Get landlord to pay for painting house?

[bennyk]

where is this?

in a lot of places, the landlord is required to repaint the interior walls when the lease changes hands.

bk

[chesspain]

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in a lot of places, the landlord is required to repaint the interior walls when the lease changes hands.


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In what communist/socialist state do you live?

[mantasm]

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where is this?

in a lot of places, the landlord is required to repaint the interior walls when the lease changes hands.

bk

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Texas, I'm almost certain that's not the case here.

[bennyk]

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In what communist/socialist state do you live?

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cuba.

when i moved to pittsburgh and ny, both landlords were required to paint.

This may have been due to lead paint use in the building's past.

bk

[MowrMowr]

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We'd never planned on doing it without asking. I guess you could give me the landlord perspective. If one of your previous tenants had painted your rental awful colors and the new tenants asked if they could paint would you prefer to let them do it or hire a painter? If you did let them do it would you help with the paint costs? I guess really the only way to find out is to call him, but maybe you can help.

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Tell him you're bothered by the colors, and you're willing to supply the labor to repaint the house in neutral colors if he's willing to supply the paint. I can just about guarantee you he/she will accept in a heartbeat. Put yourself in his situation, why would you not accept?

[apd138]

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We'd never planned on doing it without asking. I guess you could give me the landlord perspective. If one of your previous tenants had painted your rental awful colors and the new tenants asked if they could paint would you prefer to let them do it or hire a painter? If you did let them do it would you help with the paint costs? I guess really the only way to find out is to call him, but maybe you can help.

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Tell him you're bothered by the colors, and you're willing to supply the labor to repaint the house in neutral colors if he's willing to supply the paint. I can just about guarantee you he/she will accept in a heartbeat. Put yourself in his situation, why would you not accept?

[/ QUOTE ] The reason I would refuse is because I would be afraid they would %$#@ it up and it would become a bigger hassle then it was worth.

[jasonHoldEm]

My friends moved into a town house in philly and wanted to paint because the colors were awful and even if they weren't the condition of the paint/walls was pretty poor.

They approached their landlord and he said he would be willing to foot the bill for the paint and supplies (but the labor was on them) and asked to have them get a couple different estimates for the price of the paint/suplies they'd require. Here's where they screwed up though...they took all the measurements they needed went to a couple different paint places and got estimates on coverage and price...the problem is they didn't realize how many coats they were going to require (they were painting over a dark color with a light color)...consequently the estimate they gave to the landlord was about half (~60% actually) what the final bill came to after they realized they needed to go out and get more paint. Needless to say, the landlord was not happy having to pay almost twice what he was expecting.

So, based on my friend's expereince I would try to include an agreement with your landlord to have the job estimated by a professional painter (i.e. someone that will come into your place and look at it) in addition to any estimates you do on your own at sherman williams or whatever. My friend's landlord ended up paying for everything in the end, but there was a month or two where they were arguing back and forth and it didn't help their relationship with a new landlord at all.

Hope this helps,
J