Man who painted fence ‘gets his revenge’ after customer doesn’t pay

A painter and decorator has shared his fury after a customer booked him to paint their garden fence, but didn’t pay him.

Furious and without the cash, the annoyed tradesman decided to get revenge. He has issued a warning to anyone who is unhappy with a service or refuses to pay.

As summer is here, many of us are spending more time out in our gardens, so it may be a good time to spruce up your outdoor space. One resident hired Finishing Touch Sprayers to paint their garden fence. Instead of the brown wood they wanted it to be painted a dark grey.

However, after the painter finished the job, he admitted that the customer was not happy. As a result, the client refused to pay for the work. Clearly furious, as the tradesman said he “worked really hard” on the job, he decided to get revenge.

In a short clip shared on TikTok, the workman gave his followers a close-up look at one of his customer’s grey fences. After his payment was withheld, the manual worker said: “Can’t pay, we’ll take it away.”

He firstly adds paint stripper to the fence before using a pressure washer to remove the paint from the fences, instantly turning them a golden brown. “Took our paint back because [the] customer wouldn’t pay,” he said. “Would you do the same?,” he asked.

Sharing an update, he added: “They’re asking me to come back and paint it again, saying they’ll pay double the amount up front now.”

People rushed to comment on the viral clip. One individual said: “Never understand why people think they can just not pay for work done…no one has any morals anymore.”

“Looks better now,” insisted another. While someone else said: “I’ll never understand why people ruin their fences with awful grey paint. I bet they were glad they didn’t pay now.”

A further TikTok user said: “You did them a favour, looks fab.” But to set the record straight, one user responded and explained: “You think a pressure washer took the paint off? He clearly added a paint stripper then pressure washed it off. Hence the before look.”

Resolution company, Resolver, explained what you rights are when it comes to paying tradesman.

A spokesperson said: “If the tradesman failed to deliver what you expected when undertaking work you need to ensure you raise the issue with them as you notice it. It is important not to let lots of little things add up and fester as then they became hard to resolve. First raise the immediately and if you can keep a record of issues that you have raised and what was agreed.”

The advise concluded: “If you do not pay then the tradesman has the right to remove what they have done or they may take you to Court. You should therefore be fair and reasonable in your approach.”