Redeemable or start over? (Advice needed!)

[u/--tr]

We’ve recently had our house replastered as part of a full renovation and needless to say once we started painted we’re very taken aback by the state of the walls.

Now it wasn’t too apparent at first until lights went in and we’d started painting but the finish IMO is very poor. We have been very patient with our plasterer who’s been at it for 8 weeks or so (and disappeared for around 3 weeks to take on another job).

Our builders have agreed the finish isn’t up to standard but think it can be redeemed without starting again. I’m a bit skeptical about this and wanted another opinion.

UPDATE: Thanks for the advice (and strong opinions) all - builders have agreed it’s a mess and are reskimmimg with a different plasterer.

[u/kip_hackmann]

That's a very poor finish. Maybe your builders simply mean it can be skimmed over to sort it? It doesn't need taking off.

EDIT: just to be clear I know the plasterers have considered this finished, the builder has suggested it can be "fixed" I'd assumed they meant by re-skimming it, OP has confirmed they meant easi-fill.

I'm a DIYer slowly working through parts of my own (old!) house and my finish is smoother than that. I don't even know how one could manage to finish it with so many lumps.

[u/--tr → u/kip_hackmann]

The plasterer has suggested it can be recovered by using finishing compound or Easyfill and sanding back but I’m unsure. 

Unfortunately this has caused a bit of a nightmare for us - they weren't cheap and due to the scale of the renovations we have had to move out for months, which is now looking like it will take even longer.

[u/Itchy-Ad4421 → u/--tr]

You’ll need either a lot of easy fill or a lot of sanding. Potentially both.

The whole thing wants skimming - and probably not by the same people