I'm handing in notice on my rental house shortly and the notice period is two months. There are a few issues with the house (little cracks in the ceilings in each room, damp stains in several rooms appearing which LL has said he painted over before we moved in) all of which he says he will sort "in summer maybe" for us as he wants to strip the whole ceilings and repaint.
I'm wondering now what our rights are if he suddenly decides he will do it during our notice period in order to tempt new tenants? Each room he does will be out of action for a couple of days (including the kitchen ) which will make life difficult with a baby. We've also had issues with his behaviour several times when he was doing repairs (using our mugs to drain radiators, using my baby's pram to dump dirty rags on, handling some other household items without asking) and we've also had issues with his friends who he hires for repairs (climbing on the washing machine instead of using ladders and screaming at me when I asked politely if they could stop using our household stuff as equipment). If he does all this work my last two months here will be hell as I will have to watch him like a hawk to ensure he doesn't use or break anything.
Do I have any legal position to refuse any non essential work like this on the grounds of it affecting my quiet enjoyment of the property for the last two months? Or on the basis that he has put off doing this work for us every time we mention it so it would be solely to attract new tenants?
I'm really stressed about it because I don't think I can handle two months of that especially because of how much the other incidents upset me.
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Landlord wanting to do up house during the notice period?
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Sneezingwakesthebaby · 02/02/2013 09:20
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