Roommate Rental Landlord Living-Space Neighbour Horror Stories

[Bacchus]

new, but long enough to qualify

No, she did not. They are aware and very happy to have her as part of their team.

 

[Liability]

Bacchus, let me be real honest with you here for a moment.

Congrats on winning absolutely nothing other than the ability to say "I was right". There is not a chance you will see a dime from this person aside from the rent he retained from you, if you think any court has the ability to enforce the requirement to pay you really need to get better legal advice. Good luck in small claims court' it'll be a total waste of time for you, unless you're looking for a judge to say you were right but I doubt even the judge will be able to enforce any sort of payment.

Without commenting on anything else in this thread, I thought I would talk to the small claims court aspect.

Collecting from a small claims court decision can be quite difficult but it is possible. We won a decision against a contractor and followed the process that eventually allowed for the garnishing of thier bank account. It is quite labour intensive and in our case we had a cancelled cheque with account information to work with.

It is true that a decision in your favour does not guarnatee payment.

 

[Bacchus]

Just read this cover to cover. WOOSHHHH!!! I have to say, I sorta feel bad for all involved.

Wife is stressed and pregnant...cant be a good combo
You now need to find a new place which is stressful and annoying
Landlord is screwed and now receiving court orders to pay fines.

Seems like a lose lose lose to me.

Either way, glad to hear this is almost over and you guys can move on and start that family in a home you feel comfortable in.

Good luck apt hunting!

Yep, stress isn't great but she's young and healthy, and were on good spirits

The only thing we really lossed was a nice overpriced home.

We tried to work things out, but he wanted to play hardball.


Thanks for the well wishes

 

[Bass-Invader]

Just read this cover to cover. WOOSHHHH!!! I have to say, I sorta feel bad for all involved.

Wife is stressed and pregnant...cant be a good combo
You now need to find a new place which is stressful and annoying
Landlord is screwed and now receiving court orders to pay fines.

Seems like a lose lose lose to me.

Either way, glad to hear this is almost over and you guys can move on and start that family in a home you feel comfortable in.

Good luck apt hunting!

it's a small win for everyone else who rents with pets in the city. If more people fought stuff like this, landlords would be less likely to take advantage.

 

[Bass-Invader]

Without commenting on anything else in this thread, I thought I would talk to the small claims court aspect.

Collecting from a small claims court decision can be quite difficult but it is possible. We won a decision against a contractor and followed the process that eventually allowed for the garnishing of thier bank account. It is quite labour intensive and in our case we had a cancelled cheque with account information to work with.

It is true that a decision in your favour does not guarnatee payment.

We're talking about a landlord. That means he owns at least one identifiable, non-removable piece of high value property. He's highly unlikely to just abscond into the aether because of that. Sure, maybe that's all the money he has/maybe he'll flash-sell it and sail away, but we all know that isn't going to happen.

 

[Bacchus]

We're talking about a landlord. That means he owns at least one identifiable, non-removable piece of high value property. He's highly unlikely to just abscond into the aether because of that. Sure, maybe that's all the money he has/maybe he'll flash-sell it and sail away, but we all know that isn't going to happen.

This.

I know a landlord that refused to pay an order and ended up having to sell the property and had his ability to rent revoked

 

[kyfe]

Well, Karma can be a bit of a beeatch, while I don't agree with any of your angles/justifications/actions I hope for your child's sake this is all resolved before they're born.

Best of luck to you and your wife with the pregnancy.

 

[JoshuaReid]

Gotta say after reading this, you know people are just out for blood now. So Bacchus does something a lot disagree with. Now people are questioning if your wife is going to get EI because, you know, if you had just a minor hole in your story, they would jump all over you. Sigh, the internets...

I'm glad to hear this is almost over for you.

 

[Liability]

We're talking about a landlord. That means he owns at least one identifiable, non-removable piece of high value property. He's highly unlikely to just abscond into the aether because of that. Sure, maybe that's all the money he has/maybe he'll flash-sell it and sail away, but we all know that isn't going to happen.

Trying to garnish assets requires a whole seperate process where the loser discloses their assets and value is assigned. This is a step farther than we had to go to garnish a bank account and garnishing a bank account was a lenghty procedure.

 

[Jennika]

Bacchus, you're really playing the pregnancy card on this. technically it should have been irrelevant to whether you should have disclosed the dog or he had the right to take issue with it. as someone who's been pregnant twice, I don't think it should give some sort of entitlement to be above good ethical behaviors (i.e. lying). sorry

but of course perhaps it's just because I expect to be a landlord once we take possession of our new home, and potential tenants like you scare me now that people feel so bold about being dishonest if they think their entitled.

 

[Spinsah]

Or you know, as a landlord, you could just follow the law and permit pets without issue.

 

[praktik]

I can see that, still, landlord WAS trying to enforce an illegal rule.

So if you're scared, just abide by the law! Then you wont get taken to small claims court for violating the law.

