Hi Vluu75,

My fiance and I have just had our lowset brick/tile 3 br rendered by a professional. He did an amazing job. We saved money by purchasing the render cement ourselves, we prepared the house ourselves, (in the afternoons after work which took us several hours all up). This included purchasing the plastic edges which get glued on to all edges like windows etc. Then cutting them, and glueing. We also taped the windows etc to ensure a clean finish. It was fun and quite easy.
We assisted him by mixing the render cement to the required consistency as he performed the task. We saved money in prep time, and not having to have a ‘gang’ of workmen.
I would not recommend you tackle this job yourself. It is a practised art. Get quotes, negotiate on price by offering to do the prep work etc. Ask to join the renderer on another job so you can learn how to do the prep and see what is required when mixing the render mix. Probably not a job for someone without a bit of strength. And they may not be keen to agree to this ‘deal’ unless you are obviously going to be able to work at their pace, and work hard for maybe 2 to 3 days.
The job was completed for around $2200 including around 20 litres of paint! The render mix and plastics and glue were around $700.

Hope you get something from this.

GOOD LUCK!
O.P.M.

PS. We had to order the render mix and have it delivered to us. We used Mitre 10. Your renderer will help you estimate how many bags you require.