Entering the front door, and stepping into the foyer, you are greeted with the smell of dust and old age. Though in relatively good condition, the house smells and looks its age- the dark floorboards are roughed up and uneven, and the wallpaper’s yellowed over the years. It would be cute, if not for the amount of years out of date the place was- very much decorated in Victorian style. This would have to go, you quickly thought- some interior modeling can get this place back into modernity.
Almost as if flinching, you feel the floorboards under your feet retract, before easing back to place. You assume it’s just the age of the boards showing through, and decide to ignore it. There is definitely a need for new floors as well, you conclude.