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urhavenoidea · Mar 3, 2008, 08:36 PM

I recently moved out of a house I was staying at for 2 years. Before I had moved in the landlord had said he was going to give the house fresh paint. 1 guy came scrapped some paint had the wrond paint and then left never to complete it . 2 years later Im moving out and the landlord says I have to pay for the whole house to be painted because of marking on the wall(pencil marking very minor). I also left him to good condition A/C units to replace the ones he didn't change for me even though they didn't work properly and were his. He now claims that the house was freshly painted before I moved, but I have witnesses who saw the house before and after I moved in and are willing to have it on record that it was not freshly painted. What are my options?

Fr_Chuck · Mar 3, 2008, 08:48 PM

Refuse, and if he withholds the deposit, sue him.

** note and warnings for others reading this, this is why you document everything, when you move in, take photos, have landlord sign them, have note made on rental agreement that work was not done at time of move in. and so on. It is possible he actually paid to have it done, and the workers never did it, did you report it not done to them.

JudyKayTee · Mar 4, 2008, 07:22 AM

Originally Posted by urhavenoidea

I recently moved out of a house I was staying at for 2 years. Before I had moved in the landlord had said he was going to give the house fresh paint. 1 guy came scrapped some paint had the wrond paint and then left never to complete it . 2 years later Im moving out and the landlord says I have to pay for the whole house to be painted because of marking on the wall(pencil marking very minor). I also left him to good condition A/C units to replace the ones he didnt change for me even though they didnt work properly and were his. He now claims that the house was freshly painted before I moved, but I have witnesses who saw the house before and after I moved in and are willing to have it on record that it was not freshly painted. what are my options?

Fr Chuck has answered - my only comment as a landlord is I don't want tenants to leave AC units (or anything else) because they are almost always junk and then I have to dispose of them. I don't know if you think they are somehow an offset but they are not.

Take your witnesses to Court, the landlord will take his witnesses to Court, a Judge will decide.

landlord advocate · Mar 4, 2008, 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by urhavenoidea

I recently moved out of a house I was staying at for 2 years. Before I had moved in the landlord had said he was going to give the house fresh paint. 1 guy came scrapped some paint had the wrond paint and then left never to complete it . 2 years later Im moving out and the landlord says I have to pay for the whole house to be painted because of marking on the wall(pencil marking very minor). I also left him to good condition A/C units to replace the ones he didnt change for me even though they didnt work properly and were his. He now claims that the house was freshly painted before I moved, but I have witnesses who saw the house before and after I moved in and are willing to have it on record that it was not freshly painted. what are my options?

Since you rented for a period of two years, I doubt that any judge would award the landlord money to re-paint. We usually do a fresh coat between each tenant. I think most other landlords do also. The landlord can charge for holes in the walls and extensive damage, but not to repaint after a two year tenancy. As far as the air conditioners go, I would rather they not be left. Without knowing how old they are or their history, they are a hazard.

Fr_Chuck · Mar 4, 2008, 08:22 AM

Also some states require the landlord to paint between every tenant, A real pain if they only stay a couple months.

Also for air units, they were lucky normally the tennatns always took mine, I stopped providing window units long before, in a few cases, if I did, it was written in that I was not providing it, if it worked great but if it stopped working I was not liable for fixing it. Most of the ones I provided were ones left by other tennants who moved out in a hurry or I had to phycailly evict.