Went to quote a house 2 nights ago, it was built in 1840 the bloke paints the brickwork every two years and the paint keeps flaking, its solid construction and is also damp inside. He asked me out cos he wants it rendering.
The logistics of the job are a nitemare, theres no parking so scaff / mixer / tools etc need to be hand-balled round from a nearby street, The garden is tiny as the property is on a main road through a town, so the tower will have to sit half on the pavement, also the only place to mix is out on the pavement also. The property has lots of decorative moldings and features that would be lost if rendered ruining its period features.
The guy has had 2 quotes, the first lad that came out said he would mesh it and render with S&C ! The second lad that came out said he would get all the paint off and render with S&C and quoted the customer £1k all in, which for me is not enough for the hassle involved, so ive politely told him i wont be quoting.
I think rendering it will ruin the properties character, and surely if it was rendered it should be done in lime ?!!
If it were mine id have the paint blasted off re-point with lime mortar, so it was left as original and also maintenance free.
If it should be done in Lime then two blokes have already said they're happy to S&C it and take his money, also a damp firm came out 2 years ago and said they could spray the outside of the building to seal it, surely this would just create problems as well.
