Would you be livid - ruined clothes?

[deliakate]

Quickly popped with ds, 2.5, to the local shops for milk and he was pottering about on the way back. I was watching him closely on a particularly narrow bit of pavement when he plonked his hand onto a very wide, 4 foot high thick wall running alongside the pavement. I looked down and his hand and arm was totally covered in sticky, stinky white paint - very thick rendering stuff that you use on outside walls. Impossible to get off - maybe unless you have swafega (sp) which when we ran home I found out was all gone :(

Its ruined his Gap puffa (about £45 worth) and he reached up to his wool balaclava, so that's another £20. There was no sign in sight, and the wall is pretty long and unavoidable for toddlers. Its on my lovely purse too, and I'm just so peed off. I think the owners of the house have builders there, but there should have been something to let people know it was wet surely? AIBU ?

YANBU

Of course the house owner or decorator should have put up a sign saying wet paint and probably some sort of taping/barrier. It's hardly rocket science that a member of the public may come into contact with your wall fronting a public footpath. The fact it's a toddler is irrelevant. What about a long coat flapping about in the wind and catching the paint? Or should be all be dressing defensively in case we encounter an unguarded painted surface?

The decorators should have insurance, as should the house owner. You could try and claim on that, OP.

Ooops, I see all has been resolved. Good on your mum OP, and what a nice woman to pay compensation.

Glad it worked out for you OP.

Glad they did the decent thing.

Is it just me that thinks kids often damage their clothes. That's just life I'm afraid. Unless you bubble wrap your kids and stop them form doing and heaven forbid, touching anything.
I'd be annoyed yes, but livid ? There should have been a sign, but there wasn't. I think you'll be lucky if you get a meaningful apology as for compensation, ha good luck. Seriously just be annoyed and move on.

That's why I clothes my kids at sainsbo's

Sorry just read that all was sorted.
I am surprised though.