Exterior Spray Painting in Hull

What the age of the housing means for the walls

Of the 125,050 properties the Valuation Office Agency records across the Hull City Council area, 19.9% 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 29 East Riding of Yorkshire towns we cover, pre-1919 housing averages 16.9%, 3.0 points lower than here, so solid walls that need breathable coatings are more of a feature here than elsewhere in the county.

A further 45.3% were built between 1919 and 1972 (22.9% between the wars and 22.4% from 1945 to 1972, close to the 42% average for that period), and interwar semis are the classic home for pebbledash and roughcast, often with a smooth-rendered bay or band, which is where spraying gains most over a roller. Across the other 29 East Riding of Yorkshire towns we cover, 1919 to 1972 housing averages 35.7%, 9.6 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.

Homes built from 1973 to 1999 make up 22.1% of properties here (above the 19% average), and houses of that era are mostly brick-faced, so the exterior work on them is usually rendered panels, timber cladding and roofline boards, where original timber or early uPVC soffits and fascias are often weathered, yellowed or chalky by now.

House type, access and what gets sprayed

Detached and semi-detached houses are 37.8% of homes here (below the 58% average), so many jobs have fewer elevations than in suburban towns. Across the other 29 East Riding of Yorkshire towns we cover, the detached share averages 40.0%, 31.6 points higher than here, so most jobs here involve fewer elevations than in the rest of the county.

Terraced homes are 46.7% of the total (well above 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.

Owners, landlords and timing

Private renting is 23.9%, above the 19% average for the towns we cover, and because exterior spraying needs no access inside, landlords can have it done with tenants in place. A fixed quote also makes it easy to budget across several properties. Only 15 of the 203 towns we cover have a higher share of private renting. Social renting accounts for 27.0% of households; if your home belongs to a council or housing association, external decoration is normally the landlord's responsibility and you will need their written permission before changing colours. Owner-occupiers account for 48.3% of households. Across the other 29 East Riding of Yorkshire towns we cover, owner-occupation averages 76.0%, 27.7 points higher than here, so landlords make more of the exterior decisions here than in the rest of the county.

How Hull compares with nearby towns

The nearest towns have less pre-1919 housing (4.4% in Anlaby, 9.6% in Cottingham and 13.7% in Hessle), so old solid walls are a bigger part of the work in Hull than around it. The biggest contrast in house type is with Cottingham, where 26.8% of homes are detached, a higher share than here, so a typical job in Hull is more likely to be a semi or terrace with fewer elevations to spray. Renting also differs: 50.9% of households here rent, against 22.2% in Anlaby, 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 52.8% in Cottingham to 71.5% in Anlaby, and Hull sits below that range. Cottingham has the most recent building of the three, with 18.6% of homes dating from 2000 onwards, so through-coloured renders that may only need cleaning are more common there than in Hull. Owner-occupation is lower here than in Anlaby, where 77.5% of households own their home, so more of the exterior decisions in Hull rest with landlords.

What the figures suggest about a quote

The most common home across the Hull City Council area is a terraced house: roughly 53,920 of the 115,471 households live in terraced houses. With only the front and rear to do on most terraces, the front-elevation starting figure of around £1,200 is a closer guide here than on bigger houses, though rear access can affect the quote as much as wall area. Next come semi-detached houses, roughly 33,950 households, where the side elevation is usually the main addition to the front. The largest group of properties was built between the wars (the 13th highest share for that period of the 203 towns we cover), so render repairs, loose dashing and a stabilising primer are the likeliest extras.