Let's listen in on a conversation among a group discussing the restoration of old houses. This house we just bought is so disgusting. All the walls are painted this nasty gold color or wallpapered in silver and flocked velvet paper. The carpet is at least 30 years old and doesn't appear to have been cleaned since 1971. It is going to take a ton of work to get this back to something decent.
Cosmetics are nothing.
Our house was filthy institutional bile green inside with gloss trim and fireplace in the same color. The floors were unfinished and looked as if a large animal had been butchered on them. Smelled even worse. Lucky Strike may have gone to war but when they got back they spent the next two and a half decades clinging to my woodwork and ceilings. Well, WE had to contend with cat and ferret spray.