Is this a poor finish?? Opinions please

its a flexible filler..only really used like Silicon....between 2 surfaces where they meet..skirting to walls..architrave to walls...tiles to ceilings..water based so can be smoothed off with finger then damp sponge
 
There are many suggestions above of how it could have been done beter (eg mitering back of tile so sies closer to sloping ceiling - something I do now but didn't several years ago!) But to take tiles off and redo would probably cause more damage than improve things. I havn't come across any problems with painting over normal cement based grouts so I think best first try solution will be to use masking tape to straighten up the groit line and then paint down the ceiling white paint over the wider bits of grout.
 
Should of really been a full tile from the top and not a cut. I would have used trim and the tiles cut are not the same size. This would bug me too!
 
Should of really been a full tile from the top and not a cut. I would have used trim and the tiles cut are not the same size. This would bug me too!

How can you say that? You don't know if that junction between the ceiling and wall is level so where would you have started it? Also might have left a small cut around the bath/shower/sill etc. I would bet the slope is joist with PB on top then skimmed, they are never straight (well almost never).OP fill in any voids in the grout then paint the colour of the ceiling. The stress of you having to argue with the tiler (he obviously thinks he has done it right) IMHO is just not worth it, and as said before it probably would cause more problems than it would fix.
 
I have some sympathy for the tiler tbh, a couple of small mistakes Imo. You cant expect a tiler to be able to make that wall look perfect unless you pay him to either plaster or tile the slope on ceiling, that's why i would not take my tiles anywhere near it. Good advice from Steph above IF it worked out ok regarding setting out elsewhere in the room.
 
Here's one I did a few years back with tile trim. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1368538465.226131.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1368538481.941902.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1368538497.625357.jpg
 

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