Drill holes in textured wallpaper - should they be filled and painted over?

The landlord says you have to paint. Such clauses are, I believe, invalid.

You have to paint if it is necessary or after approximately 8 years. Here it was 2 years and the walls look like new. Theoretically, we could definitely refuse. But the landlord is also accommodating and is already looking for a tenant so we can save a month’s notice period.

Still, we don’t really want to paint everything. I’ll fill the holes and see if it can be left like that without painting.

How would you handle nail holes from pictures? Fill them, cover them with [TippEx], or just leave them as they are?

Regards

I wouldn’t do anything about the nail holes. Whether you paint or not, I would base that on whether there is a new tenant ready to move in immediately after you move out. If yes, I would argue calmly why you will not paint. The alternative would be that you paint but then stay in the apartment for another month. This would of course be done just before or at the handover. That way, the new tenant can decide what they want.

It’s not exactly nice, but in the end, the landlord doesn’t care who paints the apartment. The main thing is that someone does it.

We did something similar and there were no problems at the handover.

After two years, every white paint will have darkened. Heating and electricity also leave their marks. So every wall that is touched should be fully painted. Each wall will look different anyway, for example, the one at the window and the one opposite. This is due to the light incidence.

Fill drill holes first with cellulose, then finish with putty.

Would then possibly Off-White fit? I think we’ll buy Off-White tomorrow and see if it works out. Filling the dowel holes worked great

I wouldn't even putty the drill holes. Stuff some cotton in and then paint over carefully. That's how we concealed drill holes in our current apartment, and no one notices them. I just had to get up again and look for the holes, even though I'm sitting only about 4m from them at the dining table.