Move-Out & Rental Turnover Repair in Columbia, MO — done so well you can't find the repair
Columbia runs on a lease calendar. Tens of thousands of students move out of apartments, houses and Greek housing in late July and move into new ones in August, and every one of those walls gets inspected. A move-out statement will list every doorknob hole, TV-mount hole, shelf anchor and scuff at a per-item charge that is almost always higher than a professional patch — and a bad DIY spackle job often gets charged anyway because it's obvious.
We built this service for both sides of that inspection. For tenants: one visit, every hole in the unit patched, textured and primed, flat-rate, before your walkthrough. For landlords and property managers: a reliable turnover crew that sweeps a unit for holes, pops and dings, patches everything in one pass, and gets it paint-ready on your schedule — with per-unit pricing for multi-unit turnovers. We work with individual landlords, small management companies and larger complexes around the Mizzou campus and across Columbia.
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After What a Turnover Visit Covers
One visit, everything patched:
- Doorknob holes — The classic. Cut, backed, patched and textured — not a stick-on patch that shows through the paint.
- TV-mount, shelf and picture-hanger holes — Clusters of anchor and lag-bolt holes filled and blended so there's no ghost of what hung there.
- Dings, dents and scuffs — Furniture dents, bike-handlebar gouges and scraped corners skimmed flat.
- Nail pops and settling cracks — Swept and fixed in the same visit so the unit shows clean at inspection or listing photos.
- Larger damage — Fist holes, door-through-the-wall damage and the occasional water stain, patched and texture-matched.
- Paint-ready or painted — We leave everything primed and ready for the turnover painter, or we can spot-paint with your paint on request.
For tenants: text us photos of the damage and your move-out date and we'll quote it the same day. For landlords and property managers: send a unit list and we'll set up a standing turnover schedule with one flat price per unit size.
Every quote is flat-rate and free, given before any work starts. If something behind the wall changes the scope, we stop and tell you before we keep going — no surprise charges, no upsells.
How a Turnover Visit Works
Built around move-out deadlines:
Step 1: Text photos, get a flat price
Send photos of every hole and your deadline. We quote flat-rate the same day and book a slot before your inspection or listing date.
Step 2: One visit, every spot
We walk the unit, mark every hole, pop and ding, and repair all of them in one pass — backed patches for holes, skim for dents, texture matched to the existing walls.
Step 3: Primed and inspection-ready
Every repair is primed so it doesn't flash through paint. Larger patches that need a second coat get a quick return visit the next day.
What Move-Out Drywall Repair Costs in Columbia, MO
A typical move-out visit for an apartment or student rental in Columbia runs $149–$399 for all the small holes, anchor marks and dings in the unit — priced as one flat number, not per hole. Larger holes are added at our standard patch rates. Compare that with a move-out statement that charges per hole, and it usually pays for itself on the first two.
Landlords and property managers get per-unit pricing for multi-unit turnovers, and we can hold August slots for complexes that book ahead. Every quote is free and flat-rate.
See the full table in our Columbia drywall repair cost guide.
Why Columbia homeowners choose us for move-out & rental turnover repair
Tiger Drywall Repair is a residential drywall repair specialist — not a general handyman, not a remodeler with drywall on the side. We're two Mizzou students who learned the trade in a family drywall business, we carry liability insurance, we show up on time, we cover your floors, we manage the dust, and we don't leave until you're happy with the finish. Texture matching is included in every repair, the price is flat-rate before we start, and most quotes come back within the hour from a photo. Serving Columbia, Ashland, Hallsville, Centralia, Rocheport, Fulton, Jefferson City, Boonville and Holts Summit.
