Tenant Laws in Broward County - Daily Construction (real estate, apartment)

[fernweh]

For the last 4 weeks, I have been dealing with daily construction on a high rise. The workers are right outside my balcony and jack hammer almost ALL DAY LONG. My landlord has no remorse and never told me about the construction. Is there anything I can do?

[BNBR]

No.

[fernweh]

Originally Posted by BNBR

No.

There are clauses out there such as Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment. I’m looking for one of those statutes other than a simple “No.”

[HotandHumid]

Not much you can do when the area is basically owned by real estate developers. You see, they not only employ the construction workers who help keep up the average pay scale here so it looks like people make more money here than most workers actually do, they also pay for a lot of the advertising in the newspapers that would normally report on their less than ethical conduct.

Florida has the Sunshine Law which basically states that any elected official cannot do private business with any company that does business with a state or city government in Florida but the loophole in the law let's elected officials do business with anyone they want to after they leave office.

This means that an elected official, especially those with term limits on them, can set up their own retirement slush fund with a developer under the table and thus will ignore your noise complaints against a developer, push through zoning variances for developers such as increasing condo or apartment density on a property that then results in an increase in motor vehicle traffic in your once quiet neighborhood, etc., etc., and and then after the elected official leaves office, they can work for the developer they gave all the perks to, be given property by the developer, etc., etc., and there's nothing in the Sunshine Law to prevent elected public officials from accepting a job, gifts, etc., from developers AFTER the elected official leaves office after they've catered to the needs of the developer while they were in office.

[blueherons]

As long as they aren't working super early or after 10PM (I think it is 10PM), you have no recourse.

BTW, I don't understand how you think your landlord is on the hook for construction at another property.

[fernweh]

Originally Posted by blueherons

As long as they aren't working super early or after 10PM (I think it is 10PM), you have no recourse.

BTW, I don't understand how you think your landlord is on the hook for construction at another property.

The landlord withheld information. I wasn’t told there would be daily construction in the building (it didn’t start prior to moving in). It’s about an 8-month project. All my windows are covered by plastic so I can’t see out of them. Also, my balcony access has been blocked for about 2 months now. This is a unit overlooking the beach, so the whole purpose of moving here was to have the view and balcony.

[MrKnight]

I have the exact same issue, I have tried to fight it with my landlord to no avail.. Local noise ordinances basically allow construction sites to make noise between the hours of 7am and 10pm even if it is a residential area.

The landlord is not required to disclose this as the noise is originating from outside of the property and hence is out of the control of the landlord. Unfortunately tenants have very few rights in South Florida..

[fernweh]

Originally Posted by MrKnight

I have the exact same issue, I have tried to fight it with my landlord to no avail.. Local noise ordinances basically allow construction sites to make noise between the hours of 7am and 10pm even if it is a residential area.

The landlord is not required to disclose this as the noise is originating from outside of the property and hence is out of the control of the landlord. Unfortunately tenants have very few rights in South Florida..

Even if his property is within the building being worked on? I think the tenant laws here are outrageous. The one I find the most absurd is that a landlord doesn’t have to provide A/C.

[blueherons]

Originally Posted by fernweh

There are clauses out there such as Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment. I’m looking for one of those statutes other than a simple “No.”

I think that only applies to noise originating inside your building.

Just as the landlord has no control over car sirens, dump trucks, city buses, etc.