No. Big help. huh?

Most folks never think about proper techniques for demolition/removal when discussing home renovation. That damage is completely preventable with just a short piece of plywood or thin board placed on the wall before prying with the flat prybar. There is even a best procedure for the way a flat prybar is used to actually exert the prying force---sideways pry instead of up or down. On other words, insert the end of the flat prybar in between the wall and molding and pull the handle left or right instead of pulling up or pushing down.

So, now there are several places to spot repair sheet rock, which also has best practices. You Tube will have many videos on repairing small holes in sheet rock. I favor the procedure where a hole is cut(usually square/rectangle), a patch piece is fabricated by trimming off material to leave top paper flaps on all sides, which are glued in place with drywall mudding compound.

It's normal for a person who has never removed a baseboard before, and was not aware of the procedure HandyMac described ( did it myself once - but only once!). Since you have two similar holes caused by the prybar, then you not only are dealing with no experience, but no interest in learning from their mistakes, and no thought to preventing damage to your home. I would be quite concerned about the quality of a floor install, if this person is on the crew!

I would expect the flooring company to be responsible for repairing the wall - but I would not trust them to do it themselves. For the repair to be virtually invisible, it needs to be done by someone who knows what they are doing. Hopefully your flooring contractor agrees with you, and either hires someone, or provides you with enough of a discount to cover the cost of you hiring someone (or fixing it yourself, if you are so inclined).

Thanks handymac and annkh. That was my thought too however the guy kept saying that sometimes baseboards are hard to pry off and ends up doing minor damage to drywall. He is going to use the tape method I think to fix the holes before putting the new baseboards on. The new baseboards will be covering these holes anyways but i didnt want them to simply conceal the holes.

The patch is going to be a B!tch to get done. Your walls are heavily textured with rounded corners. Everything points to an older home with older building techniques. To match the texture is a real BEAR!!!!

It can be done....but not by those guys. A highly experienced drywall professional with YEARS of experience with textured wall/ceiling surfaces *might be able to match the finish. Might.

What happens if they can't???? Yah. You guessed it. Entire walls/rooms will require retexturing just to get the 'patch' to match. This is not DIY. This is not a "floor guy" fix. This is a highly trained drywall craftsman's job.

How old is your home???? Any concerns re: asbestos (mid-1980's) or lead (late 1970's)?

I'd be somewhat concerned about the job they will do on the rest. Minor damage is putting a dent in it or a scratch, that's a decent sized hole.

That’s a hack you have there. Not a flooring contractor. You have been warned. If you let that crew touch flooring, you will regret it. Get them out of your house now, before they touch anything else.

SJ McCarthy the house is 1999 built.

Ok...so the slab probably has a vapour barrier underneath. This was pretty much industry standard at that time. Has the slab ever been "broken" into for plumbing, etc?

Not to my knowledge. We are the third owners. However no major changes have ever been made and pretty much everything is still builder grade. The house is now approaching an age where we are going to face various maintenance / upkeep items.

Those holes are more than dings. The 'dings'(corners) are normal. I am not sore what the 'tape method' of repair is, but it sounds and looks like masking tape over the holes and paint?

No Way is that anywhere close to proper repair. If so, whomever is espousing that as a repair is a hack, and an inadequate hack to boot. And I am trying to be tactful here.