About 10 years ago, I had just moved in to a new house and my brother-in-law and his daughters came to visit as they wanted to see the house. I went out of my way to welcome my brother-in-law and was happy he had come to visit. He asked if he could look around the house and I let him. As he walked around the house, he proceeded to say the paint colors were ugly, the front porch had a defect that could cause someone to fall and sue us, the fact that the houses were too close together and that would "make him claustrophobic", the backyard was small, the bedrooms were small...etc. You get the picture. He had nothing nice to say about the house. When he wasn't complaining about the house, he was just silent. But never uttered anything kind about the house. I was so disappointed. And for the record, our house was in good condition and almost brand new. And my BIL is not a home inspector. So no reason for his negative comments. He made me feel bad about the house because he was so jealous. I've never forgotten it. Well, here we are in 2017 and my brother-in-law has just bought a new house of his own. And guess what? He has been repeatedly asking for us to come visit to see it. I'd like to do the same thing to him he did to me. Should I? At the very least, I will not compliment him on it.