Hi everyone need advice about the current situation we’re in, so basically we’ve had our 3 bed home fully renovated and we’ve currently hired a painter and decorator for the final touches, he quoted us 4,400 and we paid a 25% deposit he started on Wednesday and all he’s done is a first coat of paint, without any prep or anything which I did flag up because we have to much filling and sanding to do.
So he’s now saying he needs to change the deposit to 50% as it’ll make his life easier and he can get whatever he needs for us without asking us.. although we don’t mind going out to buy our own paints and stuff etc I’d rather get it myself.
He was the only painter who was available to start immediately which did seem like a bit of red flag but he had quite a few good reviews so I trusted him, I’m not sure what he’s trying to do as I think that’s too much money to hand without actually seeing much progress ..