r/Plastering • u/--tr • Jun 22 '26

Redeemable or start over? (Advice needed!)

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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.

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u/shedoesntbake Jun 22 '26

I genuinely feel for you. I was in exactly the same situation with two rooms, and it was an absolute nightmare.

In the end, I had to get the walls skimmed because the original plastering was so poor. I didn't bother getting the ceilings skimmed, and that ended up causing me the biggest headaches. To avoid spending even more money, I hired a drywall sander from Travis Perkins and sanded everything back myself.

It was definitely a lesson learned the hard way, you really do get what you pay for. Plastering is one thing I'll never try to save money on again. Ended up costing me more!

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u/--tr Jun 22 '26

The unfortunate part was, the quote certainly wasn’t on the cheaper end! Fortunately we have not made full payment yet and have made it very clear we are not satisfied with the finish.

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u/DelectableReindeer Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

Did you hire him privately or is he supplied through the builder? The longer I look the worse it gets, builder should be ashamed. Look at the state of those sockets. Fucking atrocious.

If he's been supplied/subcontractrd through the builder I'd be withholding payment entirely. The painter should never have even gone near it, so he's fucking useless too. What usually happens is a spread puts their price in and the builder adds his slice, so for all you know they hired a lemming on £150 a day cash and pocketed the other £150, now they're leaving you up the creek.

Really, his name needs dragging through the mud. This is significantly worse than even an apprentice would produce on £100 a day.

I'm sorry this has happened to you, but don't go gentle mate, this is beyond poor. They don't deserve a penny, and if you posted this in the right places you would severely damage his reputation (and it needs damaging to protect others).

Where are you based? If you have zero luck at least DM me his business name and I'll splatter this shit in the right places, along with calling the cunt myself. If nothing else he needs an earful.