Removing my renter-friendly DIYs 😱 Will I get my deposit back?
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
- It's time to tear down all the renter-friendly DIYs in my apartment... including my board and batten wall! Will I get my deposit back by the end of it? ✨
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As an apartment maintenance guy...it was nice to see someone taking enough care and time to try and leave the apartment in good condition.
Thank you for the undoing of the makeover. I’ve been curious to know how renter friendly the renter friendly hacks are actually. :)
What you are doing, taking things down and putting things back how they were, is something I have never seen, in 27 years of being a landlord. I only dream of having a tenant such as yourself.
If I were your landlord I would have kept your upgrades!!! Refunded your. Deposit and upped the rent on it!!! It was so up to date and cozy, homey❤😂
I’m a landlord, and I agree.
I wonder how many landlords would be so understanding. A new tennent may want to remove her add-ons but not be as careful as she was. But I'm not a landlord! I loved what she did!
@@kittykitty435 good point. Tenants should get a walk-thru of the apt they’ll occupy. They could ask then about the adulterations.
If your landlord ever sees this video they’ll be kicking themselves for not suggesting you leave all your upgrades!
Same here as a landlord ❤❤❤❤
Thanks for sharing this!
As a landlord, I always want to say yes, but I also want to save my residents from unnecessary fees at the end of their lease. This gives me a much better idea of what can work.
My biggest concern with the peel & stick wallpaper was that it would leave a sticky residue on the walls, which would take hours of clean up.
Im shocked that you were required to spackle. That would be technically illegal in MO, which only requires “broom clean”. I would consider all of those holes to be normal wear and tear. Even the tiny bit where you got overzealous with the board removal. (If there were rips like that all over the wall, I would charge for my repairs. So good job going slowly to save yourself fees!)
Besides the hairdryer tip mentioned, you can run dental floss behind the strips to help unstick them. I’ve had some that broke as I tried to pull the strips as directed, leaving me nothing to pull, the dental floss worked well.
Wow that is genius!! I will have to try that!
I forgot about the dental floss trick. Also if you take one hand to cover lightly hold down the command strip it will help with the flick of them, springing, back at your face. Been there done that. Learned my lesson.
I do this every year post Christmas and it works amazingly well.. better than a blow dryer for sure (having tried it).
Great tip! Thanks
I just saw your video about putting up that wallpaper and what you did in the dining room lmao This is amazing, this is the first time I saw a video of someone showing taking off the DIY improvements they've made after a long time of having them up.
Great job! The peel n stick you used in the kitchen probably gained stickiness because of the heat from the stove. I haven't seen anyone be successful with removal in that room yet lol.
Enjoy your new place!
My first thought too, I've been questioning whether or not to put peel'n'stick tile behind my stovetop because of this.
@@batsandbatsandbats there have been issues everytime I've seen someone removing it from their kitchen. That's why I think heat plays a part. If you're able to spackle and paint it shouldn't be a problem since it's such an easy fix. But when I move I don't even like to think about my former place other than to broom sweep lol.
Your landlord is crazy for not keeping the updates!! Good luck with your new move!😊
A hair dryer will help command strips and the wall paper also(not glued type)
I was actually looking for a good way to divide an apt, but found your channel and LOVE it!!
On the backsplash, they have cool vinyl peel and stick tiles that look like glass or marble and are totally removable
Where can I get this? I need it in my life.
My husband was in property management for years. The large corporate owned places assume your security deposit is part of their income now. They were told to make up anything they had to go kerp it and he would get in trouble for returning security deposits. It’s not worth removing g anything unless you rent from a private owner. This is an illegal practice I’m sure, but it’s the norm and nobody polices it.
I totally believe that! My deposit came back and they took out "my last month's utility payment" even though I paid that with a physical check before I left. I also had a private landlord and he made up that one of my rent checks bounced and took it from my deposit. At this rate, I don't anticipate getting it back in full (or at all)
Yay! I’m so glad it all came off pretty well!! I cannot wait to see your new place! And what you do!!!
