OK – I know this will be a another subjective answer. But here goes….

Want to smooth all the ‘textured’ ceilings in a 2 bed house – How much (roughly) is it going to cost?

Ta

Id budget about £100 a ceiling off the top of my head.

Paid £200 two do the walls and ceiling in a 9’x9′ bathroom recently.

He had to put a coat of ‘hardcote’ (?) on the celing first as the artex was heavily textured and then do a skim of proper plaster over the top.

I reckon he would have charged probably £100 – £120 to do just the ceiling.

so maybe £1.50 to £2 per sq ft?

Depends, most I’ve had quote for a house I am renovating charge around £18 per square meter for boarding and skimming.

This doesn’t include chipping off if its needed, and if you just need a skim they seem to charge £6 per square meter.

If you are boarding it yourself, they are fussy buggers so you may end up paying twice if the edges are at all feathered.

I recently fitted a 20sq mtr dropped ceiling in my kitchen and utility room it cost £80 for a mate do to it. usually he’d charge £150 – £7.5 a square meter

paid £1100 for the same in a 4 bed house recently
That was about 10 separate ceilings

If you were thinking of getting spotlights or to move light fittings – get them done now (:

Thanks for the info.

As a time served plasterer,it is a ballache. If you pva/scrape back heavy artex you may be able to neg a better price. TBH I have seen me price not to get it.

Not heavy artex – more a stippled paint/heavy paint I think.

Where are you DM?

£200 a day including materials is what we paid. Everyone quoted about the same. That was for 7 days work though. LOTS of plaster!!!

£200 a day including materials is a fair price.

Where are you DM?

Tayside.

coving or no coving?
We decided to get some really low profile coving fitted and it looks quite smart – pleased we went for it now

Probably not worth the trip to the southwest for a job then 🙂

Any plasterers in the ‘golden triangle’ Gloucester/Cheltenham/Stroud area?