Exterior Spray Painting in East Ardsley

What the age of the housing means for the walls

Of the 4,060 properties the Valuation Office Agency records around East Ardsley centre, only 14.5% were built before 1919, against an average of 21%, so most walls here are twentieth-century or later cavity construction: render or brick over blockwork, which suits a sprayed masonry finish once loose or chalky paint is dealt with. Across the other 83 West Yorkshire towns we cover, pre-1919 housing averages 26.2%, 11.7 points higher than here, so cavity walls are more typical here than elsewhere in the county.

A further 53.5% were built between 1919 and 1972 (20.7% between the wars and 32.8% from 1945 to 1972, above 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 38.8%, 14.7 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: 15.8% of properties date from 1973 to 1999 and 16.5% from 2000 onwards, 32.3% in all, against 36% on average.

House type, access and what gets sprayed

Detached and semi-detached houses together make up 71.3% of homes here (46.8% semi-detached, 24.5% detached), and a semi usually has three elevations to spray: front, side and rear. The rest of the stock includes 23.6% terraced and 5.1% flats. Across the other 83 West Yorkshire towns we cover, the detached share averages 23.8%, much the same as here.

Owners, landlords and timing

Owner-occupiers make up 70.7%, 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, 12.5% rent privately and 16.2% 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 East Ardsley compares with nearby towns

The share of pre-1919 housing is broadly similar in the nearest towns (14.2% in Outwood, 14.8% in Stanley and 22.3% in Morley). The biggest contrast in house type is with Outwood, where 30.4% of homes are detached, a higher share than here, so a typical job in East Ardsley is more likely to be a semi or terrace with fewer elevations to spray. Renting also differs: 28.7% of households here rent, against 36.5% in Morley, 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 32.2% in Morley to 36.1% in Outwood, and East Ardsley sits above that range. Stanley has the most recent building of the three, with 24.7% of homes dating from 2000 onwards, so through-coloured renders that may only need cleaning are more common there than in East Ardsley.

What the figures suggest about a quote

The most common home around East Ardsley centre is a semi-detached house: roughly 1,730 of the 3,693 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 detached houses, roughly 900 households, which are priced individually from the survey. The largest group of properties was built between 1945 and 1972 (the 36th highest share for that period of the 203 towns we cover), so chalky old masonry paint and patched render are the likeliest extras.