Best Paint For Rental Apartment
After three year anniversary, my tenant asked me to repaint her apartment. While at it, I want to paint the common areas as well. My question is: what people recommend for an easy to clean, quality paint (brand and type) for an apartment and common areas? I am thinking going all white. Thank you.
After three year anniversary, my tenant asked me to repaint her apartment. While at it, I want to paint the common areas as well. My question is: what people recommend for an easy to clean, quality paint (brand and type) for an apartment and common areas?
I am thinking going all white.
Thank you.
Use Muralo. It’s what the commercial painters use and it will hold up great for years. Benjamin Moore is bar none the best out there, but for your tenant go with Muralo and save a few bucks. You won’t be dissapointed.
totally agree with nokilissa about color. white trim and warm gray or pale khaki walls looks great and wears better too. just save extra paint for touch ups (you’ll need to do that even with white)
I concur with the above with regard to BM paint and using eggshell or satin in common areas, semi-gloss in bathrooms and kitchen.
On the other question, paint color, I’ll make a big ol’ plug for a color other than white. It is a mistake to imagine this as the best blank canvas. It is usually boring, far less forgiving with mess and dirt and doesn’t hold up very well. Every frickin’ fingerprint, smudge, bike tire smear etc. shows up in great detail. It also makes spaces feel smaller and bereft of character. Unless white IS the character, but that is a whole nuther design idea, and not something you can conceivably consider with a rental.
How about looking into the soft grays and khaki’s? With white trim they can look very sophisticated and do nice things to common areas that white-white just can’t do.
As an example, I really like both Muslin and Ionic Column in hallways or as a basic canvas for semi-gloss white woodwork.
We just finished a major renovation, and used Benjamin Moore Aura throughout. It is expensive, but I think well worth the extra cost. It covers very well, and the little clean up we’ve had to do since was very easy. We chose it for durability and finish, and I think it has lived up to the promise, so far. Given the relatively high cost of labor, the time involved (even if DIY), and the almost complete lack of odor, I would recommend you give it a look.
Same here – Benj. Moore & ditto flat & semi uses.
I second or third or fourth Benjamin Moore. If expense is a consideration, try buying one of their ready mix off whites in contractor (5 gallon) buckets. I’d use flat for the walls in the tenant’s apartment. For the hallways, I’d go with eggshell if you have multiple tenants, flat if you just have the one.
Unless the walls are very, very smooth, an eggshell will show the imperfections. I agree with Slope Farm about flat being the best for ease of spot touch ups. I think touch ups using a paint with any gloss to it, feathered or not, are highly visible due to the directionality of the brush or roller.
Trim should be semi-gloss. Kitchens and baths semi-gloss or pearl.
Have used them all and agree Benjamin Moore is the way to go. Super high quality, long lasting. It’s so good, you can usually use just one coat, which saves money.
having been in the home improvement business for years id use nothing but benjamin moore paints
Go with Sherwin-Williams. NYTimes recently did a piece. They offer an eco-friendly as well as basic lines.