Re-painting a few walls, repairing garage door and opener, it needs a little maintenance, frig not working correctly, replacing a few toilet seats, cleaning up lawn.

The smoke damage will require repainting with a special paint to reduce the lingering smoke smell and may well require removal and replacement of some non-damaged drywall.

I got a contractor bid and they said I should redo the entire wall/house, but I think it may be too much work and not needed.Do you think I'd be ok to just repaint the house, or should I consider redoing the entire house with stucco?

While the counter top is removed, it may be useful to repaint the cabinets and replace the hardware if needed.

Would I have any rights to use his deposit for repainting costs?

Then a closet door "just fell off", and you spend another $125 rehanging and repainting it.

I hired him to scrape the old paint off the basement walls and repaint them for $150.00.

They will get chipped, smudged, grease stained, and need repainting every few years.

Use some bleach in water and then repaint the area.

Normally with an agreement to restrict the colors or to repaint the place back to something neutral when the tenant moves out.