Can I Ask My Apartment for the Paint Color
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| I was wondering if they will let you paint the rooms in your apartment? |
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| I believe your landlord or building management are the only ones with an answer. It varies to be honest. |
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| when i rented an apt in a co op bldg the mgt owed the tenant a paint job every 3 years i don't even know if my rent stabilized lease has that or not |
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| Yes you can, of course at your own expense but when you vacate the property you must pay to have the apartment restored to the original paint color otherwise the LL can charge you. Let me add, that in most cases you can some LL's do not allow this at all but you'll have to ask your LL. |
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| The only answer: read your lease. Honestly, it's the only way to protect yourself from having your security deposit withheld. |
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| The general rule is that you can of course paint your own apartment, I doubt that anyone has a lease that says he cannot, or you can have your landlord paint it (lanflord-white) ever 3 years if you choose. Many people find it far easier to paint at their own leisure rather than have the landlord's boys come in and slap a coat on after you have piled all your worldly possession in a heap in the middle of the floor...it is a NIGHTMARE. You can paint your place ANY color you wish but the landlord can deduct the cost of covering it up with a second coat presuming the landlord owed you the 3 year paint job. Practically this means that any LIGHT color gets you off the hook but if you go with mocha, red, royal blue or some current fad, you may have to repaint before you move or else pay for the cost of the landord needing that second coat to cover your delightful coat of COLONEL MUSTARD, or MIDNIGHT BROWN. |
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| Generally speaking, you can make non-structural improvements (bookcase, paint, lights) to the apartment with the understanding that you may be required to return the apartment to its original condition when you move out. |
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| We have one apartment that we rent out. The first time a tenant asked if they could paint we said sure. Unfortunately they did a really messy job - dried globs and drips of paint on the walls. They also accidently got paint on the kitchen cabinets and allowed it to dry--it would not come off without damaging them. The night before they moved out they tried to prime (some colors were really dark) but never finished. We now put it in the lease that the tenant is not allowed to paint. We also took money out of their security for the extra work we had to do. I'd ask your landlord or super to paint for you if you really want to change the paint colors - this way they can't complain about how the job is done or take money out of your security. |
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| I once sub-rented a room to a student. He asked if he could paint it and I said SURE. He painted the room black enamel high gloss. |
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| Thanks so much for the wonderful advice.I truly will appreciate it |
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