How often should the landlord paint the rental property

Guest101

Old_Git wrote: »

I painted after the tenant moved out .They had lived there for 7 years .
I recently redecorated a 3 bed house for new tenants ,it cost £1000 to decorate .I wont be doing it again unless they move . I expect then to be there for some time .I consider internal decor to be the tenants responsible and they know that.

But its not, its yours.

They just need to maintain what you provide, not improve on it.

At the end of the day, its in your interest to have nice looking properties to rent out.

Lagoon

Our house was built in the 1960s, and based on the decor I'd say it hasn't been painted since.

We moved in just a little under three years ago. We have to get 'permission' if we're going to paint anywhere. We haven't bothered, and I imagine it's been the same situation for everyone that's rented before us. It doesn't look particularly nice, but we hide the worst bits with furniture and do our best to ignore the clashing colours.

Lovelyjoolz

I always redecorate between tenants to freshen the property, but I've never had a problem with them decorating to their own taste. So far tenants have always redecorated with their own colour schemes, even when I've only just painted it.

Guess I have tenants who are a little more discerning. Either that or they are sick to the back teeth of magnolia :rotfl:

I_have_spoken

A good LL won't want to stop your 'quiet enjoyment' by sending in workpersons for repainting.

Miss_Poohs

I had my rented house freshly painted for my new tenants moving in, but they wanted to put their own mark on it and do it in their own colours.

I also replaced the front and back doors.

If they asked for.....say, replacement flooring I'd be willing to meet them with a compromise i.e. I'd pay x amount but if they wanted something more expensive I'd ask them to meet the difference.

Their house is in better nik than mine!!

00ec25

Annabee wrote: »

Your post makes no sense,

I pointed out that owner occupiers do not make a fuss over painting and do not expect someone else to do the painting after "only" 3 years

Annabee wrote: »

and shows an unpleasant and irrational prejudice against tenants.

based upon the experience of being a LL myself for a property and also having a lodger in my own home. The crockery in my own home was without a blemish when the lodger moved in, now there is not one single plate that is free of chips. people do not take as much care of other peoples possessions as they do of their own, fact, no irrationality there. Prejudice, yes , but based on first hand experience.

gayleanne

I am sure that if you want the place redecorated, the landlord would give you permission to do it yourself. Your rent is for you to live there, I am sure that your tenancy does not stop you from decorating to your own satisfaction.

You took on the tenancy knowing that there were patches on the wall, if you have lived there for 3 years without raising the issue before now, then it could not have impaired your standard of living.

Turtle

We rent out a property, it's in the tenancy agreement that the tenant can't redecorate without permission. They have actually painted every room without asking (they are Eastern European and seem to have very different ideas to us as to what constitutes nice decor!) However, they've been in for 18 months and seem to be planning to stick around, so I don't really mind to be honest.

ETA the kitchen is nicer than ours and we've just had a lovely new floor laid. We'd actually asked the letting agent to arrange for us to go round to see if anything needed doing internally, so no I don't think it's unreasonable to think the LL might decorate, but we seem to be in the minority with that view.

Annabee

00ec25 wrote: »

I pointed out that owner occupiers do not make a fuss over painting and do not expect someone else to do the painting after "only" 3 years
based upon the experience of being a LL myself for a property and also having a lodger in my own home. The crockery in my own home was without a blemish when the lodger moved in, now there is not one single plate that is free of chips. people do not take as much care of other peoples possessions as they do of their own, fact, no irrationality there. Prejudice, yes , but based on first hand experience.

Right, so you have had one tenant who disappointed you with their standards of caring for your property, and one lodger who you think chipped your crockery. And from this extensive experience, you have accused the OP, who you know nothing about, of not respecting the place he is renting, and decided that basically all tenants are the same. Not terribly rational.

seven-day-weekend

I still don't know whether the OP means inside or out.