Had a decorator in last Friday to put some wallpaper up in my downstairs toilet. He did a diabolical job. Cutting isn't straight, pieces overlapped, gaps galore between pieces, pattern doesn't run on correctly and paper doesn't run flush to the door frame. The paper was Harlequin and £55 a roll so to say I am upset was an understatement. Decorator charged £60 for labour.
I messaged to say I was unhappy with it after properly looking over it at the weekend, he offered to basically come back and "bodge" it. I said no as I thought it would make it worse and when I'd spent that amount on wallpaper as well, I didn't want that doing. I asked for the £60 back and he said he'd pay it once he'd received some unpaid invoices.
It's now Thursday and I'm as of yet to receive the money. If I don't receive it soon, I'm tempted to take it to the small claims court as even if I did get my £60 back, I'm still £110 out of pocket for the wallpaper and will also need to pay to get it fixed. I don't have any experience of small claims court, would my claim likely to be successful in this instance and would you take it this far or simply pass it off as an expensive mistake if he were to send the £60 as promised?