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what makes it look worse as well is because to much grout has been washed out of the joint...but deffo some lippage...not the wrst i have seen but some...

can you post a photo a bit further back to see if it stands out from a not so close up shot..?
 
Photos below, the bits near the plinths are going to be sorted, no problems there. Generally from standing the floor looks good, as anything when you look close up you see the lippage and start to question things.

Again back to my original question, I’m I being too fussy??
 

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ooooh naughty tiler

you could scribe the kickboards to fit.

Answer to your question is no.
 
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Are you being too fussy?
That really depends on how much you paid for the tiles to be laid.
If you paid top dollar you can be as fussy as you like.
If it was a cheap job then this is acceptable lippage.
Hopefully it was a top dollar job and the tiler will happily rectify any tiles you are not happy with!!
Good luck.
 
IMO, you are not being too fussy.

With regards to the scratching...... did the tiler wear knee pads? did he cover tiles that had been fixed and he was kneeling on? did he point out the scratched tiles prior to fixing them?
It seems to me that the tiler may have scratched the tiles after they were fixed??? 😳
The lippage does not look good and the grouting could be a lot better.
 
Looks like too much lippage to me, but the tiles in the 2nd photo look inconsistent. One has a noticeable bevel and the adjacent one has none. Maybe just my eyes though.
i must have the same eyes cos it looks like that to me too, but i dont think you are being too fussy but would have been less noticeable had the grout not been washed out as much. what size room is it and how long did it take him.
 
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when using granite the floor has to be really flat thats how ive found ayway on used it on a bathroom floor which was flat maybe more slc was needed didnt look to bad of a job to be honest but 2 mm lippage is too much
 
woops not seen all the pics if the tiles are scratched get the tiler to replace them but i agree i think to much grout has been washed out which makes it look worse
 
If the tiler sl the floor it should be better than that. At the kickboards he's just not been checking his levels. All he had to do was lift tile and put a bit more addy under it. Pic 3 also looks like it's a bit high with lippage. Would say you are not being fussy.
 

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