2 year renovation across the road from us - NOISE & rent reduction?

mattyprice4004

The joy of a big city, I'm afraid - there's always the risk that a big project will start on your doorstep and they usually take years to finish. 
Saying that, we're on the outskirts of a seaside town up North and have a similar situation; but we own our property. 
It's rubbish, but we've accepted we just need to get on with it. 

GDB2222

Of course, you can negotiate. How successful your negotiation is depends on how prepared you are to move. If the landlord has a void in the flat upstairs, he may become much more willing to negotiate once that's been empty a while, and he comes round to your point of view that the building works have devalued the flat temporarily.

The idea that it's not the landlord's fault, so he should not suffer, is just sentimental tosh.

TripleH

It all come down to whether the landlord has factored in a discount for the disruption caused by the development works already (if it is where some of us suspect, the regeneration of that part of London has been on the cards for quite a while) or if the Op can find somewhere cheaper (ie thr flat above perhaps)

It also depends on if the Op is in a fixed term contract. Moving to another flat is pointless if they are 2 months into ac12 month fixed contract. If they are 11 months in and the flat above is cheaper it does help their case.

I sympathise with the Op on this but but it depends on their circumstances and if they were living there before the disaster that is covid turned the world upside down.