Apartment Rental Painting

[Grasshopper]

I'm moving out of a monoambiente that I've rented in CABA for the past 18 months. I made 14 nail holes in the walls since I moved in. The owner wants to charge me 450,000 to have the holes covered up, and to have the entire apartment repainted. Does that sound right/reasonable? The holes are small. The paint is white. Owner argues that color and texture of paint needs to be consistent after repairing (filling in) holes from nails. What's your experience?

 

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

450000 to repaint the entire apartment is cheap.

 

[Grasshopper]

450000 to repaint the entire apartment is cheap.

Thanks, Hotdogs! Do you think it's right I have to pay 100% of costs to repaint entire apartment? Or just a portion? Know anything about laws protecting renters from predatory landlords?

 

[Rich One]

Some agents/landlords require to repaint a wall or entire monoambiente. Some painters won't come out to Recoleta for a single wall job.

 

[Rich One]

Some agents/landlords require to repaint a wall or entire monoambiente. Some painters won't come out to Recoleta for a single wall job.

If the painter is near the building and has some adequate leftover paint may accept a small job, there is always a minimum ....

 

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

Depends what your contract says but it is “usual” that you leave the apartment repainted if it’s a long term rental.

Whether any Argentines actually ever do it or not is another story mainly I’ve heard not.

I had mine repainted because I’m buena gente

 

[LuckyLuke]

We're missing important facts to assist you:

1) Do you have a contract for this unit? What is the language of that contract regarding the condition the unit needs to be returned to?

2) Do you have a security deposit? What amount was it, what currency? Do damages exceed the value of your deposit?