Good plasterers and bricklayers are basically a different species. For your common or garden human, plastering is essentially impossible. Anyone can sort-of do a shit job of bricklaying, but to do it accurately and fast.... Bonkers. I've spent over £30k on plastering in the last 6 years and I'm someone who will take on most jobs in the house so an area where I might have tried to save myself a stack of money. But plastering... ****ing hell not a chance. I'm more mystified by the work of a good plasterer than I am of the work of a spinal surgeon.

Shit plasterers can **** off tho. Had one have a tantrum and walk off the job (£15k of work!) when his plaster crazed. It was 35 degrees that day so I do have some sympathy, but if you don't know how to deal with the conditions just say! I wasn't in a rush to get it done.