Q3 plastering without painting fleece?

Is it an option to skip directly to Q2? Is it textured plaster? Doesn’t painter’s fleece also come in different thicknesses? Would really thick painter’s fleece be able to mask the unevenness of Q2?

Our offer from the general contractor definitely includes all the painting work completely! We will then have some of it partially removed in the end, depending on what we want to do ourselves. Thus, included in the construction and performance description: ceiling and walls partially skimmed to Q2. Ceiling with woodchip wallpaper + painted white.

Another general contractor recommended using painter's fleece to make the ceiling "smoother" (Q2 remains). As you already said, that will be very difficult... Therefore, we are currently considering having the Q2 ceiling fully skimmed (thus Q3, right?) and then having painter's fleece applied, because we prefer a smooth ceiling visually. I could live with Q2 on the walls as it would be a good contrast to a smooth ceiling. So it is naturally important for us to know how high the price is for a Q3 skimmed ceiling with painter's fleece. We will inquire about that soon.

What surprises me, of course, is that everyone here, as well as in our circle of acquaintances, says: "No one uses woodchip wallpaper anymore nowadays," yet in all the construction and performance descriptions the ceiling is only skimmed to Q2, so within the "standard range," I have no choice but to take woodchip wallpaper?

I somehow can’t imagine that everyone pines for it?

I think it is important for us first to see both variants Q2 + woodchip and Q3 + painter’s fleece live somewhere... I believe otherwise it will be very difficult for us to decide. The question has only now arisen, so we are currently dealing with it.

We thought about: smooth ceiling and decorative quartz with fine grain on the wall to have a small contrast. To achieve that, I should probably not leave the ceiling at Q2, right, since then I have to work with painter’s fleece?

At the latest when you project indirect lighting onto the walls or ceiling, you'll kick yourself for not having chosen the Q-level higher.

That's why we had THE ENTIRE HOUSE that was "worked on" by the general contractor's painter treated again by our painter. In other words, all walls were puttied twice, sanded, and painted. Now we are satisfied! And you can finally turn on the indirect lighting with guests to make it cozy.

Q2 on the walls is basically just the bare plaster... There are waves to an extreme extent...

At the latest when you throw indirect lighting onto the walls or ceiling, you’ll kick yourself for not having chosen the higher quality level.

That’s why we had THE ENTIRE HOUSE, which had been "treated" by the main contractor’s painter, reworked by our painter. In other words, all walls were double puttied, sanded, and painted. Now we’re satisfied! And you can finally turn on the indirect lighting with guests to make it cozy.

Q2 on the walls is basically just the bare plaster... There are waves everywhere to no end...

Costa Quanta for this additional treatment? So practically from Q2 to Q3? Approximate additional costs per m2? Can anyone give a rough estimate? I have absolutely no idea about prices here..

Our decision has now been made:

We will have everything (Wände/Decken) plastered/sanded in Q3 and then embed a joint tape.

The cost for this (600sqm) is €16,300.

We will prime and paint ourselves, coming to a total of about €17,500.

If the company had done everything all-inclusive, it would have been €22,500.

We were dealing with rooms of 140m² with pure labor costs of about €2400 (€22 per hour, often 2 men...) Plus tight €650-750 in materials (several buckets of filler, several buckets of paint, primer, acrylic, foil, tape, etc.) But I think the work was very well done! And I am picky... The guys deliberately cast raking light on the wall from different angles with LED spotlights and then partially hand-sanded it afterwards... Maybe you know what your painter charges per hour, then you can perhaps roughly calculate it yourself.