Exterior Spray Painting in Guiseley

What the age of the housing means for the walls

Of the 7,840 properties the Valuation Office Agency records around Guiseley centre, only 13.8% 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%, 12.4 points higher than here, so cavity walls are more typical here than elsewhere in the county.

A further 51.7% were built between 1919 and 1972 (20.3% between the wars and 31.4% 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 38.9%, 12.8 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.

The 20.5% built since 2000 (above the 17% average) include many homes with through-coloured renders such as silicone or K-Rend type systems, which need compatible coatings and are sometimes designed to need only cleaning for years.

House type, access and what gets sprayed

Detached and semi-detached houses together make up 56.7% of homes here (34.6% semi-detached, 22.1% detached), and a semi usually has three elevations to spray: front, side and rear. The rest of the stock includes 26.1% terraced and 16.0% 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 75.3%, 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, 13.1% rent privately and 10.6% rent from a council or housing association. Across the other 83 West Yorkshire towns we cover, owner-occupation averages 70.5%, 4.8 points lower than here, so decisions about the outside of the house rest with owners more often than in the rest of the county.

How Guiseley compares with nearby towns

The share of pre-1919 housing is broadly similar in the nearest towns (17.6% in Yeadon, 12.7% in Menston and 23.0% in Rawdon). The biggest contrast in house type is with Menston, where 39.4% of homes are detached, a higher share than here, so a typical job in Guiseley is more likely to be a semi or terrace with fewer elevations to spray. Renting also differs: 23.7% of households here rent, against 14.8% in Menston, 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 39.4% in Rawdon to 54.0% in Yeadon, and Guiseley sits within that range. Menston has the most recent building of the three, with 28.2% of homes dating from 2000 onwards, so through-coloured renders that may only need cleaning are more common there than in Guiseley. Owner-occupation is lower here than in Menston, where 83.9% of households own their home, so more of the exterior decisions in Guiseley rest with landlords.

What the figures suggest about a quote

The most common home around Guiseley centre is a semi-detached house: roughly 2,660 of the 7,687 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 2,010 households, where the front and rear are usually the whole job. The largest group of properties was built between 1945 and 1972 (the 43rd highest share for that period of the 203 towns we cover), so chalky old masonry paint and patched render are the likeliest extras.