Tenant wants to paint

[Val J.]

Today my tenant asked me if I would paint or allow her to paint the living of the property she's renting from me. She wants to paint it yellow. I told her I'd give it some thought.  Experienced landlords what would you do? 

[Kyle J.]

I don’t allow mine to do any painting. Tenants do a terrible job painting. 

Some landlords have allowed tenants to paint with the understanding that they’ll paint it back the original color when they move out. However, I have never seen a tenant actually do that so don’t expect them to. 

If you’re dead set on allowing her to do it, the way to do it would be to have a professional painter do the painting at her expense.