Is this pointing job reasonable?

[sam090]

I'm halfway through having my home repointed but not happy with the outcome so far and don't want to continue on the front of the house of it's a bad job, would you consider this good workmanship? Thanks in advance

 

[sam090]

Images of the work so far

 

[johnny2007]

Could be neater but I've seen a lot worse.
Real question is: did they remove old mortar to 20-25mm depth?

 

[sam090]

Could be neater but I've seen a lot worse.
Real question is: did they remove old mortar to 20-25mm depth?

Unfortunately I don't have any idea how deep they went. Thanks for your reply. I still need the front of the house doing so trying to figure if best to ask them to try do it neater or rather I'm not so happy with the finish let's leave the front

 

[stuart45]

Weather struck isn't the best style for brickwork like yours.

 

[aveatry]

Weather struck isn't the best style for brickwork like yours.

I am not an expert but does it look like it was a bit too wet mortor

 

[Charlie George]

You're not going to get crisp lines with old brickwork full of chips and undulations, he can obviously point, some sections are fine, but some areas could have had a scrape and brush and a touch up for a better finish, and to be fair close up photo's will make it look worse.

 

[stuart45]

He would have been better to use weather cut and struck, rather than just weather struck. At least you can get straight lines on the bed joints with a straight edge and frenchman. Using a flush joint finished with a churn brush is quite a popular finish for older rustic brickwork.
Toning down the colour helps on rougher brickwork.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

He would have been better to use weather cut and struck, rather than just weather struck. At least you can get straight lines on the bed joints with a straight edge and frenchman. Using a flush joint finished with a churn brush is quite a popular finish for older rustic brickwork.
Toning down the colour helps on rougher brickwork.

Spot on. I had our last house done, someone good at it can make a load of old rubbish look newly built, as they did with ours. The key is using a straight edge, rather than following the bricks.

Put up with what you've had done, find someone else to do the front.

 

[^woody^]

The question "Is this any good?" needs the context of "How much did you pay?" and perhaps "Who did it?"

From close up there seems be a lack of care and finesse, that's not to say that its bad quality or a poor job.

From further back it looks fine.

The visuals are just part of what makes a "good job", but the mix, the removal of old and the application of the new make the difference in how long repointing will do its job.