Typical landlord violations of quiet enjoyment include: Restricting the utilities: You should never restrict your renter from basic utilities, including heating, A/C, water, and electricity. The same holds true for locking the renter out of their rental.
As a landlord, you're not technically liable for nuisance tenants or occupiers of your property. However, you may be liable if you've allowed the tenants to cause the nuisance or if, when renting out your property, you were aware that nuisance was inevitable or almost certainly going to occur.
In the context of enjoyment of property, cases such as this one from Kansas, explain that ?a tenants right to quiet enjoyment of a property means that a tenant has possession of the property and is free to come and go from the property without the landlord's interference.?
In the covenant of quiet enjoyment, the landlord promises that during the term of the tenancy no one will disturb the tenant in the tenant's use and enjoyment of the premises.
Quiet enjoyment includes various tenant rights, such as the right to exclude others from the premises, the right to peace and quiet, the right to clean premises, the right to basic services, such as heat and hot water, and the right to reasonable access.
In addition to a landlord or property manager interfering with your ability to access or live within your residence, several disturbances may qualify as a breach of quiet enjoyment, including: A particularly noisy neighbor who repeatedly violates quiet hours as designated by your lease agreement or local regulations.
In property law, the covenant of quiet enjoyment is an implied term in every lease that the tenant shall have quiet and peaceful possession of the leased premises against the lessor. The covenant ensures that the landlord is bound to refrain from action which interrupts the tenant's beneficial enjoyment.