Exterior Spray Painting in Kiveton Park

What the age of the housing means for the walls

Of the 3,810 properties the Valuation Office Agency records around Kiveton Park centre, only 13.6% 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 36 South Yorkshire towns we cover, pre-1919 housing averages 18.0%, 4.4 points higher than here, so cavity walls are more typical here than elsewhere in the county.

A further 42.5% were built between 1919 and 1972 (10.0% between the wars and 32.5% 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 36 South Yorkshire towns we cover, 1919 to 1972 housing averages 43.0%, much the same as here.

Homes built from 1973 to 1999 make up 21.3% of properties here (close to 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.

The 21.5% 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 homes make up 35.4%, well above the 20% average for the towns we cover, and a detached house usually means four elevations, gable ends at height and a tower or scaffold for the upper walls. The rest of the stock includes 41.2% semi-detached, 18.2% terraced and 5.2% flats. Across the other 36 South Yorkshire towns we cover, the detached share averages 26.7%, 8.7 points lower than here, so a job here is more likely to involve four elevations and work at gable height than in the rest of the county.

Owners, landlords and timing

Owner-occupiers make up 70.9%, 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, 14.8% rent privately and 13.7% rent from a council or housing association. Across the other 36 South Yorkshire towns we cover, owner-occupation averages 65.4%, 5.5 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 Kiveton Park compares with nearby towns

The share of pre-1919 housing is broadly similar in the nearest towns (13.9% in Dinnington, 11.8% in Beighton and 12.6% in Eckington). The biggest contrast in house type is with Eckington, where only 28.5% of homes are detached, so more jobs in Kiveton Park involve four elevations and the access equipment that goes with them. Renting also differs: 28.5% of households here rent, against 37.1% in Eckington, 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 19.0% in Beighton to 38.6% in Dinnington, and Kiveton Park sits above that range. Building since 2000 is at a similar level nearby, with Dinnington highest of the three at 19.3%. Owner-occupation is higher here than in Eckington, where 61.9% of households own their home, so fewer of the exterior decisions in Kiveton Park rest with landlords.

What the figures suggest about a quote

The most common home around Kiveton Park centre is a semi-detached house: roughly 1,490 of the 3,606 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 1,280 households, which are priced individually from the survey. The largest group of properties was built between 1945 and 1972 (the 37th highest share for that period of the 203 towns we cover), so chalky old masonry paint and patched render are the likeliest extras.