Green House Effect
October 7, 2009 at 9:55 AM Lawrence Hall 3 comments
In last week’s Brighton-focused Five to View, I featured a pea-green house as the first property.
Granted, it might be a shade too lurid to suit all tastes, but I think it’s a great example of the many brightly coloured homes that are dotted around Brighton.
Coincidentally, a couple of days later I read a Telegraph article based on a survey by Sandtex Paints, which said that the colour of house you live in can reveal a lot about you.
And poor old green, bless it, was at the bottom of the house colour pecking order with typical occupants earning low salaries in unskilled jobs and driving second hand cars.
In contrast, inhabitants of blue houses typically earned the top salaries, drove the best cars and often had domestic help such as nannies and cleaners.
Looking at the list to see if there was a category for the peachy-pink façade boasted by our house I found, to my dismay, that it came second lowest in the list.
However, resident of unsuccessful, low-earning pink house or not, I still have the mental capacity to know that this fun survey is best taken with a pinch of salt!
Here’s what you’re supposed to earn, according to the colour of your home:
Average Annual Earnings by House Colour:
(Sandtex Paints Survey)
Blue £38,000
Red £23,500
White £23,400
Magnolia £23,100
Beige £20,800
Orange £20,000***
Purple £19,600
Grey £19,000
Yellow £18,500
Brown £18,400
Pink £14,500
Green £13,100
***Can I just point out that I have never in my life seen an orange house…does such a thing even exist?
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lee | October 7, 2009 at 12:08 PM
You’ve not been up Hartington Road (and who can blame you?) where there is a hideous orange corner plot house, with purple detailing – ie, sills, doors, gutters. I want to vomit everytime I see it.
And my house is magnolia and if you add up my salary, bonuses, my flatmates student loans and hana’s money under the bed you might just get to the quoted figure.
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