House buying - What is your deal killer?

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Originally Posted by Guru

The thing I am worried about is that if we change out both areas of carpet we are thinking, we will have to replace all of the other areas too so it doesn't clash as much.

My plan was to pull the carpet off our hardwood floors because they were finished. But, the condition of the hardwood floors was deteriorated enough that they need refinished. So that option got eliminated. As much as I would like to just have them refinished, I can't get the time off work it would take to get them done properly.

I am really getting to the point that, as much as I hate this house we live in, it just isn't worth all the money we will have to soak into it to get it sold right now. We need that money for the house we actually want.

I'd rip up the carpet, clean up the hardwood......no refinishing necessary at this point. You would be surprised how people will like the "vintage" look. I'm really serious.