Well, Hardwood Floors OBVS! 😀
Just wondering this over lunch - a friend and I are shuttling between a couple of £2m-ish houses in Bristol, both of which are having a high 6-figure (possibly 7, in fact in one case, easily) sum being spent on them.
What do we think the next generation will curse us for as they rip it out and landfill is illegal by then?
I'm going for mdf - there's tons of it used in all the s****y refurbs I work in. And then I reckon all these glass and steel/alu hand rails/balustrades.
All "feature" walls will be painted over in the next tens years too.
Wood burners.
thankfully got my wife to paint over our feature wall already! don't know why she wanted it in the first place.
Wall carpet and ceiling mirrors.
ceiling mirrors.
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What will our children rip out of our houses with disgust?
their parents
I suspect my oubliette will be filled in sharpish once I'm no longer able to prevent it happening.....
Chinz is on the return, so I guess that.
Other than that I think you have it covered DD.
"smart" tech, it'll all be Brain driven by then so no need for past tech via mobile phones is there.
LED's, they'll be next. If they haven't set fire to the ceilings that is.
Boiling Water Hot Taps.. Think they'll go in my lifetime TBH.
Electric underfloor heating will go the same way as warm air heating.
(Bring back the Hypocaust)
Boiling Water Hot Taps
And not a moment too soon, hateful things
They should be knocking most of our houses down rather than ripping stuff out. They will wonder why we built things so environmentally unfriendly.
That's after they marvel at the fact we drove around in petrol powered vehicles of course.
Back to the OP though, I would imagine wooden decking in the garden will be seen as a massive pain in the ass, as will gas cookers etc.
Laminate flooring, feature walls, decking, pea shingle and those purple slate chippings.
Yup deckings a good one, it'll be grass and seed that only grows 20mm by then.
The multitude of electric "implements" Whisks, blenders, MagiMix's, sharpeners, kettles even, toasters.. food will be in squidgy packets with self cook meat and grown up HobNobs with vitamins in.
I thought we were talking about our children, not our great grandchildren.The multitude of electric "implements" Whisks, blenders, MagiMix's, sharpeners, kettles even, toasters.. food will be in squidgy packets with self cook meat and grown up HobNobs with vitamins in.
I'm sure Tomorrows World was predicting this sort of stuff 40 years ago and it's not happened yet.
Ikea blinds. Horrible crappy things. Bring back the curtain or sell me cheap LCD windows.
Reality check;
1) They won't be able to afford property unless they are part of the 1%
2) Most dwellings will be bulldozed as they are deemed against efficiency laws and will be replaced with high rise flats to accommodate the sprawling masses that you 'lot' keep giving rise to
3) Unless either a) the mass extinction event kicks in to reduce the plague that is the human race b) food wars result in hundreds of thousands being killed fighting over sugar, corn, wheat, rice.
And, yes, I really am a barrel of laughs.
By the time our kids are grown up they'll have seen sense and will be fighting each other to buy proper, traditionally built houses with decent sized rooms and gardens and walls that you can hang a picture on
.....instead of these new build timber kit / plasterboard monstrosities which are packed so tightly onto the plots that there's exactly room for a wheely bin between each house and the front gardens and streets are packed tight with parked cars because the "garage" is designed for all the stuff that doesn't fit in the house due to the lack of storage space.
Most new builds won't be standing anyway!
My sex dungeon. (they might be OK with the sex attic, it's more tasteful)
Agreed, New Builds will have blown away in the Hurricanes that will follow Global Warming (when/if it arrives)
Glass, for some reason I think windows will become smaller, so they'll be ripping these huge things out. Too many people getting undressed in full view of the general public for my liking. Typically these "loft spaces" that have 270" windows and one back wall and some steel uprights holding the roof on.
Blinds, they'll go, I think glass that tints will be "the next big thing" (if it already hasn't happened.
Laminate flooring
+1
And feature walls, Miss' loves them, our living room has 3 different wallpapers FFS! In it's defence it's a big living/dining room so delineating the space is necessary, but it sounds OTT, and every other room has a 'feature' wall.
Net curtains. "Ohhhh look, a lovely window, block it out. Ohhh a dual aspect room, twice as many net curtains!"
Any wired data cables.
I don't mind MDF, it has it's place. As long as it's not somewhere that'll get dinged, it's quick and easy to work with, even a nincompoop can get a good finish.
