Knott v. Laythe

We take our facts from the judge’s memorandum, supplemented by undisputed evidence contained in the record. On April 4, 1994, the landlord purchased three apartment buildings. At that time, the defendants were tenants in one of the apartments, having moved there in 1992.

■ On April 8, the landlord sent a letter to all the tenants informing them that he had become the owner of the buildings and that his objective in *825buying them was to fix them up, inside and out, that the improvements would be costly, and that they would take a year to complete. He stated that he would begin inside work on the…