Hi All
spent months and months doing our house up, re-plastered throughout etc.
We mist coated everywhere after the plaster was dry, but decided getting a perfect finish was beyond our capability, so decided to spend a £1000 to get in a pro.
We wanted 3 bedrooms, lounge, and hall/stairs/landing doing.
Quote for 2 coats emulsion (we supplied, Leyland Trade Contract) on walls, prime, undercoat and gloss (eggshell) wood work
All doors were new pine, as were the architrave and skirting boards. The door frames/jambs were existing, and the majority of the stair wood work was existing, with just new spindles.
From the pics its a little difficult to capture, but hopefully you can see my issues.
http://gallery.me.com/richard.orton#100125
The emulsion has been slapped on with a thick pile roller, causing a heavy pattern. This in itself is OK, not really what i wanted, but OK if the whole wall was like this, but then there are THICK brush marks round the sockets and switches etc which look terrible!
The woodwork hasn't been properly sanded back, with the stairs still having different layers of paint on them. I know there is still a top coat to go on the stairs, but the heavy, thick brush strokes i feel wont get hidden by the top coat
Again, in the kitchen with the white paint (the kitchen was extra work) he seems to have just slapped the white on with a brush, with runs and thick bits of paint galore!!
To add insult to injury, there is then paint spatters and gloss paint on my brand new £10,000 kitchen, as he failed to cover anything up, or mask off his skirting properly, you can see where he has over painted.
Im going to see him at the property tomorrow (not living there yet) to discuss, but im concerned about letting him do any more, and causing any more potential damage which is going to cost me to put right.
This is the first time i have ever paid for a decorator, and expected better.
Appreciate thoughts on what you can see from the pictures, and perhaps what i should do.
I haven't paid anything yet, and am prepared not to pay anything, get another pro in to quote to put it right, and seek damages if this is going to cost a lot to fix? Im presuming that the next person in to try and fix this mess would need to sand all the walls down to get them ready (he never did sand any walls down.
Any help appreciated. Spent months trying to get everything perfect, only for it to get messed up at the most critical, final finish stage.
Thanks
Rich
spent months and months doing our house up, re-plastered throughout etc.
We mist coated everywhere after the plaster was dry, but decided getting a perfect finish was beyond our capability, so decided to spend a £1000 to get in a pro.
We wanted 3 bedrooms, lounge, and hall/stairs/landing doing.
Quote for 2 coats emulsion (we supplied, Leyland Trade Contract) on walls, prime, undercoat and gloss (eggshell) wood work
All doors were new pine, as were the architrave and skirting boards. The door frames/jambs were existing, and the majority of the stair wood work was existing, with just new spindles.
From the pics its a little difficult to capture, but hopefully you can see my issues.
http://gallery.me.com/richard.orton#100125
The emulsion has been slapped on with a thick pile roller, causing a heavy pattern. This in itself is OK, not really what i wanted, but OK if the whole wall was like this, but then there are THICK brush marks round the sockets and switches etc which look terrible!
The woodwork hasn't been properly sanded back, with the stairs still having different layers of paint on them. I know there is still a top coat to go on the stairs, but the heavy, thick brush strokes i feel wont get hidden by the top coat
Again, in the kitchen with the white paint (the kitchen was extra work) he seems to have just slapped the white on with a brush, with runs and thick bits of paint galore!!
To add insult to injury, there is then paint spatters and gloss paint on my brand new £10,000 kitchen, as he failed to cover anything up, or mask off his skirting properly, you can see where he has over painted.
Im going to see him at the property tomorrow (not living there yet) to discuss, but im concerned about letting him do any more, and causing any more potential damage which is going to cost me to put right.
This is the first time i have ever paid for a decorator, and expected better.
Appreciate thoughts on what you can see from the pictures, and perhaps what i should do.
I haven't paid anything yet, and am prepared not to pay anything, get another pro in to quote to put it right, and seek damages if this is going to cost a lot to fix? Im presuming that the next person in to try and fix this mess would need to sand all the walls down to get them ready (he never did sand any walls down.
Any help appreciated. Spent months trying to get everything perfect, only for it to get messed up at the most critical, final finish stage.
Thanks
Rich