Issue with Decorator - Would you accept this?

Silvertabby

Don't let him just shove a coat of emulsion over the sloppy gloss - it won't cover it properly and will still stick out like a sore thumb.

Good luck - and stick to your guns.

glentoran99

That is truly terrible painting, I am awful at painting and do it better,


Doesn't matter if the doors aren't straight you follow the lines of the door!!

sam_r2d2

Evening everyone

In answer to a few of the questions above - the rest of the house was to a good standard - wall papering and other paint work was fine

When he arrived at the house I welcomed him in and asked how he was - out came the 'well I'm not alright i've never once had anyone complain in 40 years blah blah blah'

We then went upstairs and he spotted something that even I had missed - and then started saying how 'sometimes things get missed' and proceeded to sort it.

He was incredibly confrontational the entire time and had no response to me pointing out how ridiculous it is that he shouted down the phone at me and moaned at the door when he has accepted that there are things that are wrong and that he was the one that pointed them out!

He has indeed just slapped a bit of emulsion on the walls. Sadly I do not have the will to fight this as the reaction I got today has shown me what sort of a person he is. There is a close family friend involved too and to take it any further would risk that. I just wanted him out of the house and gone. He has been paid

As with everything in life, lessons have been learnt. Thank you for all of the advice on here. In the future I can only advice people that family and business don't mix.

moneyistooshorttomention

Oh dear and I would say that you started on the wrong foot by asking him how he was. It was his place to ask you how you are - not vice-versa.

I guess it boils down to "spilt milk" now and it's all gone wrong and you can only learn lessons for the future from this.

You do know that "no-one has ever complained before" is a very common phrase that "those in the wrong" use. I've not worked out a good form of words to use in return yet to say "You're lying. I know you are. Others must have done so" - so just carry right on asking for what I need/am entitled to have to get them to put things right.

glentoran99

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Oh dear and I would say that you started on the wrong foot by asking him how he was. It was his place to ask you how you are - not vice-versa.

I guess it boils down to "spilt milk" now and it's all gone wrong and you can only learn lessons for the future from this.

You do know that "no-one has ever complained before" is a very common phrase that "those in the wrong" use. I've not worked out a good form of words to use in return yet to say "You're lying. I know you are. Others must have done so" - so just carry right on asking for what I need/am entitled to have to get them to put things right.

sorry what?

sam_r2d2

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Oh dear and I would say that you started on the wrong foot by asking him how he was. It was his place to ask you how you are - not vice-versa.

I guess it boils down to "spilt milk" now and it's all gone wrong and you can only learn lessons for the future from this.

You do know that "no-one has ever complained before" is a very common phrase that "those in the wrong" use. I've not worked out a good form of words to use in return yet to say "You're lying. I know you are. Others must have done so" - so just carry right on asking for what I need/am entitled to have to get them to put things right.

100% agree with you, I just think it's hilarious that he can say that and then minutes later point out something that needs doing that I missed, thereby confirming that there was a reason to complain in the first place - sadly he's gotten away with it.

I don't think it mattered how I started though - he had the bolts loaded as soon as he picked up the phone. I could have asked him to reconfirm his bank details and he would have started shouting about the work. Sadly we made the decision to keep a potentially nasty situation and issue with family friend from occurring.

Mojisola

Are you going to suggest to the family friend that he/she doesn't pass on the decorator's name to anyone else?

pollyannaL

i am not a painter & never done any DIY, but maybe he can buy a ruler with some of his pay.