Re: Painting Interior of Occupied Unit - Landlord Forum thread 352873

Re: Painting Interior of Occupied Unit by Garry on June 22, 2017 @06:39

Not sure why you want to paint the insides of an occupied unit. The best time to paint is when the unit is vacant. Your time it takes to paint will virtually double because of having to move furniture around, cover it, and possibly have it back in place each day, so it's not too much hassle for the T each day. What if you have an accident, and break a piece of the Ts furniture, or get paint on something of theirs? Are you doing the painting yourself, as the LL, or are you paying someone to do it? If you still want to do it now, start with one of the tenants that have agreed to let you in to do it. You may end up deciding to not do the other units til they are vacant. Even if it works out OK in painting the other 3 units, you should probably hold off on the 4th unit til its vacant, so as not to create bad blood with a good paying T.

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Re: Painting Interior of Occupied Unit by Anonymous on June 22, 2017 @07:24	[ Reply ]

"have an accident, break a piece of the Ts furniture, get paint on something? Such negativity? One would suppose that painting a four unit building, both exterior and interior would require the services of a professional painting contractor and that professional care would be utilized to prevent mishaps. Always with the groom and doom Mr. Grimm! Here is a landlord who is taking responsibility to refresh and update the rental property and keeping tenants happy. Also an opportunity to inspect for needed repairs while doing so. Incentives for the disruption should be offered to each tenant. The landlord just needs to sell the benefits of new paint to the reluctant tenant. If the landlord paints just one, than the other tenants can complain that they are not receiving the same amount of service, which can lead to a discrimination complaint and a bad landlord tenant relationship.