Legal Question in Construction Law in Pennsylvania

Shoddy contractor work

Had a private contractor paint a hallway and stairs in my house, along with install tile in a bathroom and a new spotlight in the ceiling. Although the job was ''complete,'' there were many areas that needed fixed/touched up. There are well over 3 dozen areas on the walls that he painted that did not take the pain and now have white spots showing through a yellow paint. There are many areas where he got yellow paint on the ceiling and the white baseboard molding. When he installed the tile, he pulled off the door frames and baseboard molding to install the tile, and in doing so cracked several pieces of molding and scratched up the paint on the wall in the bathroom he was tiling. He left molding with nails sticking out and nailholes that were never filled or painted.

He came back to the house, and refused to repaint any of the areas. He told my wife that ''I was going to repaint it for you but I changed my mind.'' This now leaves me with an entire hallway that will need to be repainted, and multiple areas of molding and tile to fix. Additionally, there are still several pieces of molding around the door that are cracked, and all of the nailholes that need to be filled and repainted.

Is there grounds for a small claims suit?

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