What to pay a plasterer...

[GG89]

God there's some bullst pedalled on here.

OP, why are you on a forum asking what you should pay your mate for plastering your house? have a chat?

If he has been doing it a few months I would be VERY surprised if his work is good, and if it is good he will be very slow so take that in to consideration.

[chrisgtx]

B17NNS said:

chrisgtx said:

Cheap= Artex
Going rate= smooth walls
Seriously,you must know a mate who has a mate etc.
I got a mates son and his mate to do my house,made a cracking job of it(6 years ago) and has now gone on to make good reputation for himself.

Huh?

What i meant was,buy cheap buy twice.
plastering is what everyone can see as the finished article, its hard work to do and practically artwork.
A friend of mine had a plasterer round on the cheap, and promptly made a pigs ear of it.
It had to be sorted and done properly by another bloke who only originally quoted him about an extra £100 to do it in the first place.

[GG89]

chrisgtx said:

B17NNS said:

chrisgtx said:

Cheap= Artex
Going rate= smooth walls
Seriously,you must know a mate who has a mate etc.
I got a mates son and his mate to do my house,made a cracking job of it(6 years ago) and has now gone on to make good reputation for himself.

Huh?

What i meant was,buy cheap buy twice.
plastering is what everyone can see as the finished article, its hard work to do and practically artwork.
A friend of mine had a plasterer round on the cheap, and promptly made a pigs ear of it.
It had to be sorted and done properly by another bloke who only originally quoted him about an extra £100 to do it in the first place.

I hope he put his price up to fix it

[chrisgtx]

To be fair we did all take the piss out of him,he's as tight as a gnats chuff.

[Craikeybaby]

We've been paying between £400 and £500 per room, including boarding the ceilings.

[AlmostUseful]

I did a bit of plastering a few weeks ago, whatever he's wanting to be paid, double it. It's worth paying a fortune not to have to try it yourself!!

[Mike Random]

I use a guy for my rentals and live about 3 hours away, was urged to try the builders son who plasters, never again polly filler in walls and the wife was told its fine just give it a sand, cheeky tt, in the end l paid for my plasterer to travel up and stay in a b&b for a week to correct the previous guys work and do more. A very old house and in experience don't mix, the original guy was not using the correct PVA stabilizer for lime etc, total bloody nightmare

In the end l would rather pay more and know l am getting a good job

Mike

[renorti]

B17NNS said:

£8 per hour

A mate, for cash, £100 per day.

£8 an hour!
more like £8 per 20 minutes.
like quoted above £100 day cash.{lower end of scale}
EWI {latest goverment grant} pays £107 per sq.meter on houses covered in that foam pad insulation,then rendered over.
loads of firms on the bandwagon,though at this rate the grants/vouchers scheme won't be around long.