As @Yel said, the exterior of Lydia's house looks like a residential care home.
I'm in the states and 4-5 bedrooms are standard here –– along with basements is some states. She overpaid for that 5bd monstrosity and there's no equity if she mortgaged it. It's overpriced for the comps in the area and she'll have a hard time realizing any appreciative value or selling it in the future unless that area becomes a boom town in the next decade or so.
She's underwater given the property value, no appreciation to-date (based on UK records), and the cost of renovations. If she plans on living there the rest of her life, it probably doesn't matter.
Victoria appears to have made a much smarter REI purchase. However, without the specs, I can only wager based on the looks of Vic's property and the updates that were/are needed.
Lydia is the epitome of a classless "Dior-on-repeat-billboard"
I own several designer bags, tablets (tech), more than I know what to do with (to be honest). I'm never like, "This fits in my Valentino," etc. It's just tacky. It's a handbag and I never feel the need to blab on about it. People that know the designer, know it!
I never feel the need to announce it.
Lydia Millen tries way too hard.
I am embarrassed for Lydia when
she attempts to be a walking Dior billboard with all 4 accessories (bag-belt-tote-and-throw) in tow. Less is more. Make it simple but significant.
I'm in my early 30's. I earned my success. I know better.
Shameful that Lydia doesn't. She has
literally no one around her to tell her she's making an ass of herself.
Instead, she lives in an adjoining online echo chamber with
minions more insecure than she is and work-for-hire-friends without a backbone in sight.
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