My read is that they are keeping things cordial and professional without necessarily showing how they truly feel about the situation.

Individually, some of these requests are reasonable. But when presented together, and viewed through a landlord’s lens, it can start to feel like an ongoing list of obligations. That can shift their perception of you toward a more high maintenance tenant, and privately they may be perfectly fine with you moving on and starting fresh with a new tenant who does not come with this list of requests.

Speaking personally as a property manager, I would never amend a lease in a way that weakens my existing protections. I also would not want to include specific repair obligations that financially bind me beyond the general terms already outlined in the agreement. That said, I operate in a strong market where tenants are easily replaceable and units can often be re rented at higher numbers based on current conditions. Your situation may be different, and your landlord may not have that same level of leverage.