Not perfect but under the circumstances all that is warranted.As for the walls I personally never allow a tenant to do any work especially painting unless maybe they are a professional painter and can provide you examples of their work.

Originally posted by @Ethan Painter:@William Morrison, Thanks for the information.

I have a tenant that is a painter so I let him paint his apartment.

They requested to paint the interior last year but as they are not professional painters and I was leery of what kind of paint job they would perform I said no.

You got stairways and high ceiling foyers / living rooms that are hard to get to for the painters - and it’ll cost you dearly when the time comes to paint. 

Do not hire a cheap painter off CL. 

But an invoice from a painter and the cost of new carpet would certainly be justified deductions from the tenant's security deposit if damaged by smoking inside.

If you looked at my text messages right now you would see 7 identical texts to painters in the area.

I'm a painter sometimes-- always use a Wall Shield flat white for ceilings.

A good painter can paint that whole space in 3-5 hours and to re-floor that much space might take 6 hours if you work fast.