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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a landlord I think you are vastly too picky.   In a tight rental market when I have lots of people interested- I do less. (like painting)   So if you rented it without any discussion of repainting- no it is not going to be repainted.  
Similarly with the baby proofing stuff- it was there, and the neon green walls.   
Honestly- the only things on your list that strike me as legitimate are 
1- the leftover POD
2- possibly the backyard furniture
3-possibly the washing machine.

Those are the three things I would raise with the landlord.  Honestly- if you sent me a list like you put out here (marks on the walls, walls are neon green, baby proofing on the cabinets, etc) I would be fairly skeptical of everything else you are saying.[/quote]

Oy, you sound like my former slumlord.

OP, where are you renting? I ask because certain towns have rules about tenant-landlord relations, such as how often a residence needs to be repainted.  But landlords may not follow them because they assume you're ignorant.  Case in point- in takoma Park, where I used to rent, rental properties are supposed to be painted every 5 years. When I moved in, the apartment had supposedly been painted a year earlier (when the previous tenant moved in). I rented there for 5 years. When I was moving out, an acquaintance was interested in renting the apt and asked landlord what would be done to the apt between tenants. He tried to say that the apt was just painted two years ago. My acquaintance relayed this to me and I assured them that nope, apt had not been painted while I was living there, so they took it back up with landlord. Once confronted with the evidence, landlord gave in and painted.[/quote]

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