Plaster repair, patching, skimming, crack repair; painting
We needed plaster repair after removing the wallpaper from our 1930s plaster walls and having some electrical replaced to bring our house up to modern standards. Adding new light fixtures also revealed a number of nicks, dents and scratches in the plaster that weren’t previously evident. Plasterers were difficult to get in for quotes – we called at least ten tradesmen and their prices/advice varied.
Kris came in for an initial quote about a day after calling him. One of the things that stood out was his ability to communicate what needed to be done and how he would do it. He avoided the ‘quick and dirty’ fixes that some other quotes recommended and his price was the most competitive of the bunch. He wasn’t in-and-out like others we had in for quotes; Kris and Pete were in for more than an hour, answering all of questions, presenting a number of options for our consideration and showing us before-and-after examples of their work.
We had Kris and Pete in to patch, skim and paint our main floor hallway, upper floor hallway, our living room and a bedroom. They did an excellent job – you can’t find any of the holes the electrician put in the wall, you'd never geuss we used to have wall sconces, and the small imperfections that we could see under new lighting are no longer visible.
They went beyond our expectations – taking care around our main floor gumwood, re-painting the baseboards on our upper floors to contrast well with the new paint colour and covering everything while working and painting. Our original plan was to have them repair the plaster and leave the painting to us, but we're glad we had Kris paint for us - he did a great job, the added cost was very reasonable and he handled on-the-fly requests without complaint. Highly recommended.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $3,700.00