There were 6 people occupying the suite when the City Bylaw Officer came to inspect the suite, and 7 when I moved in the house in January. There was a 4th renter downstairs in his 50s but he just decided not to bother, and move out as told, so until the 28th there were still four tenants. Besides you cannot use intimidation and harassment to get people to move. Some of the international students immediately moved out.
How do you decide to move yourself into a property with SEVEN tenants...
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When I was in school I lived in a house with a whole bunch of people. It was cheap rent- which I really needed at the time. The rules/lease were really non-existent, so I was pretty lucky not to have an issue like the OP.
Not everybody can afford their own 1 BR apartment, so you do what you have to do.
How do you decide to move yourself into a property with SEVEN tenants...
This is the best thread ever.
Yesterday my landlord said she would give me back my DD if I had all the receipts (excluding March when one was not provided). I decided to accept. Met her and her dad in a public place and got money back once I showed I had all receipts. Figured a hearing at the RTDRS was not worth the headache. So it's one less stress out of my life.
Now to find a career and a good woman so I never end up in a rooming house again.
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Yesterday my landlord said she would give me back my DD if I had all the receipts (excluding March when one was not provided). I decided to accept. Met her and her dad in a public place and got money back once I showed I had all receipts. Figured a hearing at the RTDRS was not worth the headache. So it's one less stress out of my life.
Now to find a career and a good woman so I never end up in a rooming house again.
Congrats on resolving it in a manner superior to taking the situation to RTDRS.
Congrats on resolving it in a manner superior to taking the situation to RTDRS.
Superior for him probably (I don't think any additional compensation he'd have got would have been worth the hassle).
But not really superior for tenants in general because the landlord hasn't had any negative consequences for their actions. Terrible landlords give all landlords a bad name.
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Superior for him probably (I don't think any additional compensation he'd have got would have been worth the hassle).
But not really superior for tenants in general because the landlord hasn't had any negative consequences for their actions. Terrible landlords give all landlords a bad name.
I pictured this one as a slumlord, as opposed to a landlord.
Superior for him probably (I don't think any additional compensation he'd have got would have been worth the hassle).
But not really superior for tenants in general because the landlord hasn't had any negative consequences for their actions. Terrible landlords give all landlords a bad name.
They are currently under investigation by the City of Calgary. However the fines are not much of a deterrent. I read a story of a landlord being fined $85000 for a fire that claimed two of his tenants lives after failing to install smoke alarms. Not much of a deterrent when you can be making $5000 per month from renting out enough rooms.
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I want to hear more about them knocking down the interior walls.
Was it sledgehammer time? how did they do that?
did they check if any were load bearing?
I want to hear more about them knocking down the interior walls.
Was it sledgehammer time? how did they do that?
did they check if any were load bearing?
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I want to hear more about them knocking down the interior walls.
Was it sledgehammer time? how did they do that?
did they check if any were load bearing?
I was not there when it happened. My roommate woke up at 10 AM, when he heard a big commotion, and texted me about what was going down. When I returned from work, it was like the rooms never existed. Just a bunch of dust, and crumbled drywall. They were in and out in 6 hours. No idea how many people were demolishing the rooms...
