Renter Friendly Upgrades

Some of these are a bit more work, but your home is soooo worth it! ❤I think my personal fave is the stick on wall mouldings I found - genius!! What's yours?

Just watch out for all the solutions that claim they are removable - they are not nearly as easy to remove as they state, and the longer you leave it, the harder it can be to remove. It also hugely depends on the quality of the paintwork underneath and plaster etc. If you stick anything onto the wall remember to always use a hairdryer to heat up the glue before you pull it off

You never disappoint!

Boob light. Amsterdam print. 😂 Anyone love that’s he’s hilarious.

When I was a landlord, my leases said tenant could paint (provided it was done in a workman like manner, masking and such), BUT landlord had the option to require tenant to repaint back to the original color at the end of the lease.

Very few tenants took advantage of this offer.

Landlords want you to paint it back when you leave. I painted my bedroom a beautiful mauve color and loved it, but we had to prime and paint on the way out and it was a pain. I’m doing peel and stick wall paper and decals this time. 😊

Would love to hear your thoughts on paint/wallpaper pairings for builders' grey walls, which are so popular in modern rentals.

lmao.. the boob lights.. love it!

not all landlords are the way you so negatively imply

The last place I rented I could take down the window shades so I kept them rolled up and put curtains. However when we moved the mini blinds cracked , they were so old. Nonetheless the landlord charged me to replace them. I had to pay almost $500. So if you take anything down please wrap it well and keep it safe. And get it in writing that you are removing said items and will put them back when you leave.

I have never gotten my deposit back nor did I ever expect to and every space I have ever left is pretty much the same as I left it with the exception of my first couple of cookie cutter apartments!! I always spoke to my landlords and some of them even paid for my upgrades!! As a designer/ artist or creative of any kind as long as you respect the space and work with your landlord it usually works in their favor! Thankfully I own now!! Love this segment

I asked before I started screwing into walls and painting the counters.

Boob lights lol our new apartment bedroom has a boob light

Metals are my favorite to switch out.

I love the wall slats idea but it’s a bit pricy and out of my price range for the moment :’)

My landlord wanted me to leave all of my improvements...I even added a little manle...all pre-aproved. My landlord loved that I dressed up the apartment.

Great video! Another tip would be to raise your curtains. Instead of using 84” windows. I use 96” curtains that make my apartment look like it has higher ceilings.

Thank you so much for this video!! Just signed another year lease at our apartment and I’m so ready to make this space feel better and more like us with some of your tips!!

Amazing video ☝🏼 very helpful thank you 🫶

You made a bold statement by adding "reasonable" and "landlord" together in the same phrase! 😅😅😅

Liked the idea re DIY bas relief🙂.

Perfectly put together video. Clear, informative, and to the point. Thank you for sharing!

It's common use to put small holes into walls and is protected for renters. They cannot take from your deposit for putting up pictures because that's what 100% of normal people will do it.

I'm a landlady and if a renter asked to install wall moulding (even permanently), I'd be thrilled and say go for it and here's a discount! I'm starting to fall in love with those. So elegant.

I did bead board and molding in my hall and bathroom, painted it what I wanted an dthen just put it up with a ton of command strips. It works AMAZINGLY. Also I did by peel and stick backsplash with painters tape underneath so when I removed it, there was no left over adhesive. My last rental did not have cabinet pulls on the kitchen cabinets, so I bought the long ones that kind of hang over into the back of the cabinet...if that makes sense...and yes used command strips 🤣. But hey, it ALL WORKED, and I'm hard on stuff. Sticker border I've had good luck with, still use command strips. I'm just too scared I can't lose my deposit so I just have to do what I can. But these are all great hacks. Nano tape is great if you know how to remove it properly and most people don't. WASHI tape is a GREAT alternative to break up spaces and tensions rods with curtains!!! It's a must!!!

My landlord has it stipulated in the contract that there is absolutely no chance in adding peel and stick wallpaper or painting. It makes it difficult to make it my own.

