Use tenant deposit to repaint all walls or just patches

[Marc Dufour]

My tenant did several marks on the walls that cannot be removed. If I have a painter do some patches, even if there are skilled, we will see a slight difference of color.

Can I use the tenant deposit to repaint all the apartment? Or legally I should deduct only what's needed for the local patches?

[Mark Whittlesey]

It depends how long the tenant was there.

What you describe is NOT normal wear and tear.

And it not always normal wear and tear to repaint between tenants.

You can use your best judgment as to whether a repaint would have been necesarry anyway.