Landlord wants to refurbish

[freshmicropig]

Hello chaps,

Just after a bit of advice if you don't mind. My landlord recently told me that he wants to carry out substantial refurbishments to my flat, but has yet to put a timescale on the development. My question is fairly straightforward: does he have the right to do this without my consent? If so, are there any measures in place to compensate me, for example, if I suddenly find myself with no kitchen or toilet facilities?

I've done a bit of searching, but it seems most peoples' problems go the other way – demanding that their landlord carries out work.

Any help would be much appreciated – I'd like to have a sound idea of my rights before we have another conversation.

Cheers
Micropig

[freshmicropig]

Thanks for all your replies, very much appreciated.

I'm not against improvements, it's just that it will cause a great deal of problems if we had no recourse to ask to be temporarily housed elsewhere. For example, my other half's office is an hour and a half train/tube journey into town, so she would struggle to make do if the shower was out of action for a week.

I have almost two years remaining on my tenancy and we're on good terms with the landlord. It sounds like it's time for me to dig out the tenancy agreement.