Comment posted to How to strip woodchip wallpaper by Gemma.

We are in the middle of renovating our 2 bedroom house. It seemed all pretty to start with but every wall had wallpaper (not to my taste) or lining paper that was peeling in places. So last summer we decided to tackle the two bedrooms. I started on a small wall in the little room which has a damaged wall where the original owners took out a wardrobe, its left enough problems that we have to get it re-plastered along with the ajoining wall in our bedroom. Me and my husband spent two weekends stripping wallpaper and a thin layer of lining paper underneath but we were proud when it was finished. Our bedroom was easier as the walls aren’t in bad condition and most of the paper peeled off.

Now my husband has decided to look at stripping all the woodchip wallpaper from our living room and two hallways. At first I thought, he had a point, it looks ugly, no colour we’ve painted over it looks good and its starting to peel away at the bottom. But now after months of waiting for a decorator to offer is advice with how long it will take and the problems that will probably happen. Nothing has really started. We got a quote from said decorator for £1100 to strip all the paper and PVA and then plaster the walls afterwards ready for painting. My husband seems to think this is reasonable considering the hassle involved.

But doesn’t anyone know if thats a good price or not? We’re expecting our first baby in July and wanted it all finished back in January. I just don’t want them stripping it all off and saying all the walls need re-skimming when a little patching up would do.

Does anyone have any ideas.

Thanks Gemma

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