Artex - would you buy a property with it?

ginvzt

We have it on the ceilings on the house we are renting now. And, to make it better, it is not just white, but different shades in different rooms (bedroom - jade green, ok, very light, nearly white, but still I can see the colour!!!!!). If I ever bought this house, it would be one of the things to get sorted, along with carpet tiles and wallpaper in ensuite.

stanleyunwin

Had it on all of the walls in my last house. Over the course of about 3 years had it all skimmed over.

cost about £300-£500 per room

Welshwoofs

It's all down to personal tastes isn't it.

Personally as soon as I see Artex I factor in the price of having to get those ceiling/walls skimmed. However other people like it, there is still a brisk trade for Artexing even these days!

Zelie

Well every potential purchaser will have different feelings on the matter but personally I'd live in a tent before I bought something with a 'Christmas Cake' ceiling. The stuff is vile and I don't know *what* those 70s folk were thinking.

Bootski

cornishkate23 wrote: »

Hi everyone.

Does Artex affect the price of a property?

We've just moved into a bungalow built in 1985. The lounge, hallway and two bedrooms have Artex walls and we're deciding whether or not to get them skimmed. The ceilings throughout are Artex-ed and we're leaving those well alone as we know it would cost far too much money to get those skimmed and they are 'normal' nowadays.

We cannot remove the Artex because it's been put straight on to plasterboard. We're also asking for estimates from local plasterers but before we go ahead with anything we would like to some general consensus of opinion as to whether we should leave it or skim it over.

Thanks for reading this!

I'd definately skim it over. Once you try to remove it you'd no doubt ruin, chip away at the plasterboard having to fill it in anyway. It might be more expensive but it would save you so much grief and frustration, let alone the mess.

One thing I learnt doing up our property was that if you can't see behing it - cover it up. As long as the walls are structurally sound the end effect will be the same anyway (to the eye!)

ognum

Two bathrooms in my home had swirly ceilings, underneath was larth and plaster so we had them plasterboarded and skimmed, it made it easier to fir down lighters.
If a whole house was covered in swirls I would not buy it!

ab7167

1985 is on the cusp of the asbestos ban - I used to own a house built in 1984 and was advised to skim over rather than remove, just in case. You can have it tested to see if it does contain asbestos, but there would only be a risk if you sanded it or otherwise created dust.

And yes, I would skim over - we are in the process of having our current house done, and the rooms that are done look brilliant - it is going to be a number of years before we get them all done. And our next door neighbour is a plasterer as well!

Fire_Fox

Definitely skim over the walls, whether you do the ceilings as well would depend on the cost - it may be the plasterer will do you a reasonable price since he will be in your home anyway.

lincroft1710

foxy roxy - unless you're a long term secure tenant don't waste your time, the cost will be well into four figures. And I don't mean £12.94p.

Radsteral

The worse thing you could do to yourself is removing artex by means of force.
Weather is pre or post 1985 , its still damaging and as a plasterer , i do sugest overboarding on top of it then skimm but thats not always possible.
Skimming, provided the textures arent too rough, is a straightforward procedure but you should bear in mind that unibond or pva are not suitable to plaster over atrex. with them , when plaster dries, its likely to fail and fall in big pieces.
A stuf called Thistle bond-it is the best thing , costs about 40 quid 1 tab of 10 litres- You apply today and plaster tomorrow - guaranteed to stand