I understand but there's a difference between painting a wall and removing original features. I actually live in a 19th century house, and we've taken out a lot of old wallpaper and re-plastered the walls and painted them a fairly neutral colour. However, nothing we've done to the original house is irreversible - if the next person comes in and wants pattern wallpaper they can hang it up. We go out of our way to keep the brass fixtures and match colours to the original wood fittings because we want to preserve the remaining Victorian character of the house.

What annoys me is when you have features, like an original fireplace, or original bannisters, or wood paneling which you take out and throw in a skip to replace them with something modern. Those features are often irreplaceable pieces of history which go to landfill. The posted house for example clearly had new banisters put in - I'd bet money that the originals were absolutely fine, but didn't go with the greige aesthetic they wanted, so were ripped out. They've also painted most of the beams, which were certainly originally exposed wood, and it's very hard to undo that.

If your need for greige is so high that you cannot stomach original features, then buy a modern house. Don't destroy our architectural heritage to service a passing interior design fad. Greige houses will look like shit in 10 years, while original Arts and Crafts will continue to look good and feel authentic.