What are the responsibilities with regards day to day maintenance of a property when someone has right of residence in a property. My mother in law signed the family home over to my husband and she has right of residence in the property. We are renting a house elsewhere and do not live in the property. What is my husband responsible for? My mother in law thinks she should just live there and pay for nothing. She thinks he should pay to get the chimney cleaned, she's the one using the fireplace. She expects him to mow the lawns, cut the bushes, weed the garden, spray weed killer. I should mention that she let her other son move in after the house was signed over and right of residence put in place without consulting my husband. He has refused to do any gardening etc because the house wasn't left to him. She won't do any day to day maintenance either because she says it's not up to her now because it's not her house. If a handle falls off a drawer she thinks he should buy and replace the handle. If a light bulb needs replacing she rings my husband expecting him to go buy one and change the bulb. Her latest one was that she fancies changing the colour of all the walls in all the rooms in the house and she thinks he should buy the paint and paint the whole inside of the house at his expense. The rooms do not need painted it's just that she wants a change of colour. Surely my husband is only responsible for making sure the roof isn't leaking and the house doesn't fall etc not the day to day maintenance of the property?