First Time Buyer House - Refurbishment Help!

travelhoppers

Doozergirl wrote: »

I'm repeating myself but with the extra info you've added, all of this is really is stuff for a decorator!

Decorating is not about slapping paint around, it is all about sanding back, filling and preparing the walls. If you get a proper decorator, they will sort it all out for you.

Yes we are going to get a proper decorator. I am grateful for your advice as we would have got the walls skimmed as that’s what we assumed we had to do!

Furts

travelhoppers wrote: »

Well they are done in a bad way and there is one piece that is fallen off. We thought new pre-finished skirting boards might give a nicer finish without having paint over existing ones.
There is a gap between the laminate and skirting too, so I thought new thicker skirting will look better than beading.

But thank you for your advice! We will look in to that. We don’t want to spend unnecessary money but do want a nicely finished house. This is the first time we have ever decorated so we are still learning.

Off the shelf, or standard skirting, is all the same thickness. Only the height and the pattern change. If you want it thicker either you have to get this machined to your requirements or you set standard skirting away from the walls by fixing "grounds". Again a lot of work and expense.

Pre finished skirting might be white primed mdf. If so, this is meant to be decorated, all the more so if it is being fixed by nails or screws. This is because the screws or nails will have filler over them and this is hidden by the decorating.