Sensible plastering prices

[BMWBen]

How much should one be paying for plastering in the SW london/surrey area? We need to get the ceilings skimmed in a 2 bed flat and have some patching done on a couple of walls, and have had quotes that i can't see as anything other than ridiculous.

People seem to be saying that it'll take 2 days to do, and we're getting quotes in the £1000-1200 region.

Is that really sensible?

[BMWBen]

So it deffo sounds like the quotes i had were aimed at a mug then...

Luckily we've now had one for 500 and one for 650, so I think we're getting there. One more quote to come then we have to pick one.

Oh, and just for the benefit of those grumbling about "You get what you pay for", one of the quotes for £1k included sanding down the existing ceiling first.

...The 1969 vintage artex ceiling.

Unnecessary (the ceiling is only slightly textured), and deadly. Stay away from my ceiling please you muppet.

[BMWBen]

Well, I've got one now - going to charge just under 600 quid, seems to know what he's talking about and is a local man with a good reputation.

How some jokers think that the job is worth twice that amount I don't know.

[BMWBen]

GG89 said:

How many ceilings? what size and height? are they currently artexed? The OP was a wee bit vague tbh.

Edited by GG89 on Friday 7th September 16:10

60Sqm of ceiling needs doing, then making good the existing plaster on the walls. Ceilings are artex, but only a bit textured rather than the alpine reconstruction you sometimes get.