, dubbed the 'Grey Plague'.

A number of examples have been shared online in recent weeks, showing how once picturesque white houses, often dating back centuries, have been transformed into ugly, grey mountains stripped of greenery and often with imposing front features.

The worst offenders, according to scores of social media users, appear to be Edwardian and Victorian redbrick homes clad in dreary grey render, with some described as 'truly shocking.'

One Victorian home, complete with a pretty turret, was given a grey makeover in Woodford Green, Essex, with commenters saying the owners had ruined a decent house.

All the white wooden windows were changed to grey plastic while the home was rendered in a dark colour.

Our red-brick Victorian house was rendered/painted white. I quite like it as it might be rather brooding otherwise, nestled in the trees, but I do wonder if it can be reverted or our old 1860 bricks will only crumble and look awful.

I was sanding our external wooden windows (white) and discovered the dark green they were originally. Easy to forget just how dark Victorian houses were.

[SueEllen]

Seems to be quite popular among our south Asian neighbours around here when updating houses . Though if you look at new builds they too love grey.

Racist!

All ethnicities in my area have been infected with this plaque.

[vetran]

Racist!

All ethnicities in my area have been infected with this plaque.

I hope its a Blue Plaque...

[Dark Black]

Happening around here too - I just don't understand the mentality.

Why spend all that money to make a house look like a post-war prefab?

(actually most post-war prefabs had more character)

[DoctorStrangelove]

Our red-brick Victorian house was rendered/painted white. I quite like it as it might be rather brooding otherwise, nestled in the trees, but I do wonder if it can be reverted or our old 1860 bricks will only crumble and look awful.

I was sanding our external wooden windows (white) and discovered the dark green they were originally. Easy to forget just how dark Victorian houses were.

Dark green paint?

Bet your bottom $ it's got lead in it.

It's good stuff, is lead paint.

Sanding it, not so much.

[d000hg]

Dark green paint?

Bet your bottom $ it's got lead in it.

It's good stuff, is lead paint.

Sanding it, not so much.

Probably - not sure if this is original but it's certainly decades old.

[fullyautomatix]

I have nothing to comment on the article itself but bloody hell, the ads on the daily fail website make it almost unusable.