New rental property nicotine stained walls

dimbo61

May sure you have in writing a signed agreement from the Landlord giving you permission to paint the property.
If you bought a new home would you want to put your own stamp on the place ?
As others have said take lots and lots of photos and e-mail them to the letting agents.
A couple of tins of paint and some hard work scrubbing the woodwork before painting will transform the look of the property.

lookstraightahead

Nicotine on the walls is dirty and disgusting. It's like leaving the toilet full of waste.

Sherlde

Thank you for the responses, jeez some of you are judgemental !

Just for the record I'm a landlord myself, I have relocated and renting until I'm settled in the area. I had my own property painted before the tenant moved in, and naively thought the priority I rented would be of the same condition. Yes I viewed the property, but the stained walls only became apparent when the pictures were removed after I got the keys. When I viewed the agent did in fact mention that there may be some decorating done but the landlord would see how it looked when he had removed all the furniture. By the agents own admission the landlord ran out of time.

lookstraightahead

bris wrote: »

You viewed the property and got what you viewed. If you wanted a freshly painted house you should have negotiated it before the tenancy started not after.


How long do you expect to live there? If it's for a while then take the LL's offer for the paint. Bottom line, it's you who has to look at the walls, the LL doesn't care as he's not living there.

Not really, the agent stated the landlord would do the alterations and they haven't been done - rather like buying a carpet with fitting and then it not being fitted. LL offer?

shortcrust

lookstraightahead wrote: »

Not really, the agent stated the landlord would do the alterations and they haven't been done - rather like buying a carpet with fitting and then it not being fitted. LL offer?

Where on earth have you got that from? All the OP had was mights and maybes which are worth nothing.

If you want to rent a lovely flat then find a lovely flat to rent. There's no point finding a grubby flat - which will be priced accordingly - and then expecting the landlord to refurbish the place after everything's signed and sealed.

need_an_answer

Sherlde wrote: »

By the agents own admission the landlord ran out of time.

That's because you signed a tenancy agreement to start on a particular day presumably of your choice.

If you had agreed a start date a few weeks later the LL would have had ample time to paint the property.


Were you keen to get into the property and perhaps asked for a start date that wouldn't have facilitated all the required decorating to be carried out?


I do sympathise with you,you have a LL who does not plan work within voids well and jumps at the chance of a tenant seeing and agreeing to renting it "in the condition it is".

when you view a property for rent you should view it as the standard at which you are happy to move into. If anything else gets done to it before you move in then that can be seen as a bonus but essentially you should be looking at the property with the mindset of this is as good as it gets,do I want to rent it in this condition.


Are you happy storing all the pictures?if not write and clearly ask that they are moved and that your inventory is updated to reflect this.

In having an inventory showing the pictures in place you could find yourself in the strange situation of returning them to the walls or be charged as a potential deposit deduction to put them back as per the check in inventory when you leave


Should you decide to paint again you must get some written confirmation that you have done this.


How long do you plan to stay?

short term I would possibly live with the situation but beyond that I probably would consider painting if only for your own "requirement".


Its not ideal but at least the LL is offering to supply the paint and is clearly not too bothered about the finish of the work you achieve.


The carpets were always that LL's priority in that redecoration prior to rental, if they had seen painting as a requirement then they would have factored that in before the carpet went down!

00ec25

Sherlde wrote: »

When I viewed the agent did in fact mention that there may be some decorating done but the landlord would see how it looked when he had removed all the furniture. By the agents own admission the landlord ran out of time.

"mentions" are not legally enforcible

you viewed a property, you accepted what you saw, you imposed no conditions (in writing) on your acceptance

you are now seeking to blame others for your own due diligence failure

FBaby

You say it yourself, you were naive. He lived there and clearly was happy with the conditions of the house, so why would you assume that he would think it was acceptable for someone else? You clearly have higher standards than he does, hence you painting your house for rental.

The painting of a rental house IS one of the key thing to discuss when you visit. You didn't. As it is, he has offered to pay for the paint, so there is a compromise there. There are two of you, it takes a day to do it properly. Yes it would have been nice if he'd done it, but then he could have also asked for more rent. I would just get on with it as ultimately, what you want is a room with nice clean walls.