Am I wrong or is my contractor wrong?

[Miguel Hernandez]

Hi BP members! I need a little help. I recently purchased a duplex in WI and I am in the process of rehabbing the property. I hired a contractor and things have been going fine recently until today. I received a phone call today that my contractor wants to have someone else come in and paint the property, as well as lay LVP in the property. He told me the price the person is charging and that’s where I got a little confused.

In our contract we both signed, I have a scope of work document saying the contractor will paint and lay LVP flooring, however, the contract states that he can hire on people to the job-site. Does this mean I have to pay the people he hires on? I feel like I hired him to do the job (paint and lay LVP) but now he is just out sourcing the work. I am paying him 12k for rehabbing this 1 unit. I paid half in the beginning and the rest will be paid once he is finished, (it’s in pretty rough shape), but I expect a 12k performance done by him. If he wants to hire people on to help him paint and lay LVP, does that come out of the 12k I am paying him, or does that have to come out of my pocket?

Any help is appreciated, thank you.