Painting work for new construction at Q2 walls

2021-10-10 21:08:50

Good evening,

next summer our 130m2 house will be completed. The walls will be handed over in Q2. Since we are absolute amateurs, we are now wondering how we should design them. It is certain that we want everything to be done by a company.

Our first idea is to have Raufaser wallpapered and painted in the finished attic.

On the upper floor (bathroom, children's room, bedroom, and office) we would also favor Raufaser. Primarily because, in our opinion, it is not so susceptible to damage with children and cats. Or can you recommend good alternatives?

On the ground floor we have considered having the living room plastered in Q4 and designed a bit nicer than with Raufaser.

We would also like to have the two staircases and hallways skimmed in Q4, as we were advised not to apply wallpaper due to high wear, especially in the staircase area.

However, we have no idea yet how the Q4 walls can be further treated.

Does anyone have good tips for wall design?

I think painter's fleece is too susceptible. Especially because of the cats. If they scratch, it surely cannot be repaired so well.

Directly painting on the wall? Is that possible with Q4?

I also like textured or structured plaster. Do the walls have to be skimmed to Q4 for this?

I hope you can help me with tips, criticism, etc.

We have budgeted around 10,000 euros for this. Does that sound somewhat realistic?

2021-10-11 21:40:54

um, what do you like? Some can't stand textured wallpaper, others only want the sunset wallpaper. In the end, everything has its pros and cons, but after 3 years it doesn’t look nice anymore anyway and you want something different.

2021-10-12 08:50:48

Good evening,

next summer our 130m2 house will be completed. The walls will be handed over in Q2. Since we are absolute amateurs, we are now wondering how we should design them. It is certain that we want to have everything done by a company.

Our first idea is to wallpaper the finished attic with woodchip and have it painted.

In the upper floor (bathroom, children's room, bedroom and office) we would also prefer woodchip. Mainly because, in our opinion, it is less prone to damage with children and cats. Or can you recommend good alternatives?

On the ground floor, we have thought about having the living room plastered in Q4 and making it a bit nicer than with woodchip.

We would also have the two staircases and hallways filled and smoothed in Q4, since we were advised not to put up wallpaper due to high wear and tear, especially in the stair area.

However, we have no idea yet how the Q4 walls can be further processed.

Does anyone have good tips on wall design?

I think painting directly on the wall is too vulnerable, especially because of the cats. If they scratch, it is certainly not so easy to repair.

Painting directly on the wall? Is that possible with Q4?

I also like textured or structured plaster. Do the walls even have to be filled and smoothed to Q4 for that?

I hope you can help me with tips, criticism, etc.

We have budgeted around 10,000 euros for this. Does that sound somewhat realistic?

We also received our 150 sqm house handed over in Q2, but one can say that Q2 is not the same everywhere, according to the inspector's statement. And still, there were one or two defects at Q2 that had to be fixed, but which were no big deal. Just to get from Q2 to Q4 means a lot of work, ergo money.

The tendency for what you are planning leans more towards 15k, but it also strongly depends on where you live (metropolitan area or rural?).

2021-10-12 08:55:26

So if you want to paint the wall directly without applying wallpaper or another plaster layer, I would choose q4, otherwise q3 is more than sufficient.

There are nice "texture paints" that are mixed with a kind of sand and create a rough texture on the wall without losing pigments on the floor.

I think such a thing is quite durable, looks nice for a long time but is somewhat more expensive than regular paints.

2021-10-12 10:44:18

I wouldn't use textured wallpaper in the bathroom; in my opinion, it doesn't suit a modern bathroom. Textured wallpaper is indeed vulnerable, especially with cats. But because of the texture, it can be repaired quite well so that it hardly shows. The children won't care about the wallpaper at all, so there really is no reason against textured wallpaper if it's okay with you. Alternatively, you could, for example, use a nice photo wallpaper on one wall in each of the children's rooms.

2021-10-12 10:57:23

Children is a good keyword. If toddlers are around, then choose a surface that you can easily wipe over yourself. Friends have wallpaper, Baroque pattern... you can still see the doodles of the little one on it, of course you can't just paint over...

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