Wallpaper or plaster? Which is better in new construction?

Hello

We are currently considering how to design the walls in our new building

The interior and exterior walls are made of sand-lime brick and a few non-load-bearing walls are made of gypsum concrete

We want to design the walls so that we have peace from settlement cracks for as long as possible. (These are unavoidable in new buildings)

What options are there?

Applying a plaster to the walls

Paint plaster, roller plaster, or simply smooth Q3/Q4 skim coat and paint

Alternatively wallpaper and paint.

Non-woven wallpaper, non-woven textured wallpaper, painter's fleece

We want the walls to be smooth or with light to medium texture (we are still unsure)

It is important to us that we have peace from settlement cracks for as long as possible
Non-woven wallpapers are the better choice because they cover small cracks and only large cracks will tear the wallpaper

It should be relatively easy to do for laypeople.

We want to have the stairwell and ground floor done by a painter.
We want to do the upper floor, attic, and basement ourselves because we don’t have much money left to have everything done by a painter.

What would you recommend to us?

What is the difference between painter’s fleece and non-woven textured wallpaper?
Is the only difference that painter’s fleece is smooth and non-woven textured wallpaper has texture?

Non-woven wallpapers are definitely preferable to regular paper wallpapers, right?

Thank you for

If the budget is tight, really the only option is to stick on woodchip wallpaper and paint. Q3, painter's fleece is elaborate and costs money. For fleece, you need a Q3 surface; applying it over the entire wall is something a layperson has to manage first...

I forgot to say that we will get some filler from an acquaintance (for free), with which we can do a lot of filling

Can we also use fleece woodchip wallpaper with a light texture?

All walls will be handed over in Q2 by the developer

The advantage of fleece can also turn into the opposite. I have painter's fleece everywhere. In 2 rooms, I have each a longer settlement crack originating from window openings, which tore the fleece. Repairing this is virtually impossible without at least completely sanding and wallpapering that one wall again. If it were just simpler smooth plaster, spot repairs with filling and overpainting would be much easier.

How many other cracks are present but invisible due to the fleece, of course, I do not know.

Ok thanks

I want to first find out what is better for us, plaster or wallpaper.

What are your experiences with settlement cracks with just plaster?

If you repair a spot, you have to paint the whole wall, right? You can't just repair and paint a spot, can you?

If

quiet before settlement cracks

the walls smooth

are desired
then most likely

painter's fleece

paint.

What is the difference between painter's fleece and fleece woodchip wallpaper?
Is the only difference that painter's fleece is smooth and fleece woodchip wallpaper has texture?

No. Woodchip wallpaper is made of paper and wood fiber, painter's fleece of textile fibers and cellulose and is therefore much more tear-resistant. Also, woodchip wallpaper is harder to work with. It must be soaked, swells (becomes longer and wider) and shrinks again when drying. With painter's fleece you can paste the walls and then simply stick it on. When renovating you can relatively easily pull off painter's fleece. Woodchip wallpaper you have to soak again and scrape off. The advantages of woodchip wallpaper are: cheap, conceals unevenness. If there is damage, it is easy to repair and make "invisible" again. Nowadays I would never use woodchip wallpaper. Either plaster and sand and paint directly. Or painter's fleece (heavy quality) and then paint (my recommendation). Painter's fleece helps to cover more cracks, but what writes is right, with very strong cracks even painter's fleece does not help and then it is harder to "repair" it again. Although I do not think that the whole wall has to be sanded down.