They seem unreasonable and I'd probably want to get rid of them and place a new tenant as painlessly as possible, with the help of the sheriff if necessary. 

. 🤔 The rooms are lime green and bright purple. for a rent that high its not unreasonable to ask for the rooms to be painted a neutral color. 

Although certain defenses do exist including, insofar as is relevant here, unreasonable hardship, " 'the court's discretion to grant or deny specific performance of a contract for the sale of realty is not unlimited; unless the court finds that granting a decree of specific performance would be a drastic or harsh remedy, or work injustice, the court must direct specific performance' " (id., quoting 91 NY Jur 2d, Real Property Sales and Exchanges § 204).

Obviously anything can be negotiated or it depends on what you agreed upon, but what do peers in the industry consider acceptable for this and whats considered unreasonable... 

It sounds like you are going to be a tire kicker wasting your time and your agents time with unreasonable expectations.

I get what your aim is and I don't think it's unreasonable.

It is unreasonable to think that you will have positive cash flow if you are borrowing 80 percent.  

If he’s still unreasonable, contact a real estate attorney ASAP! 

So the enforcing agency gets to determine, but HCD is present to intervene if the enforcement agency is being unreasonable.  

House-hacking by room is a topic that pops up when we're late in the real estate cycle; in tier 1 areas multifamilies available are scarce or priced unreasonably so one is 'forced' to rent rooms instead of multifamilies.Things to consider:1) Exit strategy - are you forced to live on site and manage it?