It appears the OP really isn’t a seasoned landlord, and from the sounds of things, it appears that he/she/they were only filling the house until their final decision of selling the house….
With that said, as part of selling the house, you probably want to paint it anyway…I’d eat the cost… There’s bigger fish to fry….
Hi All: Thanks you very much for your advices and comments! Yes I would not have made a fuss about it were it a regular rental home. The paint was in decent shape before they moved in and I did not have plan to repaint the walls before selling it. Now with the nail holes I probably have to repaint it.
We bought our house from an owner-occupier. She had lots of wall hangings.
After we closed escrow, and she moved out, she left the house very clean (better than “broom-clean”). But, there were nail holes (and some bolt holes for anchored furniture) all over the place.
It didn’t even faze me. Nail holes are insignificant in the grand scheme of things. We just bought a _house_.
Now, to be fair, the house was effetively “staged” while she was living in it. I knew there would be a lot of holes from the pictures she had up, but with them up, I was not staring at a vacant house with attrative nail holes.
I guess the moral of the story is stage the house? And/or paint.
If all you have to worry about are nail holes when a tenant moves out, I think you should seriously consider whether your life is way too free of stress at the moment.
[quote=Cube]We bought our house from an owner-occupier. She had lots of wall hangings.
After we closed escrow, and she moved out, she left the house very clean (better than “broom-clean”). But, there were nail holes (and some bolt holes for anchored furniture) all over the place.
It didn’t even faze me. Nail holes are insignificant in the grand scheme of things. We just bought a _house_.
Now, to be fair, the house was effetively “staged” while she was living in it. I knew there would be a lot of holes from the pictures she had up, but with them up, I was not staring at a vacant house with attrative nail holes.
I guess the moral of the story is stage the house? And/or paint.[/quote]
I purchased a home recently and there were big lag mollys in certain place were they had pig pictures and mirrors…
And to that I thought… Great! They saved me the trouble… Ill just place my mirrors and pictures at the same place…
as tenants of a condo few years back, the landlord attempted to hold back about $800 in deposit for resurfacing and repainting of walls due to nail holes.
we sued the landlord in small claims and got the deposit back.
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