Problem with a contractor

[Kendall Mercer]

So I recently bought a SFH to rent out and just had it remodeled. The guy I hired I asked to do a laundry list of tasks which included painting the exterior. That same day I contact him for the job I had told him I wanted white trim, a yellow door and black shutters. I don't hear from him for a couple days and am assuming he should be getting close to finished on remodeling the inside of my house and starting on the painting of the exterior so I send him a text detailing what I wanted with the colors of the outside of the house. Just to make sure he remembers. ( This is the second time I told him what colors I wanted) The following day he tells me he already painted the house back to the original colors. I told him that is not what I had asked for and he says that I had never told him what I wanted so he just painted it back to the original colors. Of course he is wanting me to pay him but its not what I had asked for. I'm new to this so is it normal to hire a contractor and he just decide on what colors to paint the house for you? Even if I hadn't told him what colors to paint the house shouldn't he not have just decided on his own to paint it the original colors of the house? That completely defeats the purpose! What would you think or do in this situation?

[Kendall Mercer]

Well the more I think about it, to me it seems that if you hire someone to paint your house they cannot paint it whatever color they want and that they are supposed to paint the house to the color that you tell them. If no paint color has been specified in writting then it is not up to the painter to decide what color as if it his own property. I believe he painted it to the original color so as to only use one coat and to save time and mistakes wouldn't show. Im not sure how a judge would look at this case if it does go to court. I have since found out that they have added additional materials for the flooring job which I wasn't told about and in the contract it says the price is labor and materials included so I don't know how they can add materials and more labor to the job later on. Also Im being billed for a garage door panel replacement and I found the panel laying next to the house with the old panel still on the garage door. Yet I am being billed for it. Im not sure how he could have the Judge make me pay for this when it is becoming apparent that his intention is to make me pay for work obviously not performed such as the garage door panel, and for work that he decided to do on his own without asking if I wanted it and