I need, pretty much, the whole house skimming.
Two Bedrooms, Landing, Stairs and Hallway, Dining room, Kitchen (wall units already removed) and possibly a utility room.
It is a 1930s semi, so the rooms are larger than modern properties, and there is a lot of details that need to be kept that prevent over-boarding (cornicing, dado rails etc). There is also a lot of Artex everywhere, but it is a light pattern with little depth.
Two of the plasterers, while seeming keen when visiting the property to assess it and quote, have just failed to return quotes, even when prompted again.
What confuses me is why? Do plasterers shy away from bigger jobs as lots of smaller jobs (which are in good supply) are more profitable? Or is it because they can't just overboard anything so again, the work takes longer and they miss out out easier smaller jobs?
I do not think I ask any unreasonable questions. The only thing I enquire about is whether they can retain the nice bull-nose wooden corner beading. Both of them said it is impossible to retain and prefer mental angle beading over the top. I am quite happy for them to do this (although it is a shame) and have not insisted on keeping it.
So I am at a loss as to why plasterers do not want the work.
Two Bedrooms, Landing, Stairs and Hallway, Dining room, Kitchen (wall units already removed) and possibly a utility room.
It is a 1930s semi, so the rooms are larger than modern properties, and there is a lot of details that need to be kept that prevent over-boarding (cornicing, dado rails etc). There is also a lot of Artex everywhere, but it is a light pattern with little depth.
Two of the plasterers, while seeming keen when visiting the property to assess it and quote, have just failed to return quotes, even when prompted again.
What confuses me is why? Do plasterers shy away from bigger jobs as lots of smaller jobs (which are in good supply) are more profitable? Or is it because they can't just overboard anything so again, the work takes longer and they miss out out easier smaller jobs?
I do not think I ask any unreasonable questions. The only thing I enquire about is whether they can retain the nice bull-nose wooden corner beading. Both of them said it is impossible to retain and prefer mental angle beading over the top. I am quite happy for them to do this (although it is a shame) and have not insisted on keeping it.
So I am at a loss as to why plasterers do not want the work.
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