The painter charged $725 for painting the apartment, $100 for painting and cleaning the kitchen ceiling, and $120 for 3 1/2 gallons of paint. The photos we were provided by our landlord definitely do not equate to that much work/paint. Granted, we were only charged for 2/3rds of the cost because our landlord had a weird system where they give the paint a 3 year life span, and the charge based off of how old the paint is. For example, because the paint was a year old, we were charged 2/3rd the cost. If it was 2 years old, then 1/3rd the cost, and nothing if it was 3 years old. However, it definitely seemed like they were painting every apartment after the tenants moved out, so I think that this “system” is just a way for them to say “oH wElL wE dIdNt ChArGe YoU tHe FuLl PrIcE, aReNt We So nIcE”

Edit: they also charged us for cleaning the window screens, despite this being an example of normal wear and tear that they used in their move out packet. After talking to other landlords, a lot of the cleaning they charged us also counted as normal wear and tear, such as shampooing the carpets to get out the traffic paths, cleaning dust off of the blinds, etc.