Yep.
Well, you have to be flexible either way. If you're inflexible about a reno, the glitches will drive you crazy. But you have to be flexible to like a house without reno, too.
I'm (slowly) renovating the little ranch house I bought nearly 12 years ago. Now, twelve years ago, I was a single mom of a baby, and was NOT going to move any walls (though some refurbishment was OK with me), and bought for floor plan, price, condition, and location. And a kitchen with LOTS of storage space, and perfectly servicable (though old) appliances. Very happy with it - no reno. I didn't have the energy, time, knowledge, or money to renovate or even think about how the house would work better for us if it were set up differently.
NOW, we're two big people in the house, crashing (literally) into some layout problems in the over-built kitchen (previous owners had added a lot of cabinets, small people, and made a couple of bottlenecks doing it), the appliances are reaching the half-century mark and failing, I have more time and energy, and a higher salary, and more 'mindspace' to have a vision for the house. Things like rooms on the bottom floor set up specifically for hobby spaces.
But no reason to actually change location, or need more actual living space. And just about all new construction around here is hideously big, or I'd need to buy a plot and get a custom, 1500 - 2000 sq.ft. house built. People *do* do that around here, but that's especially costly per square foot.
So, the renovations started.
Banty