SEAN HOURICAN PAINTING

WHILE SEAN DID SOME GOOD WORK FOR US (REMOVING WALLPAPER, FIXING CRACKS, SMOOTHING OLD PLASTER WALLS), HIS PROCESS WAS VERY HAPHAZARD. RATHER THAN CONCENTRATE ON ONE OR TWO ROOMS AT A TIME, HE LITERALLY WORKED ON SOME ASPECT OF ALL 10 ROOMS OF OUR HOUSE AT ONCE, YET COMPLETED NONE BY THE TIME HE TOLD US HE WOULD BE DONE WITH THE ENTIRE JOB. SINCE WE WERE PAYING BY THE HOUR, THE TOTAL COST WAS QUITE HIGH FOR THE WORK DONE. SEAN WAS ALSO A MESSY WORKER, LEAVING TOOLS AROUND, NOT CLEANING UP PROMPTLY AND FAILING TO DROP CLOTH APPROPRIATELY. THERE WAS QUITE A MESS TO CLEAN UP AFTER HE WAS GONE. WE ENDED UP LETTING HIM GO AFTER HE HAD WORKED IN THE HOUSE FOR 8 WEEKS AND HIRING A CREW OF PAINTERS WHO TACKLED THE REMAINDER OF THE JOB IN ABOUT 7 DAYS. WE REALIZE WE WERE SOMEWHAT AT FAULT--WE DID NOT MONITOR HIM ADEQUATELY. SEAN IS A NICE GUY, BUT HIS PROCESS PROVED INFURIATING FOR US AND WE FEEL WE PAID AT LEAST TWICE AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD HAVE FOR THE WORK THAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE.