The walls in the house are an inexpensive fix but can be costly and time-consuming if not done propery. Usually each room has four walls. No one notices if the walls are in good shape, but if they are not in good condition, they can really diminish the value of the house. I bought a house recently with over 600 holes in the walls. Mostly they were nail holes but there were about 100 plastic anchors sticking out also. I pulled each anchor out with needlenose pliers leaving a hole about the size of a pea. I took a five gallon bucket of and a putty knife and went to town. Where there were water stains, I first sprayed with aerosol Kilz. Let it dry and sprayed again. On the small holes, I layed down a layer of joint compound and smoothed it out. Actually, it is one motioin laying the compound and smoothing it out. If done properly, you don't really even need to sand later. On those places where the compound is not smooth, come back about one day later and sand with a grit of 150 or higher. If the hole is still visible, repeat this process. Be sure to remove all nails, anchors, and patch all holes. I will cover larger holes in the future.
