Exterior Spray Painting in Bingley

What the age of the housing means for the walls

Of the 8,180 properties the Valuation Office Agency records around Bingley centre, 20.3% pre-date 1919 (close to the 21% average), so solid-walled stone or brick houses that must be able to breathe sit alongside later cavity-wall housing that can take a wider range of coatings, and we establish which you have before recommending a system. Across the other 83 West Yorkshire towns we cover, pre-1919 housing averages 26.1%, 5.8 points higher than here, so cavity walls are more typical here than elsewhere in the county.

A further 44.5% were built between 1919 and 1972 (18.3% between the wars and 26.2% from 1945 to 1972, close to the 42% average for that period), and postwar estates of the 1950s and 1960s often mixed brick with rendered or dashed panels; a few system-built houses of that time have concrete panels that need a survey before any coating. Across the other 83 West Yorkshire towns we cover, 1919 to 1972 housing averages 38.9%, 5.6 points lower than here, so dashed and painted render is likely to be more of the work here than in neighbouring parts of the county.

Newer housing is a smaller part of the picture: 15.6% of properties date from 1973 to 1999 and 19.4% from 2000 onwards, 35.0% in all, against 36% on average.

House type, access and what gets sprayed

Detached and semi-detached houses are 49.0% of homes here (below the 58% average), so many jobs have fewer elevations than in suburban towns. Across the other 83 West Yorkshire towns we cover, the detached share averages 23.8%, 4.2 points higher than here, so most jobs here involve fewer elevations than in the rest of the county.

Terraced homes are 29.1% of the total (close to the 27% average), and on a mid-terrace we normally spray the front and rear only, with an end terrace adding its gable. We agree a clean finishing line where your wall meets the neighbour's, sheet adjoining walls, windows and cars against overspray, and check rear access at the survey because it often decides the programme.

With 21.4% of homes in flats (above the 15% average), many outside walls here belong to blocks, which are normally the freeholder's or managing agent's responsibility. Exterior work on a block generally needs their instruction or written consent, and we are happy to quote to their specification and colour reference. Only 10 of the 203 towns we cover have a higher share of flats.

Owners, landlords and timing

Owner-occupiers make up 70.2%, above the 63% average for the towns we cover, so most exterior jobs here are long-term decisions about the house, which is why we would rather spend an extra day on render repairs than skip them. Of the other households, 19.4% rent privately and 10.0% rent from a council or housing association. Across the other 83 West Yorkshire towns we cover, owner-occupation averages 70.5%, much the same as here.

How Bingley compares with nearby towns

The share of pre-1919 housing is broadly similar in the nearest towns (18.8% in East Morton, 27.6% in Shipley and 15.6% in Baildon). The biggest contrast in house type is with Shipley, where only 6.2% of homes are detached, so more jobs in Bingley involve four elevations and the access equipment that goes with them. Renting also differs: 29.4% of households here rent, against 43.3% in Shipley, and on a rented home the colour of the outside walls is normally the landlord's decision.

For housing built from 1919 to 1972, the main pebbledash and roughcast era, the three range from 48.1% in East Morton to 55.7% in Baildon, and Bingley sits below that range. Building since 2000 is at a similar level nearby, with East Morton highest of the three at 23.0%. Owner-occupation is higher here than in Shipley, where 56.0% of households own their home, so fewer of the exterior decisions in Bingley rest with landlords.

What the figures suggest about a quote

The most common home around Bingley centre is a semi-detached house: roughly 2,280 of the 7,743 households live in semi-detached houses. Our starting figure of around £1,200 is for a front elevation, so on a typical semi the side and rear, plus any garage or render repairs, are what the survey adds. Next come terraced houses, roughly 2,250 households, where the front and rear are usually the whole job. The largest group of properties was built between 1945 and 1972 (the 85th highest share for that period of the 203 towns we cover), so chalky old masonry paint and patched render are the likeliest extras.