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Cost to skim a room in Primrose Hill

If you're looking to paint or wallpaper the rooms in your home, you might be thinking about having the walls skimmed. Skimming involves a plasterer adding a thin layer of finishing plaster to your walls to give them a perfect smooth finish ready for painting or papering. But how much does it cost in Primrose Hill?

The cost to skim a room in Primrose Hill varies from £490 (M & M Carpentry based in NW5) to £640 (F H Heating based in NW8), but these are just estimates based on our database of rates from plasterers. 

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Estimates for skim a room near Primrose Hill
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  • Estimates for common plasterer jobs in Primrose Hill;

    JobEstimate
    Skim a room£524
    Rendering a 4-bed detached home (no scaffolding)£9030
    Rendering an external wall per sqm£74 per sqr metre
    Plastering a medium sized room (walls only)£569
    Plasterboarding£734
    Cost to fit coving£111
    Replace a ceiling£534
    New wall plastering and skimming£37
    Plastering over an exposed chimney breast£37
    Plastering and skimming a medium sized room (walls only)£37
    Skimming a medium sized room (walls only)£37
    New ceiling plastering and skimming a medium sized room£37
    Rendering a 2-bed bungalow (no scaffolding)£37
    Rendering a 3-bed semi-detached house (no scaffolding)£37


    Rates for other Primrose Hill trades

    Skim a room cost in Primrose Hill
    Estimate Skim a room cost in Primrose Hill based on hourly/daily rate (excluding VAT or callout charges)
    Business name Skim a room cost
    Open Space London, London, Greater London, NW3 £521
    BDCM Design & Build, London, Greater London, NW3 £521
    SLS BUILDERS LIMITED, , NW5 £523
    EUROBUILD PROPERTIES CO LTD, , NW6 £523
    M & M Carpentry, London, NW5 £490
    Hedi Group, 517 Finchley Road, London, Greater London, NW3 £521
    Mark Collett Design and Build, 8 St Georges Terrace, Primrose Hill, London, Greater London, NW1 £521
    NWL Renovations Ltd , London , Nw6 £523
    F H Heating, London, NW8 £640
    Capital Projects, Unit 320, Highgate Studios, 53-79 Highgate Road, London, NW5 £521
    ASE Design & Build Ltd, , NW6 £523
    Adrian Noonan Ltd, London, NW5 £518
    Forster & Sons, London, Greater London, NW1 £521
    RAM Build Construction Ltd, 21 Laurier Rd, Highgate, London, Greater London, NW5 £521
    MAH Services London Ltd, , NW6 £523
    Square Foot Basements Ltd, London, Greater London, NW1 £521
    Proficiency, 663 Finchley Road, London, Greater London, NW2 £521
    London Craftmasters LTD, 57, 29 Abercorn Place, Westminster, Greater London, NW8 £521
    BPS Building, , NW6 £523
    Bazzi decor, London, NW2 £508
    Hisham Al Sawan, , NW6 £523
    Avocado Sweets Design Studio, Studio 37, Bickerton House, 25-27 Bickerton Road, London, Greater London, N19 £521
    W9 Carpentry Design & Refurbishment, London, Greater London, w9 £521
    Kensington Green Ltd, 16A North End Road, London, NW11 £521
    John Rooney Plastering, London, W9 £518