Monty

Fair question! I've presumed any UK vendor will add a markup, so hoping there might be some cost saves out there going direct to retailers (or even direct to manufacturers) for the big brands. Perhaps any saving may be lost in shipping but thought it might be worth checking. Anecdotally I've heard some good deals may be possible but not managed to pin down any specifics!

Looking in to getting German (or other?) appliances and wondering if anyone knows of any websites to source wholesale direct from Germany for main appliances to hopefully get a bit cheaper than the UK vendors. Does anyone have any recommendations for sourcing and getting delivered from Europe? Thanks.

Hi - This is the stuff here; https://www.properla.co.uk/properla-masonry-creme/ In total the quoted work was for cleaning the whole house down, repairing a few cracks etc then a couple of coats of Properla. I only really have a guage for rendering costs which this is about 1.5x the cost of. Not really sure if it is as "premium" a product as advertised or no different to your typical waterproof paint like you say!

Hi, Interested to get views on external wall insulation spray coatings such as "Properla". Through some research it seems as though the benefits are quite well proven for increasing thermal efficiency on already rendered cavity walls, the hydrophobic properties ensuring the water content of the walls is kept to a minimum removing any thermal bridge reducing the insulating properties of the building. Have been quoted ~£9k for a 160m2 house, just wondering if anyone has any experience of competitive costs for this as there doesn't seem to be a huge amount of contractors providing this out there! Thanks.