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  • Fire_Fox wrote: »
    Which is still quicker and cheaper than painting the room, cutting-in is an evil job.

    Oh, ain't it just? This is one of the many reasons I think the landlord's £200 to redecorate a room is not unreasonable. It might not be a particularly long job to undertake but it would be very hard indeed to find a decent, self-employed painter who would be willing to accept a half-day job at a half-day's fee.
  • clutton_2
    clutton_2 Posts: 11,149 Forumite
    the price of paint is also astonishing... you cannot buy "shop-brand-named" paint for high traffic rentals... its usually rubbish, and you need many more coats than good quality "proper" paint - and "solo" single (????) cover paint.... dont get me started....
  • Fire_Fox
    Fire_Fox Posts: 26,026 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I can highly recommend Johnstones (Leyland) tho as you say it isn't cheap. We have a very pale grey-green matt emulsion throughout which is now five years old, two of which I had a tenant who was a smoker! We have many times patched up paintwork without doing a whole wall - scorching above a heater, scuffs behind furniture, near the kitchen bin - it covers well and you honestly can't see the join. :D
    Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️
  • clutton_2
    clutton_2 Posts: 11,149 Forumite
    johnstones.... la creme de la creme......
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