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Could the reason for the unevenness seen here be because the workers did not take off all the old render like they were supposed to? At the front of the house you can see some of the old render they didn't take off. Or more likely just bad technique? Front of house with old grey render...

Here is a part of the lounge wall under lamplight from where I'm sitting right now-not pretty to look at

Yes mate that would be fine, I'll be around all weekend.

Oh I was talking about the exterior rendering, not the inside plastering. Forgot there's two threads. Inside I can't explain-either incredibly incompetent or done on purpose.

We are very bothered. The man won't communicate with us so we are seeking legal advice which is why we won't name and shame just in case it affects things. After it's all over I will name the f#######. Feel free to have a look and you'll see it's not a wind up. I'm still after a definitive...

Feltham, SW London. Anyone is welcome to come and give us a quote to fix/redo if they are nearby. Or just to have a laugh at the worst job ever.

Cheers, that sounds reassuring.

Hey Thanks for you input, much appreciated. Do you think it's advisable to fill in the cracks with something and wait until good weather to start over? I'm worried about getting damp.

Why do you think it has the orange skin effect? Did they just not know what they were doing? It should be really smooth right?

Thanks Marshy for trying to help. We really can't afford to be ripped off again.

Does anyone recommend sites like mybuilder, ratedpeople etc to find tradesmen?

We were living away from the property and our one month son was in and out of hospital very ill. We were not paying attention to what the people we thought we could trust were doing. Do you think it looks like it should be completely redone? The walls they didn't plaster are all smooth.

As have been shafted by a so called builder who's men did outside render and inside plaster(there's a couple of threads on it), we are looking for someone who knows what they are doing to do the whole lot again. We are especially worried the render will lead to damp inside and with two very...

I'm having problems uploading so apologies for duplicates.

Actually they did all the work at the same time. I'd seen previous work and it looked fine. He's been in he trade for 40 years and told me he was booked for two years. So we left them to it. You look at the inside in the daylight and it looks ok if you don't know what you are looking for...

We were away when they were doing it then busy having a baby. We trusted them to do a good job as they were recommended to us and kind of related. They matched the highest quote we got from an english builder. Should have gone with the Ukranians who quoted half the price!

Seems to have posted everything three times-but it is bad right?

No wind up and I'd be banned if I typed what I really thought about what these cowboys have done. We are going to need it sorted so if anyone wants to come and look/quote they would be welcome.

I posted pics of our dreadful rendering on another thread-i'd be interested in opinions of our interior plastering-done by same builder. I've told him it's shite, he thinks it's ok. It looks wayworse than these photos.

As the downstairs was full of damp they quoted this to fix the lounge and dining room * Hack back to brickwork walls to exterior perimeter in house affected by damp, seal, apply uni-bond, 2 scratch coats to level out, 1 top coat with waterproof additive, skim to a smooth finish. £4700

Inside was another £4000-here's some examples of what we got

We are in SW London-do you think £8000 for the original work was too much?

He is actually a very well off english builder who is kind of related to us! He came highly recommended. I think he thought we'd be to thick to realise the work is rubbish. His lot did the inside plastering too-it is also rubbish.

It's a three bed semi detached-can anyone give an estimate of what it would cost to re render it. I had someone from mybuilder come over who thought rather than taking all the render off it is possible to just plaster over what's there. Does that sound right? Here's some pics to give an idea...

Hi I have a question about these cracks-there are many. Should I be worried? Someone told me if water gets in them and freezes the cracks will get bigger. And what causes them-just poor work applying the render or the mix they used was not right?

Thanks all for replying. Can anyone recommend someone in SW London to quote for doing it right? The house was full of damp when we bought it so this was to sort that out. With a new born baby we really don't want damp returning.

I do know it's shite-just reassuring to hear from professionals to back me up. He will pay for it to be fixed and I do know it's shite-just reassuring to hear from professionals to back me up. He will have to pay for it to be fixed but finding someone to trust to do it right is the problem...

It's really not.

However I don't know what the guys who did this actually did. I know absolutely nothing about this stuff. A builder who came by recently said he didn't think they got the mix right. That's why it's crumbly-could he be right?

It's complicated This is the original quote Rendering Exterior * To erect scaffold to existing side of building to hack back blown render discussed on exterior walls, coat walls with uni-bond, apply 2 scratch coats to level out, 1 top coat smooth render with waterproof additive combined to...

We were not in the country-we trusted them to do the whole job, I really wish it was a wind up!

We are in Feltham, SW London. Anyone is welcome to come and see it. We will want it fixed/done properly.

Should we be worried about the cracks-there's over 50 of them? Does it look like we should get the whole thing done again?

Hi Thanks for your replies. We got five quotes-the highest was matched by a family member(by marriage) who we thought we could trust. His guys also did the inside plastering-I should start another thread on that-it's not pretty. I'll post some more pics.

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Hi I've had the side my house rendered but to me the job looks rough. The photos don't show how bad it really looks-not very smooth like I was told it would be. And the edges are not straight. Some bits have fallen off and underneath it is crumbly-a builder came and looked at it and said the...