[Will.]

Britain faces a shortage of tens of thousands of painters and decorators putting in doubt government efforts to build a million new homes in the next five years, it was claimed yesterday.
There are up to 33,000 too few craftsmen in London & the South East alone, a report said.

It said this could threaten Chancellor George Osborne’s pledge to address Britain’s chronic housing shortage by building one million homes between now and 2020.

The Chancellor announced an overhaul of planning laws earlier this month in a bid to speed up housebuilding projects.




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[Will.]

I think a lot of people cant afford a decorator so try and do most of it themselves.

My mum painted/wallpapered all of our house.

My dad came a couple of years ago and decorated one wall in my bedroom and it looks superb, better the professional.

Only thing we had painted by a decorator was the hallways and landing because of the difficulty.

[Denver]

These type of jobs has been struggling for years and its mainly too do with DIY and everyone's obsession with it.

[smudgie]

Well, we have plenty of capable people on the dole, let the government offer them some training schemes.

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Well, we have plenty of capable people on the dole, let the government offer them some training schemes.

Too right.It's a good job.Get British people trained up and in work.

[Daniel-X]

We have painters and decorators in once every year or two as my mum often gets bored with a certain look and likes something new after not long

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Well, we have plenty of capable people on the dole, let the government offer them some training schemes.

That's far too sensible

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Too right.It's a good job.Get British people trained up and in work.

Problem is a lot of people don't want to do manual work, they all want to be celebs or pop stars or footballers

[Will.]

I'm having my room decorated tomorrow lol

[Cal.]

I didn't know people still used them

[Livia]

I think this is referring to painters and decorators who finish off new builds rather than those who work for people who don't know how to work a paintbrush.

[JoshBB]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Well, we have plenty of capable people on the dole, let the government offer them some training schemes.

This would actually be a really good idea. Offer free training schemes and whatnot, plus since there is a big shortage the pay would probably be pretty good.

[the truth]

theres not many around here that's for sure

[hijaxers]

I piggin hate painting but i'm a brilliant wall paperer - i've done a whole roll of paper in one drop !
Applause please

[Cherie]

[Will.]

Originally Posted by Who Is She?

I didn't know people still used them

Yeah I think not as many use them now, people just paint/wallpaper themselves now.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by hijaxers

I piggin hate painting but i'm a brilliant wall paperer - i've done a whole roll of paper in one drop !
Applause please

I am in awe.

[hijaxers]

Originally Posted by Livia

I am in awe.

It was bloody difficult balancing on a plank in a stairway and whole roll in soggy paste is well heavy - what a star

[empire]

their is a generation of school leavers who have no confidence or will power, because the government pissed all over them with no jobs or fair pay, for many its life on the dole for them, its been like that for a long time now.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Well, we have plenty of capable people on the dole, let the government offer them some training schemes.

I agree, It sounds like a cop out to me...we can't build houses because nobody knows how to manipulate a paintbrush? pffft!

[user104658]

Good! They are almost universally arseholes.