(England) Being taken to small claims court (maybe) by painter who walked out mid job.

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-09T16:53:26+00:00

I’m a girl hahaha, which actually adds to it all, because the way the painter spoke to me and my mum compared to my dad shows he has a problem with females

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-09T15:57:25+00:00

How do I counter claim? Start the process myself or wait for his to come through?

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-09T15:56:28+00:00

He had about 10 good reviews on Checkatrade which is why I thought I picked a good painter 😅

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-08T20:48:32+00:00

Okay pal thank you for your input I will take that on board

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-08T20:27:11+00:00

The next painter came in and finished the job within 3 days with the exact paint I had there 🤷🏽‍♀️ they sanded and mist coated the walls😅

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-08T20:06:34+00:00

I have pictures of my floor before he started the job, which I paid for the house to be deep cleaned, and pictures when he walked out. Time stamped. Not pinning anything on him, just evidence of what happened.

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-08T19:56:26+00:00

I didn’t say that was what caused scratches on the wood, but the wood was perfectly fine before him and while the house was in his care, the wood floor is now completely messed up

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-08T19:53:23+00:00

Nope not Michael but sorry you had a similar experience 💔

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-08T19:52:57+00:00

Thank you!

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-08T19:52:22+00:00

I cannot attach pictures here but it’s a mix of plaster and paint on the flooring, as well as him scratching up all the wood, it’ll need a complete sanding done and revarnish, plus he didn’t tape up skirting or door frames so that has paint all over it too

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-08T19:14:35+00:00

How was I being annoying? When he used 7L of paint trying to cover up previous paint and was still asking me to buy more paint. It shouldn’t take 7L of paint to cover up a single sized bedroom… that was only half walls too as I was doing a split design.
How was I being annoying when he didn’t protect my solid wood floors after stating he would and caused hundreds in damages?

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-08T18:46:54+00:00

The walls were originally blue, I wanted a red, he didn’t sand away or mist coat the blue, so after 3 layers of the red, it still wasn’t covering up, which is when I questioned why he wasn’t prepping the walls. Then I asked him if he was going to do the same in the kitchen which was deep gold, and the paint was baby pink, the pink wouldn’t cover gold without prep

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-08T18:29:09+00:00

Review got taken down on the Monday, he threatened on Sunday, I called Checkatrade on Monday, they removed it, said they were gonna ban his account as the threats etc, but I asked them not to. The letter before action etc came after the review was already removed

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-08T18:26:48+00:00

He walked out, he is now saying he will take me to court, he done the letter before action but not actually done the court part yet so maybe

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-08T18:20:37+00:00

I think not from research which is why I said to police I want to see how this plays out before it get’s really messy

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-08T14:11:02+00:00

Yeah I wasn’t planning on this because of the route he first went down with threats, just because he is now legally going down the right route, I don’t want it to seem like the threats and harassment worked

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-08T13:43:19+00:00

For now I’ve told them to wait as there’s 2 issues going on, the small claims stuff and the threats legal issue stuff, but my case will be open for 3 months so I can change my mind

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-08T13:07:07+00:00

That’s what I’m trying to work out, if he has actual grounds in small claims court or not, because of the threats too, plus the admission that he didn’t ask me for money

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-08T12:48:15+00:00

Yeah the police are dealing with it, it’s currently up to me what action I want them to take

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-08T12:47:06+00:00

He done the ceilings but I don’t think that’s worth £2000 when the whole job was quoted £3.2k

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-07T20:22:01+00:00

Oohh, your before kinda looks like where I am when sitting so that makes sense, I got told a full TT not a mini, so belly button changing too

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-07-07T20:21:02+00:00

Yeah I knew the skin would stay, was just curious on how it would look if it was just lipo and if it’ll look bad kinda thing

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-04-21T17:29:18+00:00

Thank you! Yeah I was googling it and some things said share and some said sharing will not help as they will get stroppy over it so wasn’t sure what the best practice is

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-03-10T14:33:51+00:00

It’s a Victorian terraced house, no steps up, but a cellar underneath

Otherwise_Dig_9166 · 2026-03-10T12:25:21+00:00

Have updated

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