'Getting the painters in'

We had been considering painting the house ourselves and wondering whether we would manage it time-wise. The decision was made for us with Werner's broken (etc) wrist.
We have given the contract to the Heinrich Schmid company. Now we have two men in white overalls roaming around, painting, touching up the plaster work and repairing and patching the wallpaper - using a really longwallpapering table and roller thingy.