zannej
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Ok, this question was sparked when I read a question on Yahooanswers or something where someone was asking about an odd situation & it got me wondering about the rules for house painters and what sort of info they need to have before they can paint the exterior of someone's home.
The general situation was that Family A lived in a yellow house in a community with a homeowner's association. The house was yellow when they purchased it and they liked it. Family B moved in years later and didn't like the yellow color and constantly badgered Family A to paint it a different color. They went as far as to complain to the HOA and to file several requests to force them to repaint to a different color. All requests were rejected as the color was approved by the HOA.
Family A went on vacation for a few weeks and when they returned, their house was painted an ugly gray color. They found out that the spiteful neighbors had hired a painting company to change the color and had pretended to be the owners of the home when the painters came.
The painting company claimed that bc they acted in good faith, they were blameless. Cops said bc the painting company thought they had homeowner's authority that it wasn't trespassing & they couldn't prove the neighbors had trespassed.
I know that probably the only option Family A had was to take Family B to small claims court to sue for repainting costs, but it did make me wonder about the rules.
How much onus is on the contractors to make sure that they actually have the legitimate permission to paint the house?
Should they legally have to re-paint it to the color the real owners wanted and bill the family who defrauded them?
What do you guys think?
I know this is a weird thing, but I can't help but wonder about things like this.
The general situation was that Family A lived in a yellow house in a community with a homeowner's association. The house was yellow when they purchased it and they liked it. Family B moved in years later and didn't like the yellow color and constantly badgered Family A to paint it a different color. They went as far as to complain to the HOA and to file several requests to force them to repaint to a different color. All requests were rejected as the color was approved by the HOA.
Family A went on vacation for a few weeks and when they returned, their house was painted an ugly gray color. They found out that the spiteful neighbors had hired a painting company to change the color and had pretended to be the owners of the home when the painters came.
The painting company claimed that bc they acted in good faith, they were blameless. Cops said bc the painting company thought they had homeowner's authority that it wasn't trespassing & they couldn't prove the neighbors had trespassed.
I know that probably the only option Family A had was to take Family B to small claims court to sue for repainting costs, but it did make me wonder about the rules.
How much onus is on the contractors to make sure that they actually have the legitimate permission to paint the house?
Should they legally have to re-paint it to the color the real owners wanted and bill the family who defrauded them?
What do you guys think?
I know this is a weird thing, but I can't help but wonder about things like this.