Exterior Spray Painting in Morley

What the age of the housing means for the walls

Of the 12,270 properties the Valuation Office Agency records around Morley centre, 22.3% 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%, 3.8 points higher than here, so cavity walls are more typical here than elsewhere in the county.

A further 32.2% were built between 1919 and 1972 (9.6% between the wars and 22.6% from 1945 to 1972, below 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 39.1%, 6.9 points higher than here, so dashed render is likely to be less of the work here than in neighbouring parts of the county.

Homes built from 1973 to 1999 make up 26.5% 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 49.4% 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%, 4.0 points higher than here, so most jobs here involve fewer elevations than in the rest of the county.

Terraced homes are 31.0% of the total (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.

With 19.6% 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 16 of the 203 towns we cover have a higher share of flats.

Owners, landlords and timing

Private renting is 23.5%, 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 16 of the 203 towns we cover have a higher share of private renting. Owner-occupiers account for 62.9% of households and social renters for 13.0%. Across the other 83 West Yorkshire towns we cover, owner-occupation averages 70.6%, 7.7 points higher than here, so landlords make more of the exterior decisions here than in the rest of the county.

How Morley compares with nearby towns

The nearest towns have less pre-1919 housing (11.0% in Gildersome, 13.7% in Drighlington and 19.0% in Birstall), so old solid walls are a bigger part of the work in Morley than around it. The biggest contrast in house type is with Drighlington, where 24.1% of homes are detached, a higher share than here, so a typical job in Morley is more likely to be a semi or terrace with fewer elevations to spray. Renting also differs: 36.5% of households here rent, against 22.5% in Drighlington, 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 43.7% in Drighlington to 64.8% in Gildersome, and Morley sits below that range. Building since 2000 is at a similar level nearby, with Drighlington highest of the three at 23.4%. Owner-occupation is lower here than in Drighlington, where 76.4% of households own their home, so more of the exterior decisions in Morley rest with landlords.

What the figures suggest about a quote

The most common home around Morley centre is a terraced house: roughly 3,620 of the 11,691 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 3,460 households, where the side elevation is usually the main addition to the front. The largest group of properties was built between 1973 and 1999 (the 53rd highest share for that period of the 203 towns we cover), so roofline boards and cladding often join the walls in the same quote.