Nope. "Quiet enjoyment" has very little to do with noise. It means that as long as you pay your rent, you won't be evicted. Now there is a concept called "constructive eviction." This happens when you cannot use part of the apartment; or when the apartment is so unlivable that no self-respecting tenant would live here. So you can move out, and not be liable for future rent. As to back rent, you have to show a breach of the warranty of habitability, the same problem as entitled you to cancel the lease going forward, only now you're reaching back and asking how much of a rebate on rent already paid will you get.
Answered on Feb 15th, 2013 at 2:18 PM