I'm glad the removal went smoothly. I've been hesitant on using the peel and stick wallpaper. When we move, I'll try them. Looking forward to see which the two of you picked. Congrats on the new place.
I've subscribed and hit the notification bell after watching this video. You covered everything I've been curious about regarding renter friendly DIYs. Now I'm anxious to see the new apartment and watch your improvements of it. I stumbled onto your page after a DIY binge and I'm so glad I did.
I am using command strips often... Also renting so my room divider is hanging on them... Also all pictures, working board. Great stuff...
Thanks for sharing this video with us to chronicle the move to your apartment. Can't wait to see which one you chose! Good luck with the move!
For the dinning room, maybe not putting the command tape straight on the wall but on the contact paper (applying it without leaving space between the panels) may have helped too maybe? everything would have held on the contact paper and at worse, if you were worried about the solidity, maybe put a couple of staples (jt-21) at the top most part before you apply the horizontal board (and also put the command tape that holds the board on the contact paper)
Thnx so much for showing this
Congratulations Alli for your system in all your rooms. It's exciting going to a new place. A blank canvas to recreate. I hope you will have a balcony too. In all of the apartment rentals I have lived in, in VA they have the 3 year rule. If you have lived there 3 years or more they still give you the deposit back even with molly bolt holes or mail holes and you do not need to patch them up as they repaint anyway and redo all the carpets. They only hold your deposit if you have very bad dmg to the walls and hardwood floors over 3 years which is a given.
I presently live in a rent to buy Flat co-op and 3 days before I moved in I was told all the appliances and the bathroom was brand new. NOT! My place is registered with the historical society so molly bolts are not permitted or nails but a thumb tack is but I have been putting a few things up with command strips. My fridge has been on the blink for 2 weeks I lost lots of meats and freezer food after a big shopping of which my renters insurance reimbursed me but I have not had a working freezer for 2 weeks and the fridge is not as cold as it should be. I went and bought a temp guide to hang inside. The bathroom floor was filthy at the walk thru and so was the kitchen floor. The dishwasher has food and crumbs left in it from the previous people. The rent here in the northern VA area is thru the roof and I believe the place should be clean. I am telling all I hear that are looking for a rental even in a home ask how old all the appliances are. Ask what the wear and tare limit is 3 years or longer or under. This is suppose to be a smoke free zone if you smoke you have to be 35 feet from your entrance door. No smoking allowed in the apartments. It's suppose to be a drug free zone but I smell pot everyday when I come home from work.
But, I look forward to seeing your new place and travel along on the journey with you of your new upgrades, transformations etc. Today is my first day of vac and I have been a bump on a log the entire day but I need to run out and get party supplies for my Dad's bday tomorrow and since I moved in, I have yet to go to one little shop I have been itching to see.
I have been working 10 hour days and Saturdays so I haven't been on RUclips a lot. I am happy I saw the alert to this video today. Blessings to you and I hope your job is still going great!
Love, Rebekah
Do you have a source I can check out about the VA rule?? I’ll be at 3yrs at the end of this year and am curious about this! I was having trouble finding anything from a google search
Great Job, Thanks for sharing. Blessings to you in your new space. Looking forward to see what you do with it.
Can you put contact paper on the wall for a cheaper dry erase board!?
Such an inspiration, great works👍 I goona try some of your great ideas, thanks!
One small idea, might be handy, when peel and stick wallpaper maybe could try to cut edges of peel off from back cling film and stick paper to wall only around edges, would be easier to take off from wall sometime after, and if change your mind and want reuse paper in other area might be still usable?
What about the paper towel holder!? That is the one thing I really wanted to see how the removal went!
You didn't answer if you got your deposit back though??!
Still super helpful. I've been thinking about command hooks, but haven't yet done it yet for concern they wouldn't actually work and would rip the paint. so this was a good find!!
First time subscriber I really enjoyed your videos.
Contact paper/peel and stick products in general are just a god send all around for renters
Not all peel and stick are removable. (Tested some, disastrous results.) Make sure it says “removable” on the package, and test it out if you can (maybe a closet or shelf).
