me_irl

I can understand your point. We did some minor changes for my wife's peace of mind, but we bought the home with the idea that it wasn't our forever home. The one we're in now we are keeping though. We've remodeled the previous owners remodeled kitchen... Added things to the house that do nothing for value, but the pressure of knowing we're going to have to resell it is completely gone.

We had a 15 year mortgage on the old house and the whole point was to pay it off and get rid of it while we looked for something better. We never even painted the walls, it was still contractor beige when we left. Our house was livable though and already open concept, so we didn't really have to make any major changes to it. We just turbo cash dumped into the principal at every chance.

That being said, if my wife would have had any major issues, we would have changed things. It was just "acceptable" enough for us to treat it like a long ass lease and leave it almost like we found it.