tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post4244692282098120423..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Why we probably won't be moving to KensingtonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-65376035553671621682017-03-18T09:39:40.203+00:002017-03-18T09:39:40.203+00:00I think there are some relatively simple explanati...I think there are some relatively simple explanations here.<br /><br />Especially if you are looking at recent conversions, estate agents (and renovators) know well that anything too different and stylisticly definite about a property's decorations (or even furnishings) is more likely to have negative effect than positive effect.<br /><br />For the rest, there are various contributions. City living tends to encourage simplicity: one lives out and about as much as one lives in; private gardens (except possibly on roofs) are a millstone rather than a blessing. Time between moves is shorter than in the suburbs and more rural towns etc: less is accumulated in less time. Second homes also tend to have less of a personal stamp on them.<br /><br />Finally, and overall, the priority for city purchasers is location, location, location. Next, for most, is the domestic equivalent of plug-and-play. All else is a distraction - does that negative need restating?<br /><br />Best regards<br />Nigel Sedgwickhttp://www.camalg.co.uknoreply@blogger.com