House we're moving into has some sort of wood veneer floor. I'm having nightmares as to how to go about removing it. I think some rooms will be ok to sand/polish but I know the sofa has worn a hole through in the living room.
By the time our kids are grown up they'll have seen sense and will be fighting each other to buy proper, traditionally built houses with decent sized rooms and gardens and walls that you can hang a picture on
They already are, in the South East Victorian / Georgian houses go for a premium as they're actually well built and have something called natural light entering them.
Most dwellings will be bulldozed as they are deemed against efficiency laws
Living in an 1890s Victorian house, I can report that the heating cost is pretty small, think we pay £400/year gas bill. Hardly breaking the bank, at less than 1/3 the cost of the Council tax bill.
Everything.
I remember someone connected to the building industry telling me that in some years time MDF will be treated with about as much affection as Asbestos is now. He reckoned that the dust it produces when cut/sawn/sanded will turn out to be pretty unpleasant stuff.
MDF is bloody awful stuff
As well as being toxic it's also horrible to work with, it's like cardboard
For some reason my brother told me it's the best stuff for skirtings and architrave, and as a result, it's all over my house now
I really don't like it
or decorators caulk
bag of
Living in an 1890s Victorian house, I can report that the heating cost is pretty small, think we pay £400/year gas bill
Living in an 1890s Victorian house, I can report that the heating cost is bloody astronomical. I'm paying more than twice that just for gas (hot water, GCH and a gas fire, cooker is electric). Pretty sure that one of the first things my fictional children will rip out is the boiler.
Those gas fires that look like beach pebbles or drift wood on a "stone" plinth surrounded by stainless. We put one in 10 years ago and it's looking pretty ghastly already... and it puts out bu88er all heat!
I remember someone connected to the building industry telling me that in some years time MDF will be treated with about as much affection as Asbestos is now. He reckoned that the dust it produces when cut/sawn/sanded will turn out to be pretty unpleasant stuff.
It's bad, like any dust, slightly more so because it's got a lot of glue in it, but it's not mesothelioma bad.
I did give the caveat...........For some reason my brother told me it's the best stuff for skirtings and architrave, and as a result, it's all over my house now
As long as it's not somewhere that'll get dinged
Living in an 1890s Victorian house, I can report that the heating cost is bloody astronomical. I'm paying more than twice that just for gas (hot water, GCH and a gas fire, cooker is electric). Pretty sure that one of the first things my fictional children will rip out is the boiler.
Or, in my case, Boilers. 2 of them. One for upstairs. One for downstairs.
You REALLY wouldn't want my gas bill in a Scottish winter. 🙁
It's a minor inconvenience though compared to the upside of living in an 1890's Victorian house. 😀
I'm going for mdf - there's tons of it used in all the s****y refurbs I work in.
If someone doing a "S****y Refurb" for me used MDF as anything other than racking in the back of his van, he'd be asked politely to leave.
Pretty much everything electrical and gadget wise
If someone doing a "S****y Refurb" for me
I thought you were a mobile car washer, no?
Your not doing my colleagues extension in Clifton by any chance are you?
It's a minor inconvenience though compared to the upside of living in an 1890's Victorian house.
There are upsides? I abhor mine.
Linoleum flooring!
In fact I hope in future any man-made materials that cannot be recycled or bio-degraded will be abolished in construction. That goes for caulking, silicone sealants, MDF, laminate etc
If someone doing a "S****y Refurb" for me used MDF as anything other than racking in the back of his van, he'd be asked politely to leave.
MDF gets a bad rep. If I told you the major substrate at the core of this is MDf would you be surprised? It's much better than solid timber to veneer onto as it is so stable. Agreed I wouldn't want a house full of it, but it has it's place.
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Laminate flooring, decking and MDF - basically everything 'Handy Andy' slapped in, in the 90s - my Mum, bless 'er has the whole of her ground floor covered in laminate, its criminal because I know there's a beautiful park-A (sorry I don't know how it's spelt) floor underneath it which just needed some work.
As for the whole doom and gloom no one will ever own their home again thing - you're thinking too short-term, without first time buyers there is no market. Mark my words, as soon as the banks are liquid again there will be a house building boom, yes they'll be crap, but it will rebalance the market. It's already started in Cardiff - 20k new homes underway or soon will be, with another 26k coming over the next 10 years. That's enough for roughly 100k people in a city of 320k
Back to the OP though, I would imagine wooden decking in the garden will be seen as a massive pain in the ass,
Why would anyone want to have access to something that gets wet and slippy is beyond my undestanding.
