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Can I Negotiate Rent?

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I live in Boston. Our landlord informed us there would be construction on our building's roof for 3-4 weeks -- it has now been 8. The construction is scheduled to start at 8am weekdays, 9am on Saturdays, which is pretty brutal for a night owl like me, and often starts before building quiet hours at 8am. We also have to keep our windows closed or everything in the apartment is coated in black dust. We bought an air purifier and it reported that the air quality was very poor.

We also have an ongoing mouse infestation.

Is it reasonable/possible for me to request a reduction in rent? I know it's a sellers market so I'm not sure if we have much leverage. FWIW I think we are very reasonable and reliable tenants. I think we can request a health inspection for the rodents, but I think they are making an effort to solve the issue, so not sure if there's much else to do there.

I was thinking of requesting a 15% reduction for the number of months that the construction is overdue.

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