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I signed a lease over a week ago (August 19th) and the lease itself starts on August 21st. My landlord said he would clean, fix-up, and paint the apartment (since it had not been done since the last tenant moved out). He said he would be done by August 23rd at the latest (keep in mind the lease itself says the 21st.) I've called him every day since the 23rd in order to find out when he would do these things so that I could finally move in. Eventually I left messages saying that I would do these things myself. I have also mentioned taking legal action.

As of right now, he still hasn't returned my calls, the apartment looks the same as it did when I signed the lease, and I'm living with friends, which is inconvenient because I have a dog.

I want to just get the repairs over with myself, with the help of friends, but I don't know if I can do that without his permission. (Which I have requested numerous times in the voicemails I have left him.)

Any advice?