Is it reasonable for a painter to paint the all of the windows shut?

[grandehorizontale]

I am constantly appalled by the shoddy workmanship that my elderly mother has to put up with. The outside of the house was painted in the early summer. She can't open the bedroom windows because they have been painted shut. We can't open them for her. Is this acceptable? I have asked the painter to come back and sort it. Any observations anyone?

No, that is not acceptable, and I can't imagine for one moment that anyone would think it is.

Of course it isn't

Were they jammed shut already when he painted them? Or if they were painted open, the paint may have stuck them shut when they were closed. Did he prepare them properly or has he just slapped on an extra coat that has reduced the clearance and jammed them. Sounds like his fault whatever really, if they were jammed to start with he should have done something about it and anything else is shoddy work.