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Jesaroo
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when moving out of a place....
do you paint the walls?
what if you painted them when you moved in?
i painted two walls. i wasnt planning on painting them because A) i dont have a match of the color they were before and B) by law the landlord has to paint them before the next tenants move in anyway
but generally i think ppl do, so i was just hoping for opinions.
i know i am going to spackle any holes from photos ive hung up.
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MrsERod
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Re: when moving out of a place....
only if i painted them a color other than something neutral. (i.e., red, green, etc) is the landlord going to penalize you, or deduct any $$ from your security deposit for having to repaint any "odd" colored walls? if so, then i'd probably throw a neutral color like beige over them.
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| Posted 7/31/07 7:14 PM |
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Jessica
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Re: when moving out of a place....
isnt the landlord supposed to have it freshly painted anyway for the new tenants?
if so, then dont...But ask your landlord.
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| Posted 7/31/07 7:18 PM |
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Beth
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Re: when moving out of a place....
check your lease- at my last place if we painted the walls- we had to return them to the orginal color
dark colors are harder to cover- and you might get charged
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| Posted 7/31/07 7:19 PM |
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Jesaroo
is not the girl you knew
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Jes
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Re: when moving out of a place....
ill check the lease, but how could we get charged if we are already gone?
iwas just going to tell him to keep the security as our last months rent
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| Posted 7/31/07 7:20 PM |
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JennZ
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Re: when moving out of a place....
In our lease it says we have to return the walls back to that nasty apaertment white. (not in those words) I asked the maintance guy if I bought the primer would that be fine. He said yes. I will plug up any nail holes and what not.
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| Posted 7/31/07 7:34 PM |
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Janice
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Re: when moving out of a place....
we get charged 25.00 a wall.
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| Posted 7/31/07 7:35 PM |
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Jesaroo
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Jes
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Re: when moving out of a place....
Posted by JennZ
In our lease it says we have to return the walls back to that nasty apaertment white. (not in those words) I asked the maintance guy if I bought the primer would that be fine. He said yes. I will plug up any nail holes and what not.
ooh BUYING the primer makes more sense!!! ok.
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| Posted 7/31/07 7:44 PM |
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Beth
The Key to your new home....
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Re: when moving out of a place....
Posted by Jesaroo
ill check the lease, but how could we get charged if we are already gone?
iwas just going to tell him to keep the security as our last months rent
I have never done that- I always pay the rent and then get my security back
he could sue you in small claims court I guess
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| Posted 7/31/07 8:11 PM |
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: when moving out of a place....
Posted by Beth1210
check your lease- at my last place if we painted the walls- we had to return them to the orginal color
dark colors are harder to cover- and you might get charged
ditto
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| Posted 7/31/07 8:12 PM |
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LIgrlatheart
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christi
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Re: when moving out of a place....
Posted by Jesaroo
Posted by JennZ
In our lease it says we have to return the walls back to that nasty apaertment white. (not in those words) I asked the maintance guy if I bought the primer would that be fine. He said yes. I will plug up any nail holes and what not.
ooh BUYING the primer makes more sense!!! ok.
i just painted our new place with 'kilz2' primer
really went over well on anything i painted with... so def. look into one of those heavy duty primers one coat you can say you did it!
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| Posted 7/31/07 8:25 PM |
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babymakes3
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Re: when moving out of a place....
Check your lease. If it's not in your favor, then see if you can arrange something with the landlord.
Our lease says that we can paint the walls but they have to be painted back to white if it's any color other than neutrals or pastels.
Our old apartment lease said we had to paint them back to white, but the new tenants loved the colors so they asked that we keep them. We just primed one room that they were going to paint a different color than what we had.
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| Posted 7/31/07 8:26 PM |
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