Grotty house advise

[Funky-Melon]

How are the cats settling in or did they manage to escape?

Yep, my home office is in grotty room #4. Both still harass me daily

 

[Funky-Melon]

I’m confused if we’re taking the plaster off the wall wouldn’t it be easier to keep wallpaper on. Keep all the plaster together so hopefully will peel off easier?

You're better off taking the wallpaper off and assessing the plaster underneath.

If it's not blown then there is no point getting it off the wall, they can just skim over the top and job done.

It'll be considerably cheaper for you if they only need to skim, not remove all the previous plaster first. They'll charge extra to remove the old and get rid of it as plaster is a chargeable material at normal tips.