Hey CP,
Some of you may remember that I have been having an issue with my place in Mission. I seem to be getting conflicting advice and wanted to see if anyone has any experience.
Backstory: I have rented in Mission for the last year and a half. Had fairly regular contact with the landlord always via e-mail. When the flood happened, we had zero contact from our landlord. We have now sent 3 e-mails, as this was the preferred contact choice, and he has not responded. We managed to get the name of the condo management company who have been providing updates on an irregular basis.
We just learned today, that best case scenario, we are looking at an additional 3 weeks of being displaced, with a more realistic time frame of Aug. 1.
As I have been told not to cancel cheques, the rent came out of the account on July 2nd. Now I have a number of issues:
1) In the updates from the condo board, it appears insurance is providing owners with some relief payments. However, our landlord is still taking rent. Is that not some sort of double dipping?
2) As per this post on reddit,
http://www.reddit.com/r/Calgary/comm...er_in_mission/
the land lord needs to provide us with alternative housing. If he can not provide, he must either a) dissolve the contract or B) provide abadement of rent so we can find alternative living.
3) The silence strikes me as pretty deadbeat. We do have his number at the condo, but I have only been back into the unit once since this all began to grab some things. I will have to make a trip if that is the case, but is there not some obligation for him to contact us.
Any feedback is appriciated here.