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We've lived in our SF apt for 10 years now, & we painted most of the rooms about 4 1/2 years ago. We agonized for several months on the colors. There were swatch spots painted all over. When we finally decided, we were so excited we went ahead & totally did not think to check our lease. Turns out we were supposed to ask for permission. I was a bit freaked out about it at first, but my husband pointed out that (a) the loss of our deposit is likely the only thing that would happen, & that becomes less consequential the longer we stay, & (b) our landlord never comes over (& he hasn't, all these years later). It has made such a huge difference to paint, I wish I'd done it sooner! With the such high real estate prices in this town, we'll probably rent this place forever. But I do feel a bit guilty about not asking 1st. That said, we used really nice paint in non-obnoxious colors (from Benjamin Moore's Affinity collection, in Aura eggshell, low VOC - highly recommend!), so I'm hoping our landlord will see it as an improvement.