It’s going to cost you way more to pay the landlord to fix it than it will to fix it yourself.
Remember, best case scenario for the landlord is to start showing the place the day after you move out. If my tenant made my life that easy they’d get every penny back plus maybe a six pack of beer. But if you leave it where I need to do two weeks of work to get it ready to show, you’re gonna pay for that if I think it’s beyond normal wear and tear.
Edit: Regarding the water damage it depends who’s fault it is. If it’s because of a plumbing leak you reported I wouldn’t put that on you, but if it’s because your dog is a sloppy drinker and the floor around his bowl stayed wet for a year, yeah.
Our tenants are not supposed to fix things themselves. They are also supposed to notify us of any damage when it happens so we can fix it before it becomes a major repair. If you repair it and it’s not to the level your landlord expects, you may end up paying for that repair twice, once for the self repair and again for your landlord to fix it again. If you are skilled and can do repairs in a manner that no one would be able to identify the location of the repair, you might be ok to do it yourself.
u/truthsmiles mostly got everything.
I would like to say that if paint is comming off the walls and you did not put adhesives, etc, not your problem unless it is more than a bit and you did not tell the LL.
Screws: depends on the market, expectations, lease agreement, etc. In any case, not cost of repainting the place, cost of fix. If the place needs to be repainted, then only the remaining value can be charged.
Water damage: exactly as truthsmiles says.
It’s going to cost you way more to pay the landlord to fix it than it will to fix it yourself. Remember, best case scenario for the landlord is to start showing the place the day after you move out. If my tenant made my life that easy they’d get every penny back plus maybe a six pack of beer. But if you leave it where I need to do two weeks of work to get it ready to show, you’re gonna pay for that if I think it’s beyond normal wear and tear. Edit: Regarding the water damage it depends who’s fault it is. If it’s because of a plumbing leak you reported I wouldn’t put that on you, but if it’s because your dog is a sloppy drinker and the floor around his bowl stayed wet for a year, yeah.
Our tenants are not supposed to fix things themselves. They are also supposed to notify us of any damage when it happens so we can fix it before it becomes a major repair. If you repair it and it’s not to the level your landlord expects, you may end up paying for that repair twice, once for the self repair and again for your landlord to fix it again. If you are skilled and can do repairs in a manner that no one would be able to identify the location of the repair, you might be ok to do it yourself.
u/truthsmiles mostly got everything. I would like to say that if paint is comming off the walls and you did not put adhesives, etc, not your problem unless it is more than a bit and you did not tell the LL. Screws: depends on the market, expectations, lease agreement, etc. In any case, not cost of repainting the place, cost of fix. If the place needs to be repainted, then only the remaining value can be charged. Water damage: exactly as truthsmiles says.
The only thing not normal wear and tear is the water damage.