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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Record everything … photos, communications and dates. 

    Small Claims Court isn’t complex for a case like that. You don’t need a solicitor, and he won’t have a leg to stand on 😉 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Agreed.
  • FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 538
    Dovefromabove said:
    Record everything … photos, communications and dates. 

    Small Claims Court isn’t complex for a case like that. You don’t need a solicitor, and he won’t have a leg to stand on 😉 
    I just assumed it was too small fry for small claims! 
  • FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 538
    I don’t think I’ll make a claim. It’s annoying but I’m the grand scheme of things we’ve managed to address the major damage. 
    I’ll just make sure our neighbours know what has happened so they won’t hire him and have similar experiences. 
  • FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 538
    final update final update in case anyone wants to know! 

    The paint that the decorator had put on started peeling off. Turns out he hadn’t mist coated anything and had just painted onto fresh plaster with slightly diluted acrylic emulsion!!! 

    We were looking at sanding everything back down and starting over. The costs were spiralling when our builder put us in touch with a nice decorator who thought he could help. 

    Finally, finally after weeks and weeks of stress we have a more or less finished kitchen! 🙌🙌🙌

    thanks for all your supportive messages along the way. 






  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited October 2022
    What a royal PITA. A salutary tale for all of us. x
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Glad that's the kitchen's finally finished after such a saga. Time for a celebration glass of wine perhaps!
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Lizzie27 said:
    Glad that's the kitchen's finally finished after such a saga. Time for a celebration glass of wine perhaps!
    … or three … 🍷 🍷 🍷 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    All's well that ends well, time to put it behind you now and enjoy your new and lovely kitchen. 
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
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