Recent content by gregwatson

The main room being done is about 4m x 5m. Then there's the rear lobby (smaller) with one wall being mainly an external door; the walls in the study (similar but have woodwork at waist height, a window and completely open-plan on one side so much less to paint) and the kitchen walls (again, only...

He wasn't a bloke I met down the pub who said he's paint the house for £50. :roll: He was the most expensive of the four quotes (checking back we actually asked five people for quotes, got four back) but only by a little. Since you'll think I'm hiding something if I don't tell you, the...

I don't really see what the price has to do with it. Either he's a competent / professional decorator or he isn't...?

We found him via checkatrade. We asked for 3 quotes; got 2 and he was slightly more expensive than the other one. We chose him because he was happy to do a few miscellaneous jobs like knocking down a small internal wall that was only there for a door we didn't need. Which he did very neatly...

Hi all. We've just had some decorating work done - basically skimming and painting a couple of rooms and a bit of tiling. We're both pretty appalled at the quality of the work, and although the chap involved is a very nice guy - considering he's spent around 19 days doing it we think the...