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Bedroom in the Basement |
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can my landlord put me out of my house for making a bed room in the basement if i pay for it? |
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Subject to the provisions of your lease, you ought to be able to make any legal use of the area you're renting.
Your town or city probably has its own rules about whether a basement room can be used as a bedroom. In most places one requirement is that the room have a window big enough for exit during a fire. In other areas, it must be big enough to admit a firefighter in full equipment. There may be other requirements. You can find out by calling your local government's building bureau.
Your landlord could be in trouble if you were made any illegal use of the property. If you did, that's usually enough to void a lease.
But even if the bedroom were legal, you'd still need the landlord's permission to make any permanent changes to the building. |
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Edith
Originally published on July 19, 2008 |
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