Q: Owner wants to install a French drain 2 weeks before we move. Huge mess, lots of noise. Do I have any rights?
We’ve been here for 4 years and have a lot of stuff in the garage. We go back and forth in the garage, have a dog, and homeschool one of our kids. This will be a noisy, messy situation. He simply doesn’t want to have to live with it being done when he moves back into the house. We have so much going on. Starting this work in the middle and side of the yard is going to be so intrusive. Do I have any legal recourse?
A: The tenant has a right pursuant to the common law covenant if quiet enjoyment to not be disrupted by the landlord or its agent during the term of the lease. Your recourse is to sue the landlord and seek a temporary restraining order until the lease term end.
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