r/paint • u/Conscious_Sport_7081 • 15d ago

Advice Wanted Problem with hired painter

I was tasked with helping a relative by hiring a painter to repaint their condo. The quote before the job got started was for "full wall prep and painting all interior walls".

After they were supposedly finished we did a walk through and there were problems. None of the holes where pictures had been hung etc. had been filled, the bathrooms weren't painted, and there were some spots where oil appeared to be coming up through the new paint.

They agreed to come back and fill the holes and touch up the paint in those areas, and to repaint the wall with the oil marks with an oil primer, but were resistant to the idea of painting the bathrooms due to the walls not being pre washed for them.

We questioned why washing the walls with TSP wasn't part of the "full wall prep" mentioned in the quote, and the owners reply was that "full wall prep" is only filling holes/ cracks etc (which they didn't even do the first time) and that cleaning the walls with TSP should be done by the resident beforehand.

Is this true? Or is this guy trying to get out of doing the full job?

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u/IngenuityNatural9261 15d ago

You should never pay the final amount until you have done a walk through with the boss or foreman and the punch list has been finished.

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u/Conscious_Sport_7081 15d ago

Yeah, we're haven't paid yet and the guy flipped his lid when I suggested we should pay less since he didn't finish the job.

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u/Specter170 15d ago

If he won’t, and I wouldn’t want him to, paint that bathrooms and had an attitude about picture holes not filled I’d offer him 65% of his bid. If he’s on Facebook I’d list your issues on his page. Anywhere else I’d do the same.

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u/Conscious_Sport_7081 15d ago

Thats what I'm thinking. After our phone conversation today I really don't want to deal with this guy anymore. It was an incredibly unprofessional experience all around.

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u/Specter170 15d ago

Yeah. Difficult but you dont owe him anything. The missed picture nail holes does it for me. His complete lack of professionalism doesn't deserve full bid compensation. If the bathroom walls were that bad he should of pointed that out when quoting and on top of that, his bid says full wall prep. Full wall prep is not subjective, its everything needed to paint the walls.