6:15 - Who else sees this? Do NOT cut towards yourself!!! I know when you start getting into a project it can be hard to stay focused on safety, but it's really easy to try to push through a stuck spot, slip, and end up calling EMS.
Well done Alli! I’m excited for you friend. 🥰🤗
Was the wall texture okay after you removed it or was it sticky?
Hi, thank you for these videos. For someone who cannot sleep, therefore stays up late researching how to transform my new space, this is so helpful and hopeful.
I do have a question. I’ve repeatedly read that removable wallpaper won’t stick to textured walls. Do you have any other recommendations for adding a color to the wall that may not be wallpaper friendly?
I put up removable wallpaper on one wall in my bathroom. When I removed it, the removable wallpaper left the whole wall sticky and it wasn't on the wall for very long.
I had the same happen with a small section of removable wallpaper I put over a mirrored closet door. It was only on for maybe a month. Used a hair dryer to slowly, painfully remove it. Had to use acetone to get the sticky off. Almost resorted to buying goo off
Wow satisfying video
Hopefully you'll be able to use the cute peg strip in your new place.
👏👏👏 great job!
Great job 🎉
Wait what did you use to level out the chipped off paint?
about the nail role, how u fill that? and you paint it again?
Going into my third year in my current place and the only thing I did was put those white stuff in the bathroom tiles and I am leaving it because this kept it white instead of the brownish colour.
I was asking about painting and should have just done what I wanted and enjoyed the place. I wanted a new mattress and she only bought new mattress for the empty rooms when my previous housemates left and refused to by me a mattress. I got a topper instead. Looking for a new place with a garden now because my plants do not thrive here and hate that the housemates dry their clothes in the kitchen/living room and they do not clean the common areas only me.
I will definitely so renovation work where I move too if I want something changed.
Beautiful
Hi! I was wondering what brand of spackle/nail filler did you use?
PS- love all of your tips. You are so creative!
I honestly don't recommend the spackle I used in this video. It didn't seem to fill/sit in the larger screw holes very well (works fine for nails). I usually just get the smallest little container of the kind that does not go from pink to white & have better luck. I think the tube & the container I usually get are "DAP" brand
But no one ever talks about washing the floors and removing all the sticky stuff from the stick-on floor tiles. I would like to see a video on after removing all those renter friendly hacks, show what it is to clean your floors, clean the walls to remove all that sticky residue, and repaint some of the walls. If I was a landlord, I would write it into the contract, “no modifications” because I’ve done those renter hacks before, and it’s a pain washing out all the sticky stuff.
Thanks for this reveal!!!
This is why I do fabric and not wallpaper add starch and roll it on so much cheaper 😊
Hi Alli! what to do in case you damage the wall as it happened. do you have to fix it and repaint it yourself or do you have to tell your landlord?
Most places repaint before the next tenant moves in. I would still tell the landlord, though.
What was the basket around the light project?
Was your contact paper you used on all of the walls, washable
What is the 'spackle'? Does it dry clearly?
When I hear Board and Batton wall, I think of the Bergen-Battons from Man vs. BEE
What brand of wall paper do you recommend best
For wallpaper, I had great luck with NuWallpaper on Amazon. For the contact paper, I used the Duct Brand Removable Contact Paper.
When buying online, I actually look for reviews where people say it fell off their wall. That's because I'd rather the wallpaper come down that be stuck and damage the wall. Now, it you are wanting it to be permanent, that's less important. I also wouldn't spend less than $20 on a roll for quality sake. I hope this all made sense!
Where is the wallpaper from?!
I tried a Command Strip in a room. About 5 minutes after installing it, I decided to move it to another wall. It ripped off the paint and top paper and texture. I'll always use nails going forward. I'm glad you didn't have the same experience!
Did you pull the tab perfectly straight down, no angle at all, and slowly?
I tried the hooks from the Dollar Tree. The paint came off.
