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decorating a new apartment

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I finally have an apartment with a 1-year lease. Are renters usually permitted to drive nails into the wall in order to hang their pictures, or is that right out?

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alison wrote: Sun Jun 07, 2026 8:45 pm I finally have an apartment with a 1-year lease. Are renters usually permitted to drive nails into the wall in order to hang their pictures, or is that
Assuming the walls are painted white and you'r not a smoker, there are good chances that you might not have to repaint the apartment when you move out after one year.

As soon as you have driven nails in the walls, you have to close those holes and paint over them when you move out. As you'll never manage to get the same shade of white while "patch" painting, one f*cking nail hole means that you can repaint the whole room!
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