Hi all. I hope somebody can give me some advice. I live in a small, two-up two-down detached house in southwest London, built around 1901, which has been painted white. I want to get rid of the paint so the house can breathe and have had a contractor give me a quote. To do the whole house, they've quoted around £14000 including scaffolding (any repointing would be extra). As we haven't won the lottery, we cannot afford anywhere near that money! I looked into hiring a Thermatech, but they only let companies hire them. Apart from learning to live with the horrible paint, what are my options?