Is it legal to give a tenant 2 days to vacate for renovations on their unit?
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Is it legal to give a tenant 2 days to vacate for renovations on their unit?
I won’t know where my family will be going and I won’t know until they come to renovate at 8 am tomorrow.
Asked on August 30, 2011 North Carolina
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
Whether or not it is legal for a landlord to give a tenant two (2) days notice of renovations to his or her unit depends upon the circumstances for the renovations. If there is a need for the renovations to the rented unit as a result of remedying a dangerous condition, the notice is more than adequate. If the two (2) day notice is simply for upgrading the property's condition, more notice to the tenant should have been given, but the short time period given does not in and of itself make the notice given illegal.
If you and your family will be displaced as the result of the renovations to the property, your landlord should at the very least abate the monthly rent for the time period the work is being performed and should offer to pay excess off site expenses for you.
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