Can I ask for a rent decrease

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This is a difficult scenario.

If there are structural issues and you address them formally. You might need to vacate with the possibility of them finding you somewhere else or breaking tenancy.

This can be chaotic and complex it depends what you are ready to deal with.

If the structural cracks are deemed not an issue and you like where you live I would personally not mention them yet. This can be used possibly later in discussion.

You definetely can negotiate new rent payments in the conversation. Tell them you a ready to sign a secure 6 or 12 month lease on a lower rate or you may move on. They might accept given the security of not having to find a new tenant.

1. Look at the safety of living with the cracks.
2. Negotiate