If I am a rental tenant, is it within my right to remove the kitchen cabinets and install my own?
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If I am a rental tenant, is it within my right to remove the kitchen cabinets and install my own?
I can give them the old ones. I want to install my own because they refuse to update the cabinets after having lived here 38 years. The only updates I have received in all these years are windows, toilets and sinks.
Asked on August 26, 2012 under Real Estate Law, New York
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
No, you have no right to do this. Your have possession and use of the premises by renting it, but you are not the owner: you may not make physical modification to the premises without the landlord's permission. You can certainly ask the landlord if he/she will let you do this, but without permission, you may not.
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