Conservatories: To hot in summer and too cold in winter. I mean why?
Massive tvs. Used to walk along certain streets in Edinburgh and the tvs were so massive they lit the street.
What's with the boiler water tap hated?? I've had one for 2 years and tbh come a kitchen redesign or house move it's one of the things at the top of my must have list.
By the time our kids are grown up they'll have seen sense and will be fighting each other to buy proper, traditionally built houses with decent sized rooms and gardens and walls that you can hang a picture on
Cos of course these places are currently cheap as chips as no-one wants such things 🙄 Have you seen the prices of nice big houses lately?
The reason houses are small and tightly packed at the lower end of the market is that it's the lower end of the market and that is how they keep the costs down. Plenty of lovely big new houses around if you have more money than the other people who want them.
Before anyone 'rips' anything out, they'll first fill the skip with your twig-filled vases and wooden letters that sit on the mantlepiece saying 'home' or 'love' or 'relax'. Then they'll peel your sticky back vinyl proverbs off the wall.
a beautiful park-A (sorry I don't know how it's spelt) floor underneath it
Parquet?
What's wrong with gas cookers?
Gas hobs are ace.
Gas ovens are crap.
...As for the whole doom and gloom no one will ever own their home again thing - you're thinking too short-term, without first time buyers there is no market. Mark my words, as soon as the banks are liquid again there will be a house building boom, yes they'll be crap, but it will rebalance the market. It's already started in Cardiff - 20k new homes underway or soon will be, with another 26k coming over the next 10 years. That's enough for roughly 100k people in a city of 320k
Who needs first time buyers when you've got landlords feeling in the mood for n+1?
Massive tvs over fireplaces. Massive shiny kitchens. Massive freezers. 16 burner ranges and agas.
I dont care if you live in a country estate you are still kidding yourself on. Those annoying wee crystal ornaments that set houses on fire and animal sculptures. Leather sofas. ikea will just evolve and still be everywhere.
Granite worktops, not in our house though, "a fool and his money are easily parted" springs to mind.
Wood burning bloody stoves.
In cities and towns, at least.
Last winter, my suburb of Bristol smelled like an Indian village in the mornings with so much wood smoke in the air.
One day someone on the council will realise that the Clean Air Act applies just as much to wood as it did to coal and will start policing the place.
Does the pile of rusting junk in the shed that used to be a collection of stupidly overpriced bikes with a mind-boggling variety of wheel sizes count?
Any feature with the prefix "period", which the British public, estate agents and the Daily Telegraph use to to justify vast sums of money for poorly built, draughty urban rabbit hutches completely lacking in heat and sound insulation and over-indexing on pointless frilly "features".
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White bathroom suites, the sooner we are back with avocado the better.
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a beautiful park-A (sorry I don't know how it's spelt) floor underneath it
Parquet?
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I wouldn't argue with you - blocks of wood tightly packed together - I love the stuff.
If someone doing a "S****y Refurb" for me
I thought you were a mobile car washer, no?
No.
But even if I was. What on earth. has that got to do with anything?
MDF gets a bad rep. If I told you the major substrate at the core of this is MDf would you be surprised?
No massively surprised really, I realise it's not all crap DIY bookshelves, although it's still not to my taste really.
providing DeadlyDarcy is going to let me choose stuff for my own house, despite the fact I used to be a car valeter, I'll go for solid wood I reckon.
But even if I was. What on earth. has that got to do with anything?
Ah roight. I thought you were coming at it from a Project Manager's or Developer's POV.
Double glazing and insulation....need plenty of fresh air to stop all the man made allergies. The climate change narrative will have moved on by then and we will be vale to get rid of all that nonsense without feeling guilty or being made to feel guilty.
Gas cookers are ace. Hobs I mean.
What I meant was, there will be another source of energy used for cooking that will make our kids boggle that we used gas. It will seem so amazing that we used it.
[quote=thisisnotaspoon ]Any wired data cables.
Hmm - I foresee people wanting more bandwidth. I'm not sure how they're going to manage that wirelessly in anything other than houses built from cardboard (it's already difficult enough getting good coverage in a typical house).
