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Hi, We are on the cusp of really falling out with our builder. We have had to move into the house which is way over schedule, they are just finishing off the decorating. In many man places the wall finish seems unacceptable. The architect came in and made the builder reskim and repaint two ceilings. But the more I look at the walls and ceilings the more the finish looks poor. Basically the finish is rippled in many places as well as having many rough patches. I am not clear who is doing a poor job, the plasterer or the painters, but ultimately the builder is responsible. My wife wants the painters fired, the woodwork doesn't look great either tbf. They have not primed the edges of MDF in the door frames so it looks very poor compared to the ready primed woodwork. We have paid an absolute fortune to have all walls and ceilings painted as it is supposed to be a better finish, but in most places it actually looks worse than our previous house that was taped. I don't want to be unreasonable but the finish is letting down, what is a very expensive build. I noticed in my last house the painters had some kind of large spinning brush sander that they took across the walls before they painted. Here they just seem to be going around with filler and sandpaper. The builder says just to leave it until snagging time and indeed the architect has decided after some work has been redone to just do the same as he wants them to finish and not delay any further. The trouble is that we won't really be finished if they then have to come back into every single room and start sanding and repainting. I just don't understand the attitude of the building trade that you do a poor job and then keep coming back to redo it. Any thoughts on where they may be going wrong? It is quite hard to capture this in pictures but I just had a go This is the reskimmed and painted ceiling (I think they plan to further sand and paint it) My daughter's bedroom A 45degree joint This is part of probably the worst wall in the house My daughter's ceiling again