Patching and Plastering - Repairing textured walls

My husband and I just recently purchased our first condo for a price that we could not pass up. However, we have these terrible textured walls in our bathroom. It looks like they used drywall mud to texture them and look like they did not know what they were doing at all. I hate the look of these walls and would like to have a smooth texture. I have been reading around on the site and it looks like the only possible way would be to re-sheetrock everything. My husband and I are not familiar with this kind of thing and would have to hire someone to do that for us. I was wondering if there was some other way to do it, to avoid all the cost of putting up sheetrock.

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Can't the bad spots on the walls be sanded or scraped and then skim coat the entire walls? That would be cheaper/quicker than either replacing or laminating the sheetrock.

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OK I have two pictures of the walls. The texture varies a lot. I am just wondering if sanding and coating the walls will make them look uneven. We are going to be selling in a few years, just want to make sure it looks good. And if we were to sand and coat, what would be best to use to do that?Pictures by AshWilder - Photobucket (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/AshWilder/)

I don't see any reason that skim coating wouldn't work well. If you want to try and diy, we can talk you thru it. Most any competent drywall finisher or plaster guy should be able to skim coat the walls with no problem.

Alright, I will look around and get some prices before we try to take this one on ourselves. We have done a lot of the work in our condo, but I do not want to waste time or money in trying to diy. Thank you so much! I will let you know if we decide to try it and need more help. If not I will post pics once it is done! :)