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Bobbo in reply to @Sharkstar
Small bedroom, how small? With a few assumptions let me break down how I'd price it.
1. Labour for 2 people to strip, re-board and inspect ceiling structure for damage (including tidying, dust sheeting, moving furniture etc.) - £375 could easily be more though
2. Proper disposal of old plasterboard according to regs. - £150
3. 4 X sheets plasterboard and fixings. £40
4. Skim. £200 Inc materials
5. Seal and 2 coats paint £175 Inc materials
Total £940

In this price I haven't including any mark up that would probably be added to the price of the painting and plastering. Also I haven't included what you could call "insurance job premium tax" - ie it's common practice to add extra to a job you know is for an insurance claim because (a) the client isn't paying (b) if the insurance company is paying directly you will probably be stuck with 90 day payment terms (c) you may be asked to guarantee your workmanship.

Edited because I did sumz wrong.

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musa in reply to @Bobbo

Question. Would you need to remove old ceilings before re boarding or would you just board it then skim?

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Bobbo in reply to @musa

You can board over old ceilings but best practice is to remove the old stuff and board onto the joists. If you really want to cut corners you can even patch holes and re-skim.

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