Rendering over plaster externally?

[Ivor Windybottom]

I'm fairly sure these "other buyers" usually don't exist.

 

[piper64]

Could you actually get scaffolding in there to render it.

Good point, but as they built the house next door and must have used scaffolding, I'm guessing there is space.

 

[piper64]

I'm fairly sure these "other buyers" usually don't exist.

It's estate agents talking, so you know they are lying.

 

[opps]

Good point, but as they built the house next door and must have used scaffolding, I'm guessing there is space.

Pointing bricks with scaffold poles in the way is one thing, rendering with them in the way is a different matter.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Actually I know someone who was recently bidding against an "other buyer". The other one bought in the end, so occasionally they're not lying.

If you're going to play hard ball you have to accept that sometimes you will lose, so be happy to walk away if you don't get it for your offer price.

There are loads of houses around. The stuff currently available is the dross that nobody else wants. You need to put a saved search on Rightmove with alerts and be ready to pounce. The best houses sell literally within hours, most buyers never even see them.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

I'd expect a freestanding scaffold tower would fit in there. One on wheels so you could move it in and out of your way as needed.

 

[piper64]

Actually I know someone who was recently bidding against an "other buyer". The other one bought in the end, so occasionally they're not lying.

If you're going to play hard ball you have to accept that sometimes you will lose, so be happy to walk away if you don't get it for your offer price.

There are loads of houses around. The stuff currently available is the dross that nobody else wants. You need to put a saved search on Rightmove with alerts and be ready to pounce. The best houses sell literally within hours, most buyers never even see them.

It's not me that's looking, it's one of my kids and believe me, they're wired to every possible house sale in the area!

 

[piper64]

I'd expect a freestanding scaffold tower would fit in there. One on wheels so you could move it in and out of your way as needed.

That'll be the vendors problem unless he sorts it out soon

 

[opps]

That'll be the vendors problem unless he sorts it out soon

It looks like someone has previously tried to use an angle grinder or similar to remove some of the plaster.

There are tools that will remove the bulk without damaging the bricks, for example, the Festool Renoflex. Sure it will cost a grand for the tool and another £600+ for a dust extractor, plus labour time and then the cost of removing the residual, but even if rendering, someone is going to have to remove the bulk of the plaster anyway.

Find a tradesman with those tools and I expect it will be far cheaper than rendering, and better looking.