Dear Nick, Thank u for these great rental- removeable upgrades! Please send us more! (My place is old, but grEat location… landlord freaks if you paint 😞).

I just changed out the boob lights in our living room and kitchen! Such a difference!!

My favorite thing I did in my rental was starched fabric walls. Super custom, nontoxic, extremely forgiving (just wet and reposition), didn't damage the wall at all when I took it down despite using unwashed dark dyed cotton and I can put it on a new wall or use the fabric for something else. Like custom wallpaper but more options, more durable, more forgiving, more reusable

I don’t know any renter who could actually afford to do any of this! Haha!

did I spot a Rocket Giotto in the add?Nice!

Can you link the flush mount light options?

Haha, best sponsored content ever! "It's not a mimosa, I'm not going to lie to you" -- cracked me up!

Years ago when I rented, I asked the landlady if it was okay for me to change out a couple of things like a light fixture and a faucet, along with painting. She liked everything I did so much that she paid me for it and I left it when I moved.

Definitely speak with your landlord about any updates you make (faucets, knobs, lighting as mentioned.) We move frequently for work and have had multiple landlords who have bought them from us to pitch higher rental prices for future renters, which helped us out since oftentimes the metals don’t work well in new spaces. Win win!

boob lights...lol

75 ingredients… that tells me to stay away from AG1

Boob lights 😂🔘💡

Thank you so much for all the great tips. Please consider making more videos with renter friendly tips.

My experience has been that landlords don't care if you paint the place white, off white, or pastel. All those will be easily covered by the disgusting beige primer they slop on (and over every hinge and electrical fixture...) after you move out. Painting a room black, or eggplant purple, is going to get a reaction, but I've yet to have a landlord who cared so long as I painted over it before leaving. I like stark (untinted) white for a landlord friendly colour that still makes a statement.

Will white moulding look weird on beige-y/taupe walls?

I had tragic vertical blinds in a rental once and they pop out really easily from the track. I stacked them up neatly and taped them with masking tape so that they stayed straight and I hid them underneath my sofa so that they wouldn’t get damaged. I left the track and hung my shear drapes above the track and no one was the wiser. two years later when I moved out I popped them back onto the track. BTW window looked onto another apartment so the sheers were always closed. If there had been a view I would have taken them down and suffered the consequences. For you landlords out there vertical blinds are like nails on chalkboard.

Moving into new rental next week! They don’t have curtains or even curtain rails, but whole house does have electric blinds on the exterior so we are planning to not have any curtains and just put milky foil on the windows at street level for privacy. Think this is great as I like a minimal look and find curtains often look fussy

Hello,
We need some help !!
Our land lady had our current place as an air b & b before we took it over.. It needs a ton of help 😭 We've been here for 2 years now it's time to make this place ours ❤️ !
She had accordian doors(terrible plastic fake wood looking ones 😭)On the bathroom & closet door which are across from each other since we live in a studio 🤣
What's a good replacement or alternative for doors that can used for at least the bathroom? The closet I took the door down and, put up a curtain & rod for now 🤣 😞 This is a hard one .. A regular door might not fit ... can those wooden slat folding doors be for to size .. 🤔?

My question is: why?
Call me utilitarian, but what is the point of panels?

Renter tip if you decide to paint the wall get it in writing that they are ok with it. My last apartment complex changed management and they ended up not ok with it after I was given the green light

My very first rented apartment, mid 80's, was a one bedroom, very small kitchen, breakfast nook , a decent living room, with a fireplace and bathroom......covered in 1970 wood paneling !!
Back then, I adored the Victorian look, and really got into interior decor, and being that
the landlord wasn't on premises......I decided to paint that paneling a shocking pink and a lacey light green/cream border. Forget the feeling of a bigger space..... the whole thing buzzed, and I loved it !!....lol.
When I moved out, I had let him keep the security.