 

[praktik]

haha - spinsah beat me to it!

...great minds, eh?

 

[Jennika]

of course, I know all that and plan to follow the rules. I guess I'm more worried about tenants feeling OK to lie on an application or be sneaky/twisty with their disclosure of info (employment issues, number of people they plan on living with, smoking/non smoking etc)

and my bigger point is that I don't think the pregnancy should have been used as a sympathy chip in this issue

 

[Bacchus]

of course, I know all that and plan to follow the rules. I guess I'm more worried about tenants feeling OK to lie on an application or be sneaky/twisty with their disclosure of info (employment issues, number of people they plan on living with, smoking/non smoking etc)

and my bigger point is that I don't think the pregnancy should have been used as a sympathy chip in this issue

Pregnancy was only used as a sympathy chip AFTER the landlord chose to refuse us entry into a home we had leased.

And again, if we had a landlord who didn't have contempt for the law, we wouldn't have had to lie.

 

[Spinsah]

haha - spinsah beat me to it!

...great minds, eh?

of course, I know all that and plan to follow the rules. I guess I'm more worried about tenants feeling OK to lie on an application or be sneaky/twisty with their disclosure of info (employment issues, number of people they plan on living with, smoking/non smoking etc)

and my bigger point is that I don't think the pregnancy should have been used as a sympathy chip in this issue

I think the pregnancy is irrelevant to the landlord/tenant discussion, but as for the concerns you outlined (other than the vague 'employment issues') as a landlord you'd have legal recourse if they were violated.

 

[agentRC4]

Gotta say after reading this, you know people are just out for blood now. So Bacchus does something a lot disagree with. Now people are questioning if your wife is going to get EI because, you know, if you had just a minor hole in your story, they would jump all over you. Sigh, the internets...

I'm glad to hear this is almost over for you.

I wasn't questioning anything at all regarding EI. Bacchus noted she started a new job and was wondering if she could get EI as there are a minimum number of hours needed to qualify. Just a simple question. No need to over think.

 

[kyfe]

Pregnancy was only used as a sympathy chip AFTER the landlord chose to refuse us entry into a home we had leased.

And again, if we had a landlord who didn't have contempt for the law, we wouldn't have had to lie.

You as a person have lost any street cred you may have had .

So now you're saying that you knew he was going to not rent to you prior to getting the place? Ill assume because you had a dog.

So the reality is he didn't have contempt for the law which in turn caused you to lie, rather your lie was premeditated.

 

[JoshuaReid]

I wasn't questioning anything at all regarding EI. Bacchus noted she started a new job and was wondering if she could get EI as there are a minimum number of hours needed to qualify. Just a simple question. No need to over think.

My bad for misassumption. Just seems like the 'burn the witch' mentality is running strong in this thread..

 

[Bacchus]

You as a person have lost any street cred you may have had .

So now you're saying that you knew he was going to not rent to you prior to getting the place? Ill assume because you had a dog.

So the reality is he didn't have contempt for the law which in turn caused you to lie, rather your lie was premeditated.

Street cred? Really? Lol. I'm not a gangster, and have no concerns with "street cred".

And, you're also wrong. We asked him about obtaining a pet, hypothetically, before signing the lease. He told us he wouldn't allow it, as the downstairs tenant had already asked, and he said no to them, reiterating the (illegal) no pet clause. we commented even then that such clauses are illegal, and he argued his contact trumped it -showing contempt for the law.

 

[peko]

Precursor: These are not "witch hunt questions"

Just curious, if he demonstrated such contempt for the law at the onset - why bother following through with a landlord relationship with him? Imagine what kind of prick he'd be about other house matters. Why not walk on to another better place with a lawful landlord?

You've mentioned it was an overpriced house - why did you want it so badly? Why not buy a house rather then renting?

Last question, was your case a precedent case? Or, has the tribunal ruled in the favor of other cases similar to yours? I have no time to research this, which is why I ask.

 

[WestsideWax]

Yo B, your North York rep is like, ruined, man...you gonna have to move to like, Wexford or somethin'...

 

[videotronic]

who pays for the tribunal & hearings and all that horse shit?

 

[Bacchus]

Precursor: These are not "witch hunt questions"

Just curious, if he demonstrated such contempt for the law at the onset - why bother following through with a landlord relationship with him? Imagine what kind of prick he'd be about other house matters. Why not walk on to another better place with a lawful landlord?

You've mentioned it was an overpriced house - why did you want it so badly? Why not buy a house rather then renting?

Last question, was your case a precedent case? Or, has the tribunal ruled in the favor of other cases similar to yours? I have no time to research this, which is why I ask.

that was a typo, it was heavily underpriced...like$500+ underpriced. That's why we wanted to live there so much.

It is a precedent case, it seems.

 

[Bacchus]

who pays for the tribunal & hearings and all that horse shit?

The application for a T2 is free. If I want to file an appeal, its $300.

Most orders requested by a landlord cost 75-150