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  • I’ve been given the contact details of a builder by our loft company. I can’t contact him yet, as I need to have the date of the loft work apparently, but it will be to repoint this wall.

    The loft people didn’t seem to think it would need scaffolding to go over into the neighbour’s garden, but I really don’t see how you can access the wall with only scaffolding that is on our side.

    Anyway, anyone have any idea what I should budget for it? It’s the single biggest unknown in all the renovation work right now. Had a similar sized area (10m2) repointed last year at the upper side of the house, which was obviously easier to access with a tower and that was £1k+VAT. Can I safely assume it will be around that?


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  • Prices may be up a bit on last year but that figure does seem about right to me. I'm only going from having arranged the job being done a couple of times. As far as scaffolding goes, you needn't worry. In fact if you've no experience of telling scaffolders what to do you won't get much choice in the configuration! If they know it's pointing and the loft they might work out where best to position the 'lifts' but a lot depends on how they like to work and what lengths they have available. If they have to use your neighbours garden it will probably be fait accompli and no harm will come of it.

  • I had pebbledash removed, bricks cleaned and re-pointed for that much. Front of terraced house, Leytonstone 2018. Can share the blokes details

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