At the beginning of October, we signed a contract and paid a deposit to get our house painted. Here is it, almost the end of October and all we have is a half-caulked, scraped and sort of primed house. It's awful looking. This is not the contractor's fault, the weather was 80 degrees and sunny the day we handed over the check. The next day it started raining. And it has continued to rain almost every day since, with no end in sight. :( Maybe it will clear up? Or maybe we'll have "teh ugly house" until the spring.