Our lounge was replastered this weekend and I'm not happy with the results. Its my first time having any plastering done, so can I get some advice on whether I'm being unreasonable.
This is the first time I've had any plastering done.
I agreed £600 for the lounge to be replastered. It's 5m x 4.5m with a bay window (but he said above and around the window was too hard so I agreed to leave that part).
I expected the walls to be smooth and flat afterwards, ready to paint.
Instead there are many uneven and bumpy parts. The exposed chimney arch is particularly bad and I think painting will make it even more obvious. The skirting boards used to have a neat line and are now blurring into the walls in places.
I asked if he would remove the plug sockets before plastering and he said he would, but didn't, so they look a mess with plaster smeared against them. If I change the socket front I worry the plaster will crack?
As well as the uneven finish he left a real mess, with chunks of plaster stuck to the radiator and log burner that I installed last week, and plaster ground into the wood floor.
I've paid half so far. The other £300 is due today. Am I right to be annoyed at the poor finish?
I don't know what to do now. I can't paint it like this. But there are so many uneven parts. If I send them all and polyfilla can I still get the perfect finish I am after?
Any advice would be really appreciated.
This is the first time I've had any plastering done.
I agreed £600 for the lounge to be replastered. It's 5m x 4.5m with a bay window (but he said above and around the window was too hard so I agreed to leave that part).
I expected the walls to be smooth and flat afterwards, ready to paint.
Instead there are many uneven and bumpy parts. The exposed chimney arch is particularly bad and I think painting will make it even more obvious. The skirting boards used to have a neat line and are now blurring into the walls in places.
I asked if he would remove the plug sockets before plastering and he said he would, but didn't, so they look a mess with plaster smeared against them. If I change the socket front I worry the plaster will crack?
As well as the uneven finish he left a real mess, with chunks of plaster stuck to the radiator and log burner that I installed last week, and plaster ground into the wood floor.
I've paid half so far. The other £300 is due today. Am I right to be annoyed at the poor finish?
I don't know what to do now. I can't paint it like this. But there are so many uneven parts. If I send them all and polyfilla can I still get the perfect finish I am after?
Any advice would be really appreciated.