No. Cosmetic details like paint color, cheap hardware, or dated flooring have very little effect on value unless the place is genuinely trashed. Value comes from the things that are hard to change: bedroom and bathroom count, square footage, lot size, location, and true upgrades like a renovated kitchen. An odd paint color is a weekend and a couple hundred dollars to fix, and appraisers and experienced buyers price it that way. Cosmetic turnoffs can actually work in your favor. Plenty of buyers can't see past ugly paint or old carpet, so those homes sit longer and sell for less. The buyer willing to look past a small cosmetic fix can walk into built-in equity. So don't let doorknobs scare you off a structurally sound home in the right location, and don't overpay for a place that is only winning on fresh paint. Judge the bones.