Yeap, UK weather is not good for rendered properties, they are better suited for warmer climate with more sun and less rain. And people don't look after them, they need washing 1-2 a year to look good.Indeed. I only hope they invested in great quality for the plaster and paint otherwise they will have to clean and repaint the house in a couple of years. Brick always looks kind of nice even if it should have been jet washed three years ago. I see so many new houses with plaster that look dirty and patchy after two years already. Window corners, weather, fungus/moss, birds, water dripping - going cheap will show quicker than most imagine.