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Needed to do some stucco repair after a hail storm and we decided to paint the entire house while we were at it as it needed it. Called a local painter and he came by and I drive him by 4 or 5 houses we liked and we made a plan for colors. When they showed up the first time the color was nowhere near what we wanted so I would t let the stucco guy apply it
I couldn't figure out a color because Sherwin Williams paint chips look nothing like when that color is applied to a wall so I pointed to a house down the street and told my painter to "color match that". Well, it's not even close and I'm pissed. I absolutely hate it and I'm $4500 in to it
Find out after the fact that the color of the stucco wasn't the same color as what he used to color match the house down the street, it was just close. The trim color he used it a joke and I brought up my concerns throughout the painting but the painter told his guys to keep going
What recourse do we have? Any good course of action here? Guy has been paid but it's nowhere near what he was asked to do and our house does not look good
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Well that sucks.
We're getting quotes for inside now.
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I hope you end up with a good color.
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Frankly, not much at all you do.
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Maybe you have a bad eye and the house is actually gorgeous. Post up a pic.
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I painted my small place last summer, the mixed paint just didnt look like what I picked out! the guy said it would , when it dried tho it looked great!
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you never really know the color until it's on the house. Good luck getting it fixed.
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I had a new roof put on last year. After weathering awhile it looks just like I'd wanted. Not so much at first.
Who knows, maybe it willl "weather" into more your liking.
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My wife always wanted a barn red house. We live in one of these neighborhoods where all the sheep walk in a nice straight little line. So now we're the only house in the hood that isn't that ugly "off tan" color everyone seems to feel obligated to paint their house these days. Our next door neighbor actually had to balls to tell us they didn't like it and didn't believe it was ever going to "grow" on them. It's not like we painted it Barney Purple, or chartreuse or something like that-we painted it red! Thinking titty pink next time around to really get their blood pressure up!
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My wife and I spent quite a bit of time reviewing colors and painting swatches on our house to determine the exact colors we wanted. It paid off as our painters were directed to buy the exact paint brand and color we wanted.
I wouldn't dream of telling the painter to try and match the house down the street. Sorry it didn't go well for you, but that was a risky move in my opinion. Good luck with resolving it.
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HS, I've always found it very difficult to imagine broad expanses of paint from those little chip samples..
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Having built many custom homes and multitudes of renovated commercial properties over the years I subbed all my finish painting to two contractors.Both knew their craft well and always ran sample panels for me and customer approval first.Saved alot of headaches for all parties concerned..also had the customer sign off on the contract that they approved the color/colors on the sample and any changes were subject to additional charges.
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What recourse do we have? Any good course of action here? Guy has been paid but it's nowhere near what he was asked to do and our house does not look good
I have been a GC for 25 years. You failed to follow the Golden Rule. The one with the gold makes the rules. He is paid so you are likely screwed unless this is a large reputable company with something to lose. Good luck. twofish
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right after getting married we bought a little cape cod that was an ugly peach color. wife wanted yellow with white trim. i wanted a concord blue with yellow trim. she agreed and i painted it. it looked ok as it was going on but when it was all said and done, we hated it. i made it worse by putting dark gray shingles on a couple years later. lived there 7 or 8 years and never got used to it. whats the moral of this story? i don't know, listen to the wife maybe?
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My wife always wanted a barn red house. We live in one of these neighborhoods where all the sheep walk in a nice straight little line. So now we're the only house in the hood that isn't that ugly "off tan" color everyone seems to feel obligated to paint their house these days. Our next door neighbor actually had to balls to tell us they didn't like it and didn't believe it was ever going to "grow" on them. It's not like we painted it Barney Purple, or chartreuse or something like that-we painted it red! Thinking titty pink next time around to really get their blood pressure up! I'd have told the neighbor that when he paid the mortgage, the utilities, and the taxes, then he could determine the color of the paint. Until then, GFY.
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My wife always wanted a barn red house. We live in one of these neighborhoods where all the sheep walk in a nice straight little line. So now we're the only house in the hood that isn't that ugly "off tan" color everyone seems to feel obligated to paint their house these days. Our next door neighbor actually had to balls to tell us they didn't like it and didn't believe it was ever going to "grow" on them. It's not like we painted it Barney Purple, or chartreuse or something like that-we painted it red! Thinking titty pink next time around to really get their blood pressure up! I'd have told the neighbor that when he paid the mortgage, the utilities, and the taxes, then he could determine the color of the paint. Until then, GFY. I'd have an affair with his wife. Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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huntsonora,
Did you hire a Colorado democrat?
I hate to say this but once the job is done ... it's done and the act of paying them seals the deal. If you didn't stop them before they finished there's little to nothing you can do. If you took them to court a judge might look at it as "buyer's remorse."
The best way to salvage the deal might be to get the trim repainted with a color that's right and that compliments the house color. Another option might be to add an accent color that ties everything together.
It's hard to say without seeing it though.
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Was the house down the street stucco? If not, it would be impossible to have the same color appear the same on two different style surfaces.
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We did the same to pick a color except we drove around with the painter and he showed us houses HE painted. We got exactly what we wanted.
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