@jdsenn Be careful if this person still has not finished the job. We got this chap who showed up when we were fair desperate to get someone in to do the job. He wanted like 2400 for the whole house. Then he started just slapping paint around the place on the first day, hadn't a clue what he was at, our builder told us he was concerned. We had a chat with him and he told us the job was bigger than he thought and he'd have to switch to a dayrate, which I worked out still would be alright. Then his days started at like midday and ended at 3pm. He was just doing random bits of rooms. Getting paint on fucking everything.
We sacked him after the third day when he brought another guy he also wanted us to start paying an equivalent day rate.
We learned our lesson.
Our builder apparently bumped into him at a supply shop and the "painter" wanted to start a fight with him for losing him a good scam.
We had to bite the bullet, delay some trades and eat a decent chunk. And ended up with paint on stuff that it'll never come off.