Rental flat brand new kitchen

[brightonrock123456789]

Hi, my landlord has said they want to install a new kitchen for 2 weeks end of September. Obviously this is great but will be extremely disruptive. Am I being unreasonable to ask for a discount?

>AIBU?

A bit. You'll benefit from it. Ask him to provide you with equipment to tide you over: slow cooker, microwave, air fryer, portable hob. He/she could pick all those up off Facebook marketplace for £100.

I think you're being extremely unreasonable. Just buy a cheap microwave and you can manage for a couple of weeks.

Yes! You'll have the benefit of a new kitchen. Suck it up and be grateful you aren't living with the 70s monstrosities most renters get.

Nb if they are saying 2 weeks, it will actually be 4.

I don't think it's unreasonable if you explain it as "for the duration of the work I am going to need to rely more heavily on convenience food that takes minimal cooking as the cooking facilities will be limited and this will be a lot more expensive than the kind of food that needs a fully functioning kitchen to prepare so I need a rebate on my rent of £60 per week until the kitchen is fully usable again.

You're going to benefit from a brand new kitchen.

I'm sure you'll be left with some functioning equipment during this time. How do you think home owners cope when they do home improvements?

I'm a landlord and usually do improvements between tenants. If you're a long term tenant though the landlord doesn't have that option.

I would decline any request for a rent deduction (while I funded improvements) or to buy you a microwave etc. Surely you already have your own. I'd also find your request bloody cheeky.

If you were being inconvenienced because of emergency repairs, that were just to maintain the correct condition of the property, that might be different.

I would give you a discount for the month - say 20%.
However it's perfectly possible for the builders to leave the fridge, oven/hob and sink usable for the majority of the work. The fridge only needs an outlet. The stove/hob can be kept in place til replaced (unless the whole area is getting a redesign). Sink too. Ask if that is possible.

I’d say fine I’ll leave you with the old kitchen.

He could give you a reduction for the two weeks and then raise the rent for the next 50 weeks.

If you can't manage without a fully-functioning kitchen for a fortnight, you need to learn some housekeeping skills. I agree with Roryno above, if you started being demanding I'd just postpone the work until you'd left.

Thanks for taking the time to answer. In a sense the landlord doesn’t have a choice but to update the kitchen because there’s a leak that can’t be fixed unless the worktop comes off and they have reasoned that whilst the worktops are up they need to replace the cabinets/worktop as 20 years old

😂 true