How much did it cost to render the front of your house?

[creamcheeseandcream]

Just this.... we are hoping to do this only to the front of house. It's a fairly big detached house. Is it likely to be 5k 50k ? As a complete guesstimate what would you think it would cost?

Partners a plasterer... 5k should be about the mark, for just one front side of a large house 2.5k should do it. Hard to be more specific without measurements though.

Is it to replace current render? If it's to cover brick please don't!
I'm looking into options to reverse this, the previous owner rendered the front only, and it's bloody expensive.

What has happened that's making you want it taken off?

Oh my goodness what! Where in the country are you? We just had our garden wall rendered for that same amount!

We paid 2.5- 3k ish for a semi in 2021

@creamcheeseandcream it's just not at nice as the original brick, it needs repainting regularly to keep it looking fresh, and the fact that it's different to the rest of the house looks odd.

I live in a mature area were most of the houses are brick but most are being done this way. I think it's so fresh and modern but then again our brick isn't particularly nice.

@creamcheeseandcream I chose an Edwardian house because of its character, to me it doesn't need to be fresh and modern. That's what new builds are for

3 bed detached and stand alone garage. £5k in 2020 in Scotland

I’m always deeply suspicious of houses that have been rendered, what are they covering up? When developers bought a house that needed a lot of work done to it in our road a couple of years ago they rendered it. The brickwork was a bit rubbish and it needed repointing and they sealed up a window with breeze blocks which was then covered.

Brick always looks better than render!

In Scotland render is quite common on houses build in 70’s. Mines was a terracotta colour which was awful so had it re-done in white with grey chips. Looks much nicer.

@UndercoverCop render over brick (or over anything else that isn’t render) also requires planning permission…

@SisterhoodWhatever render is quite often used when a property has undergone a lot of works and/or has been extended - it can apparently be cheaper to render over low-cost building materials than it is to buy matching brick or stone to tie in with the original house.