The answer depends on the laws of the place where you rent the home. What country do you rent in? In most Western nations unless the contribution of the renter is noted in the rental contract, the owner has no obligation to pay for any of it.

I will have to say that all your work is probably in vain, unless you have it in a written contract, I doubt you will be able to have your rent reduced by the amount of work that you did. Sorry about that, I could be wrong.

ONLY if an agreement was reached between you and the landlord, would this reduce your rent. Otherwise the law states that any "leasehold" improvements become the property of the owner when you leave. I would suggest that you talk to your landlord, see if he is willing to cut a deal with you.

Normally, you would ask the owner if you can get some credit beforehand. Now, it may be more difficult, depending on the landlord. All you can do is ask.

UNless yu arranged before you did anything that you would be compensated in some way, you are simply just making changes for yourself. And I hope you did things with good enough quality because if you changed anything or brought down the quality of the original work, you could be held liable or won't get your security deposit back at all. We had someone that rented my MIL's home and they decided to rip out the carpeting in the bedroom and had some used carpeting of a strange color installed. Well, it lowered the value of the house and we held them responsible for it. They also ripped out the carpeting on the stairs as they wanted wood instead. That left us with plain subfloor stairs ARGH!!! So, I'm sorry, but you lost your money unless you can take some of the things with you without damaging the home. Consider it making your home happier an dto your taste.

Quite a few leases explain about the improvements made to a property. Many of them have language similar to this: Whatever improvements the tenant makes to the property, belong to the landlord - without any abatement or adjustment of rent. Many landlords are very aware some of the properties they own need repairs. They allow the tenants to do those repairs and improvements, which the landlord approves in advance. When the tenant pays the rent, the cost of those repairs and improvements are deducted by from the rent by the tenant AND proved by giving the receipts to the landlord. EXAMPLE: Monthly rent is $1200. The property needs to be painted. The landlord approves the colors. The tenant buys the paint, brushes, rollers and other needed materials to do the job. This totals $450. When the rent for th next month is paid, the tenant gives the landlord $750 PLUS the recipt for the materials. You may be wondering about the cost for the labor to do the job. That is another matter which must be discussed and agreed to - at the same time the discussion happens about the paint job. The very worst answer anyone will receive is "No". Other than in love and romance, "No" never hurt anyone. I KNOW there are many landlords who won't even consider the cost of labor. Thanks for asking your Q! I enjoyed answering it! VTY, Ron Berue Yes, that is my real last name! Sources: My wonderful family! My terrific mentors and coaches! In the real estate business over 34 years in Pennsylvania. THE ABSOLUTE BEST, MOST WONDERFUL real estate investment group in the world, which I was very proud to be a member of! “The University of Hard Knocks”

This depends on whether or not you have an agreement with the landlord that he will pay you for the improvements. You have a duty to return the property in the same condition (minus wear and tear) as you got it in. If you do not return the property in the same condition, you are liable for the cost to restore the property. This is even true when your improvements increased the value of the property.

You have to have an agreement beforehand with your landlord. Some landlords love having someone handy renting and they pay for materials and dont pay for labor. If no such agreement is in place, dont put any more money into projects. I gave my renters up to $50.00 a month for flowers, soil, etc. They loved working in the yard and I loved how nice the place looked! Good luck..and if you are that motivated around their place, buy something for yourself and reap the rewards!

As mentioned...it depends upon your Rental Agreement. Back when I was the Renter...my landlord (who mostly WAS a peach of a guy) would not allow me to remove the old, nasty carpet..he had it cleaned between every single tenant..but the damn thing was starting to unravel, and running the vacuum on it was a real pain; plus it was a butt ugly color! It took me several years (out of the 10 I lived there) to get him to let me rip it out and live with the wood floors under it..the floors weren't great, but a hell of a lot better than that carpet!!! Next, it took me 8 years to get him to let me repaint the inside. All I wanted was to go from a COLD WHITE to a WARM WHITE! He finally agreed, he bought the paint and I did the work. (I did it joyfully too!) NOW...I'm a landlord and I promised myself three things...(unlike some out there) 1. My tenant can paint INSIDE any colors they want to live with and enjoy AT THEIR COST. If the next tenant coming in hates the color, then the outgoing tenant either works out a deal with the incoming one, or returns it to a neutral, warm white. (it has never been a problem in 12 years.) 2. My tenants can put all the pictures up on the walls they want, just patch your holes when you leave. (At a couple of places we had looked at the landlord said we could place ONE picture in each room...period! We were both Fine Arts Majors in college...so you know that wasn't going to fly with us!) lmao 3. My tenant has a right to have a companion animal as long as they are caring properly for it. AND I do not care if they have 2 dogs, or 3 cats, or a dog and a cat, or 2 cats and a dog!!! I do not care what size their dog is (stupid landlords...don't seem to understand that the BIGGER DOGS...tend to be LESS yippy and less destructive on the average than small hyper dogs often are...of course it can go both ways.) As long as the Tenant believes their dog will be safe in the fenced in front yard (no real back yard...just a fenced in path in back) then it's fine with me! I once saw an ad by a landlord that read..."Pet allowed, dog must be under 20 pounds, DOG MUST NOT BARK!" I thought...What? EVER? azzhole! If someone is at MY DOOR...my dogs had better speak up and say something! My last tenants bought and installed a beautiful wooden fan in the dinning room (with a light kit). I asked them what I would owe them if they would consider leaving it...they replied that they would like to leave it as a gift "to the house." Unless I have an agreement to reimburse a tenant for something they want to do to the house and I've agreed to pay for it...I can't afford to pay for it most of the time...not with the sorts of prices we are all living with these days...my Rent charged is usually less than my mortgage..currently $67.00 less. The rent is reasonable in line with comparable rents for the area..a tad lower, but it's a tiny house, I lived in it for 12+ years myself and I don't feel right charging so much for it, even though it's in great shape and in a very nice neighborhood...fair is fair! Living room painted by one set of tenants..everyone has loved this color including me! I wish I had thought to paint it this color when I lived there! Brings out the beautiful wood mantel above the fireplace! The new Fan and lights (I'm saving up to buy these ladies each massage gift certificates with my "old" massage therapist out there! And also to get them a Home Depot gift card for the house (with a big back yard they were craving) that they are now renting.

IF YOU HAD THE OWNERS PERMISSION AND THAT THEY WOULD REINBURSE YOU, THEN YOUR OK. IF NOT YOU WASTED YOUR TIME, SO DONT SAY ANYTHING AND ENJOY YOUR WORK AND HOW YOU LIKE IT.

Unless you agreed otherwise, you lost the money. In fact, the owner can tell you to take out all of the improvements because they were unauthorized. If he was a stupid jerk.