Do you like big fireplaces / do they add home value for you?
Curious what others think. Looking at properties and so many places have big Fireplace mantels as the feature of a room but make TV/couch placement rather awkward. In some cases you have a theater room downstairs but it tends to make the main floor living room just a conversational area and not something you'd use day to day to watch netflix. In some cases I'd rather just scrap the fireplace and make a nice feature wall with a centered TV and some built in storage/aesthetics instead but most things seem to say Fireplaces add value to a home.
Example:
https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS637...A1023202_6.jpg
Smaller ones like these I don't mind as much since you could still use the space above it.
https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS637...A1028757_2.jpg
Thoughts on what Beyond thinks?