Can a landlord sand/stain the hard wood floor or aska tenantmove to move to a hotel during the renovation without their permission?
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Can a landlord sand/stain the hard wood floor or aska tenantmove to move to a hotel during the renovation without their permission?
Asked on December 15, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Massachusetts
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
A landlord can sand and/or stain the wood floor of a rental being occupied by the tenant or ask the tenant to move to offsite during the renovation of a rental without giving the tenant ample notice of the work of improvement. From a practical matter, for the landlord not to give the tenant ample notice of the intended renovation to the rental and the need to reside elsewhere short term is in poor taste.
If the landlord has done the above to you, I suggest that he or she pay for the offsite accomodation as well as pay for other incidentals during the renovation process for you. You might want to read your presumed written lease that you have for your rental as to what requirements the landlord must do for the renovations that you have written about.
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