Rendering

[fuzzylogic]

If all goes to plan I'll be moving into a 3-bed semi-detached house in a few weeks. The only slight problem is the entire back and half of the side of the house are currently bare grey brick and need rendering. The front and one side of the house is rendered and painted white. The half side of the house that needs it is the upper floor above a garage conversion. Obviously we negotiated the price down with this work in mind.

This is the first house I've owned, so I have absolutely no idea how much this should cost, how long it should take, or what product to ask for. Any suggestions/experience would be much appreciated!

 

[fuzzylogic]

Why is it not already rendered would be my question?

They've got most of the way through renovating the house then decided to move. They're quite whimsical arty types, and I don't think they thought through the obvious fact that without a further extension the house wasn't big enough for them and their growing family. Fine for me and the mrs, especially in the area it's in, we'll extend in 5 years or so if we need to.

 

[fuzzylogic]

Does that mean that extension hasn't been signed off by the building inspectors as its not waterproof?

Also cement sand render is your standard render that you can paint. No idea of cost as thats area dependent.

They haven't built an extension, it's the back of the house. They've converted the garage but that section of the house is red brick which is untouched, it's all internal and first floor work. I think they might have chipped off pebble dash. The survey next week should tell us more.

Area is north Manchester.

 

[fuzzylogic]

Lots of variables (area to be rendered, depth of rendering needed etc) and area dependant. Also depends on the complexity of scaffolding etc required.

Get quotes and recommendations locally. If you're in devon/Cornwall I can give the details of the people that did the work on our house (and a warning not to use the same incompetent scaffolders we did, the other trades were great)

Thanks for the offer, a bit out of the way though! Any obvious things to look out for when getting quotes? What was the problem with the scaffolding?

 

[fuzzylogic]

I just had a property of mine entirely re-rendered. It’s a 2 story semi-detached. I asked for a monocouche render, which although expensive upfront, claws back cost because it’s fairly easy to apply and doesn’t need to be painted (comes in colour of choice and is sprayed on). I have had it applied to other properties and comes highly recommended for longevity.
It cost £4500 in total including cost of scaffolding. This property is based in SE London.

The job was due to take 5 days, but weather delayed this somewhat and the scaffolding was up for nearly 2 weeks.

So that’s your ball park.

Spot on, thanks for the reply!