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Original poster

or is my neighbour re paint splodges ?

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shirleybasseyslovechild · 15/07/2015 21:15

hope photo works.
I'm on holiday. Had painter at my house.
neighbour phoned me irate at mess on his side of fence.
I apologised profusely and asked for a photo and said I'd fix it
masonry paint.

comments please

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AlanPacino · 16/07/2015 17:54

I wouldn't have called you, I wouldn't get your number off someone else, I would clean it myself and then tell you about it in passing when you're home. He sounds like he wants to be pissed off.

FungusTheBogeymam · 16/07/2015 18:15

Hmmm, I was that irate neighbour a couple of months ago ...

Next door were having their chimneys repointed. Chap doing the repointing didn't have a board to mix his mortar on. So he mixed it directly onto my drive.

Yes, it scrubbed off with a wire brush. But why should I have to do it? It wasn't my work being done, cleaning it up wasn't my responsibility, I didn't ask for the mess on my drive. And neither did the OP's neighbour - why should he have to get down on his knees and clear up the mess from work which wasn't being done on his house?

The painter should have done the apologising and cleaning up. But it sounds as if it's all dealt with pretty well anyway.

Sparklingbrook · 16/07/2015 18:18

Did you get the chap to do it Fungus or did you do it yourself?

tootiredtothink · 16/07/2015 18:21

I'd take option A.

Why should he clean up? It's not his mess, and is also probably worried if he doesn't say anything that the painter might be back to cause more mess.

Not unreasonable to contact you either imo.

MrsMummyPig · 16/07/2015 18:38

My DP runs his own painting and decorating company and pays a huge premium for public liability insurance. I would apologise to the neighbour and then get your decorator to do whatever it takes to put right the damage to your neighbours satisfaction.

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shirleybasseyslovechild · 16/07/2015 18:50

update.
painter removed splodges today in about two minutes with soapy water and a scrubbing brush

having a good laugh here at the extrapolations some of you are making

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Sparklingbrook · 16/07/2015 18:51

Hurrah!

gobbynorthernbird · 16/07/2015 18:56

I hope it doesn't rain where you live then, Shirley.

Tizwailor · 16/07/2015 18:57

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FungusTheBogeymam · 16/07/2015 18:57

I made him do it, sparkling. And then when he didn't do it very well, I made him do it again.

I think I scared him a bit, actually ... I was a bit PMTish. But I was furious that (if he had to use a drive at all) he'd used mine, and not the drive of the house he was working on!

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shirleybasseyslovechild · 16/07/2015 19:04

thanks everyone for all your contributions

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TheCraicDealer · 16/07/2015 19:05

I loved this- when I started working in Insurance one of the first hypothetical scenarios my boss gave to me was, "painter drips paint on neighbour's driveway; which party's insurance deals with it?". Painter's Public Liability Insurance!

Anyway, I thought OP mentioned neightbour's employment status as it explained how small his world is and how little he has to occupy himself at home. Contacted OP on holiday was a bit OTT, but at least the painter sorted it quickly and painlessly.

TheWitTank · 16/07/2015 19:34

That must be some shit masonry paint -are you sure he hasn't just used interior stuff? He hasn't sounded like the most competent decorator... . The stuff that was spilled at ours won't budge - and that's with power spraying, the lot. Bricks are porous so really it should have soaked in and not budged (that's it's job after all). Anyhow, all is well, happy neighbour, hurrah! Have a good holiday.

sonjadog · 16/07/2015 19:39

Good points made above. If the painter has painted your house with paint that only takes soapy water and a few minutes with a scrubbing brush to remove, you may want to check a few things out with him...

WhoNickedMyName · 16/07/2015 19:51

Your painter sounds absolute shit - messy in his work and has used 'masonry paint' that has been removed after a bit of a scrub with soapy water.

You should hope it doesn't rain any time soon on your house, you may come home to find your front garden looking like it has been whitewashed.

EponasWildDaughter · 16/07/2015 19:53

Masonry paint should not be water soluble OP.

The idea is that it withstands water. ie rain.

Something not right with this.

lutra3d · 16/07/2015 21:46

Your painter must be getting his paint from hobbycraft.

whois · 16/07/2015 22:00

Your painter sounds absolute shit - messy in his work and has used 'masonry paint' that has been removed after a bit of a scrub with soapy water.

WORD!

giraffesCantPluckTheirEyebrows · 17/07/2015 13:40

Glad the paint is gone op.

IABU to find this thread funny?!

TheReluctantCountess · 19/07/2015 19:44

It came off with soap and water? That doesn't bode well for your house when it rains.

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