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Not actually living at the property and had a lot on with work so probably not as focused on it at the time as I should've been. Was just glad it had been done tbh. Anyway thanks to everyone who helped educate me on what I should've expected. Probably should have spent some time looking at...

Paid £1700 for 5 days work so not exactly peanuts, certainly not in Scotland anyway. He wasn't even the cheapest quote I got. Im not winning I was just trying to educate myself so I was coming from an informed rather than an uninformed position. You give bikers a bad name you bellend.

To be honest I just want to move forward and rectify the work. The money is hard won so it's a bitter pill but don't want to dwell. I'd normally only go on a recommendation from someone I knew but am new to the area. What's the best way to get this up to standard? Can someone who knows what...

Unfortunately I have, not really knowing what to fully expect, I went based on the feedback received on mybuilder.com - all of which was good. My gut told me it was a bit s**t but I thought maybe I was wrong due to all the good feedback

Had free access to the kettle/milk/tea throughout the job, as was at work myself. Even put out two packets of biscuits for him ffs

So here are some pics. I actually unscrewed all the sockets (and then dug them out lol) and scraped the worst of the plaster off.... Cpl are of the ceiling join and one of a wall too.

Thanks for all the responses to my question, answers have confirmed what i kinda suspected - that it was slack not to unscrew them. I'll take a few pics and upload them tomorrow for reference. Thanks again!

Hi there I'm new to the forum and new to getting plastering/skimming work done. I recently bought a new bungalow that needed some skimming work done (artex removed as well as some previously papered walls). In short because I am inexperienced I didn't express at the time but I'm not really...