@@HeronCoyote1234 I pulled it like she did in her video. They were name brand Command Strips (from 3M?). Maybe my walls are weaker than the strips? 😆
@@scrappylifter8318The same thing happened to me with 3M strips. I used 3M all around my flat because they're a good brand - major regrets. I used tiny squares of double sided tape to stick down paper in the kitchen cabinets, and when I moved out 4 years later the tape had completely melted, leaving behind a flat blob of blue glue (the paper ripped off and left the colour behind) in each corner that wouldn't come off no matter what I tried. It's just a complete gamble when you use anything sticky! Seeing the disaster unfolding around me, I left the removable wallpaper on the walls, I'd used it as a back splash for the kitchen counters and I guess the landlord didn't realise lmao, I didn't get in trouble for it.
Hello from Alaska! Q: do your walls have a texture? I can’t tell watching this. New subbie thanks to this video! TIA 🙋🏻♀️💕🏔️ My walls are very textured. Lol
Couple questions: how long was the contact paper in place? You just said a "long time"....Also - you are filling the holes with pink filler/caulk - did you repaint the room?
Hi! I lived there for 3 years and the contact paper was up for roughly 2 years. I filled all the holes with spackle, and then my apartment complex repaints after each tenant. I was only responsible for filling any nail or screw holes!
What's that pink stuff you put on the walls where the paint came off? And what does it do?
It’s spackle to fill holes. It turns white as it dries. It comes in tubes or small tubs.
@@melissawinter7788 thank you 👍
Totally would have asked landlord if keeping the upgrades was an option. As a landlord I would want to keep all.
Landlord should have kept your lovely creations.
I liv6ed everything you upgraded. For me, unfortunately, the men in my life would have never "let" me do that kind of thing in a rental. I did use contact paper in both houses we owned, but not in rentals.
Time to find some new men then
Maybe you should have asked the landlord what could be left of this? With your upgrades, the apartment may cost more.
I have a brand new apartment like brand new the whole building moved in in November and it’s July….when I first moved in I used a command strip to try and hang something in the center of my fricking wall above my bed…. I’ve never lived in an apartment before I’m 39 and lived in my last HOME for 31yrs well long story short I effin pulled off the command strip because it wasn’t in the center center and FFS 🤦🏻♀️ took a big chunk of paint off first think you see at my bedroom door when you look in is a big ol white spot right there… ive been searching for matching paint since….. I swear to god im about to just ask and say fudge it…. Anyone need any beige…. Grey…. Tan…. Off white paint samples? I have them all in matte and egg shell :) LMFAOOOOO I also have a awesome full collection of paint swatches….. 😓
They do quarterly walk throughs so every 3 months I avoided him coming in my room because I just had surgery and I think my level of pain and my inability to even get out of bed scared him and it’s a brand new apartment so he didn’t want to be an ahole but the next time he’s going to see 😂
Pull off another patch and bring it into the paint store and have them punch it to colour match. In for a dime in for a dollar, right?
Most apartments keep their color paint available to residents, or at least the name and brand, because they know you will end up dna aging it and would prefer if you covered it. At least that’s how it’s been for me.
@@Cocoanutty0 Ive just been afraid to ask i guess but you’re probably right they would rather you match it then try to do it yourself and fuck it up more….. its not something people usually are honest and open with their landlords about it’s usually I’m sure “I’ll fix it myself and they’ll never know
Which new apartment did you decide on? I feel like I am missing something important!
That video comes out next week!!
I just subbed.
I’d ask the landlord if they want to keep your upgrades.
I wonder why landlords simply don't have a chat with the tenants and approve any renovations. If the renovations are tasteful/timeless, they will simply add value to the home.
I think the paint must generally be a very good quality also
I wonder if the finish matters too, like a gloss paint would be easier to remove from
I think your landlord would have been happy if you left it. Mine liked how i had an apartment years ago.
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As a landlord. I would keep you happy so you'd stay. Finding good tenants is hard, finding GREAT tenants is next to impossible.
Wasted all your money for nothing. Learn something, INVEST IN YOUR OWN PROPERTY.