Carpet
Solar power and batteries n stuff will be so good... they'll have Underfloor heating in every room
they'll first fill the skip with your twig-filled vases and wooden letters that sit on the mantlepiece saying 'home' or 'love' or 'relax'. Then they'll peel your sticky back vinyl proverbs off the wall.
Well put, BiscuitPowered.
Probably the 90's kitchen the previous owners put in that I haven't got round to doing anything about myself.
Has anyone mentioned that awful polished concrete and polished plaster that's been all over the last couple of Grand Designs series. Don't know how much of it there is in the real world though.
Recliner sofas with cupholders and speakers.
I'm hoping mine will get round to getting rid of the last of the woodchip wallpaper...
Like they say though: never get rid of the gold-tinted mirrored wardrobes. There's no shame in inheriting a Sex Room, it's just weird to build one.
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When we took over my folks place it was clutter. Took 7 trips with a 3.5T horsebox to the dump to get rid of it all.
Also walls - they'd renovated an old mill and split it up into loads of 'spaces', whereas we ripped them all out and just have it all open-plan.
No idea what my kids will do though.
That wallpaper with giant pattern in dominating colour and glittery bits on the "feature wall" in the bedroom. 😈
My house is pretty much as built in 1920, several generations haven't seen fit to add much other than the kitchen, of this I'm glad, shouldn't need much ripping out.
The fake leaded double glazing, but I'll get to it before them and I'll leave them something nice in it's place.
Agas in Towns and Cities. It's a big storage heater from the 19th century. It means you don't like cooking and read a few too many glossy mags back in the day.
If you have one, and don't own at least one field, have a word with yourself. 😕
Hot tubs - let's be honest they're just swingers' sex troughs.
[i]Agas in Towns and Cities. It's a big storage heater from the 19th century. It means you don't like cooking and read a few too many glossy mags back in the day.
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Agree, except anyone who thinks you can't cook with an AGA obviously doesn't know how to cook properly with an AGA (notice I say 'with' rather than 'on').
We've one and it's on all year (have land and an old mill), cooks everything perfectly plus loads of hot water and keeps the house warm.
Hot tubs - let's be honest they're just swingers' sex troughs.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Hmm - I foresee people wanting more bandwidth. I'm not sure how they're going to manage that wirelessly in anything other than houses built from cardboard (it's already difficult enough getting good coverage in a typical house).
While I agree people will need more [s]bandwidth[/s]content I think that the decreasing cost of computing power will actually decrease bandwidth requirements. Think about it, all that content arrives in a single core copper cable, your broadband router then decodes it so you then need a cat5 cable with many more cores to transmit the same data to your PC, then you need a DVI cable with many times more again to transmit that data to the monitor/TV.
Or at the other extreme you can watch a HD film streamed over 4G, same content, fraction of the bandwidth of a DVI cable.
NAS and cabling everywhere will be the Betamax to cloud storage and a fast wireless connection's VHS.
NAS and cabling everywhere will be the Betamax to cloud storage and a fast wireless connection's VHS.
The cloud fixes all problems 🙄
Wires aren't going anywhere, same as magnetic tapes. Wires might become fiber rather than copper however.
I wouldn't be surprised if wireless technology backs off a bit once research into the impact of the radiation on children's brains has a larger sample size. We already know that microwaving your brain with a mobile does 'something' but the sample sizes aren't big enough to draw meaningful conclusions.
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You say that like it's a bad thing.
Remember, it's your parents' sex trough though. 😯
Open plan kitchen/diners? Seems like everyone who has an extension or refurb carried out knocks down walls to create a through kitchen-diner.
While it would make my house look modern, having a separate kitchen means you can be busy in the kitchen without an audience
Open plan kitchen/diners? Seems like everyone who has an extension or refurb carried out knocks down walls to create a through kitchen-diner.While it would make my house look modern, having a separate kitchen means you can be busy in the kitchen without an audience
It's the only space in my house I'd have open plan, very sociable - daughter can do homework/chat about her day, guests/family can interact with me whilst I'm cooking. Audience not an issue, I'm only rattling some food together.
Once rented an open plan big modern flat though, that was awful.
having a separate kitchen means you can be busy in the kitchen without an audience
keep it for the bedroom or when everyone else it out!
Agree - open plan kitchen is a good thing most of the time - it's certainly a lot more sociable for most people I know.
anything run directly on oil/gas, because it'll cost a fortune
agas - come on, they're just bad at everything they do.
decking - slippy, rubbish.
laminate floor - unpleasant imitation floorboards.