Not happy with painter's job

scd3scd4

Icecannon wrote: »

if the workman had been leaving the equipment whilst he was working then the op has given permission for the stuff to be there, they then have a reasonablity to take care of it, why cause more trouble by giving the workman another route to cause trouble, all,he has to do is say the op left his stuff outside to get nicked, giving a time to pick up the stuff from outside, would not imo be reasonable.

Thats not what is happening. He has been paid half.and has not completed the job. She wants to move on and things have clearly broke down between them. He no longer has permission does he. Trouble??.........he is making trouble regardless. Life does not need to be made more complicated than it is.

Having hes stuff there allows him to keep contacting her and threatening to come around. Which she does not want and is upsetting her.

Like I said, you are under no obligation to stores tools, paint and the like. You only have to act in a reasonable way. That is what the court will look at if it ever went there....and it wont.

Of course she could put it in a taxi maybe or get a friend to drop it off to him. I would not bother but thats just me.

Is she going to hold on to it for months?

I will say it again. Sent an email asking what day and time he would like the stuff left at the door........if no answer. Tell him a day and time. Leave it and then get on with your life. If they are important than he will come. If not then he will have to explain in court why.

Icecannon

scd3scd4 wrote: »

Thats not what is happening. He has been paid half.and has not completed the job. She wants to move on and things have clearly broke down between them. He no longer has permission does he. Trouble??.........he is making trouble regardless. Life does not need to be made more complicated than it is.

Having hes stuff there allows him to keep contacting her and threatening to come around. Which she does not want and is upsetting her.

Like I said, you are under no obligation to stores tools, paint and the like. You only have to act in a reasonable way. That is what the court will look at if it ever went there....and it wont.

Of course she could put it in a taxi maybe or get a friend to drop it off to him. I would not bother but thats just me.

Is she going to hold on to it for months?

I will say it again. Sent an email asking what day and time he would like the stuff left at the door........if no answer. Tell him a day and time. Leave it and then get on with your life. If they are important than he will come. If not then he will have to explain in court why.

The fact is the op no longer wants the stuff there, she/he has a reasonability to return it, not leave it outside to get nicked, if this guy has already threatened to remove the paint, then I wouldn't be giving him any thing he could use against me.

OP worth a ring to the police for advise on how to get his stuff back to him, as I wouldn't want to deal with him face to face.

ST1991

If you are able to leave the items somewhere not in plain view i think that would be better. E.G do you have a back garden with a side gate he can get to (and lock all your doors - of course!!). Otherwise i would leave them with the acquaintance, like someone else said.

I would love to see pictures of the job so far. If you upload them somewhere (e.g tinypic) and then post the URL, someone else can link them and show them.

scd3scd4

Icecannon wrote: »

The fact is the op no longer wants the stuff there, she/he has a reasonability to return it, not leave it outside to get nicked, if this guy has already threatened to remove the paint, then I wouldn't be giving him any thing he could use against me.

OP worth a ring to the police for advise on how to get his stuff back to him, as I wouldn't want to deal with him face to face.

Its paint brushes,tray and a Hoover for crying out loud. What's with all the drama. Let him take that to court and see what he gets.

No one is suggesting putting it on the pavement. I have things delivered 2-3 times a week and they are left somewhere safe. I can not remember in years anything going missing. Stick them in the bin in plastic bags!!

If you are going to quote. At least take the time to read what is suggested.

I will say it again. Sent an email asking what day and time he would like the stuff left at the door........if no answer. Tell him a day and time. Leave it and then get on with your life. If they are important than he will come. If not then he will have to explain in court why.


You are obliged to offer its collection, if he wants it then he should come and get it. That is more than reasonable. Nothing more is required. You don't have to be in.



OP; You don't have to deal with him. Just follow the advise people have given.

cathy57

I have just read your last posts.Thank you.He messaged this afternoon to tell me he was coming tomorrow to collect his belongings and the money.This is what I am going to reply :
"Your belongings will be on the doorstep, in the large green recycling wheelie bin,at 8 AM tomorrow morning.
If you fail to collect them that's your lookout.
You can pop the keys through the letter box.
Any concerns about your 'contract' we can discuss in front of a judge when you take me to court.Any further communications can be done through your solicitor."
As I will hide his belongings in the recycling bin which is behind a wall in the front garden. I am totally confident that no one will come and steal anything from it.Further more,I will be inside at 8am watching.

I will post tomorrow the outcome.

Someone asks if I could post some pictures.Does anyone here know if it can be done or how ? Thanks.

scd3scd4

cathy57 wrote: »

I have just read your last posts.Thank you.He messaged this afternoon to tell me he was coming tomorrow to collect his belongings and the money.This is what I am going to reply :
"Your belongings will be on the doorstep, in the large green recycling wheelie bin,at 8 AM tomorrow morning.
If you fail to collect them that's your lookout.
You can pop the keys through the letter box.
Any concerns about your 'contract' we can discuss in front of a judge when you take me to court.Any further communications can be done through your solicitor."
As I will hide his belongings in the recycling bin which is behind a wall in the front garden. I am totally confident that no one will come and steal anything from it.Further more,I will be inside at 8am watching.

I will post tomorrow the outcome.

Someone asks if I could post some pictures.Does anyone here know if it can be done or how ? Thanks.

Excellent. Be strong.

After he realises you are not answering the door or he thinks you are not in. He may continue with the text/emails.

Do not respond. If you do he may continue to harasses. The ball will now be in he's court.

He may say he is keeping the keys but we don't care.....do we?! lol


Looking forward to tomorrow! ;-]

Laz123

PM me the link and I will post the pics.

How did it go?

cathy57

Just a quick and last update.After sending him a text last night to pick up his stuff at 8.00am the next day,he replied straight away and said he was sending someone immediately to collect his belongings and wanted them on the door step and not in the wheelie bin.He also said he would post the keys.I said it was ok.He turned up with a mate at 10.30pm wearing a hood,thinking I would not recognise him as he is supposed to be injured and not able to walk and two minutes later they were gone.What a relief ! I hope I don't hear from him again.
Many many thanks to everyone who have posted here and have been a great help.

Jimmy_Neutron

Any more interactions with him make sure they are recorded. Have a friend standing across the road filming on their phone too to catch any angry gestures.