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we have been living in a 7 apt building for 3 years and kids were always able to play outside, now i think someone complained and the tenant prohibited that the kids play outside anymore or he'll giv...
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Section 49 of the Act refers to a 2 month notice to end the tenancy where the landlord intends in good faith to use the property for his own use, conversion, demolition or renovation. Sections 47 and ...MORE...
Is it possible to have someone removed from a cosigned lease if they are not paying any actual rent? A friend of mine has a lease with her boyfriend, but he does not contribute to the rent, she pays ...
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Where two people sign a lease they are jointly and severally liable for fulfilling the terms of the agreement. If the lease is broken the landlord can come after either or both for unpaid rent, damage...MORE...
I notice that guide dogs are exempt from strata and rental property regulations. Strange as it may sound, my doctor insisted on me getting a dog, virtually prescribing it. To your knowledge are the...
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No. None to my knowledge.
The Strata Property Act empowers strata councils to make rules, enforce them, and to penalize. As long as the rules don't discriminate on a prohibited ground or offend t...MORE...
I am renting a one bedroom ground floor apartment in Vancouver. This past Saturday, while helping a friend with repairs on her car, i walked into my sliding glass door, thinking it was open, and find...
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This appears to me as a "You broke it, you fix it" situation and I don't see where an application of the Residential Tenancy Act is applicable. Rather than this being a question of how long can 'they'...MORE...
What is the legal age for a tenant to enter into a rental contract? If I am renting a place to a person under 18, do I need to sign the contract with the parent/guardian instead? Thank you....
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I've had this question before so I checked with a Judge about it. He told me that the technical age for holding people responsible in contracts in BC is 19 years of age. He also said that persons unde...MORE...
Recently it came to the attention of our landlord that the tenant in the basement suite was involved in illegal activity. My landlord disposed of the illegal equipment and told the tenant and his gir...
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The answers to your questions are likely included in the RTO's publication called 'Measures Protecting Against Illegal Activities'. The web address for this document is http://www.rto.gov.bc.ca/docume...MORE...
I have lived in the same basement suite for the last seven years, it is coming time to move on. The suite has definatley seen better days. My question is at what point do things become a nessecity for...
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Let's get straight to the point. You anticipate problems with your landlord. You think your landlord will claim against your security deposit when you move out. You don't want to pay. The carpet is wo...MORE...
I currently live on the third floor of an apartment building. Since we are on the top floor we hear animals running across our living room ceiling, kitchen ceiling, bedroom ceiling. We have told th...
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My advice is to write your landlord a letter detailing your concerns. Set out clearly and in a civil manner what you think the problems are, and how you think they might be resolved, and by when. Tell...MORE...
Mr.Watson, I entered into a month to month rental agreement ( I am in my 11th month of tenancy here) with my landlord who lives above me. When I first viewed the suite, I noticed that the carpet in...
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If you want the problem fixed, you should write the landlord a detailed letter of the problem, state what you think needs to be done, and set out what you think is a reasonable period of time to fix t...MORE...
If I am a tenant, and I have given my 30 days notice to vacate, can I revoke this notice & stay in the apartment? What if I have given 60 days notice, can I revoke the notice if I do so a month befor...
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Your situation is comparable to someone who hands in a letter of resignation from his job, effective on such and such a day, and then wants to take the resignation back. It is up to the boss. In your ...MORE...
I have been living in a basement suite for the last 3 months. I have always been up front with my dealings with my landlord and always pay on time. A couple of days ago, the freezer door on my fridge...
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I hope you aren't thinking of launching a claim in arbitration for this one. The solution to your problem is so obvious - call a repairman to fix the noise in the fridge. Maybe even call the same comp...MORE...
Regarding the new RTA new tenancy forms and how it affects liquidated damages for breach of lease, as compared to the older legal size forms that contained a liquidated damages/breach clause. U...
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The standard of review for disturbing a decision of an Arbitrator on a finding of fact is one of 'patent unreasonableness'– absurdity in other words. If there is evidence in the material considered by...MORE...
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I know that it is the tenant's responsibility to maintain the outdoor yards, but does the landlord have to supply the equipment to perform those duties? For example he says that myself and my girlfri...
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Come on, give me a break. A guy living in a house with more than one of his girlfriends should be able to spring for a used lawnmower. You and your girlfriends can make an outing of it, cruise through...MORE...
I have rented a Vancouver house for 12 years. Now the landlord has sold the house. At the start I gave him a $600.00 deposit now with intrest how much should I get back, secondly the house is sold an...
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Remarkably, many property purchasers aren't aware that they inherit the tenants and the tenancy agreement when they buy a property. If the tenants are on a month-to-month agreement and the purchaser w...MORE...
If you do not have a lease what procedure should you follow when asking a tenant to leave. You might take over the residence yourself, or you might put it up for sale....
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Where the landlord moves to end the tenancy he can do so under section 46 of the Act (non-payment of rent) section 47 (cause) section 48 (employment such as a caretaker or manager) or section 49 (land...MORE...
I have recently moved in to a new apartment building. My suite is privately owned by my landlord. I have become unhappy with how my landlord has managed the suite (repairs, follow-up) and the buildi...
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Complaints against a landlord don't translate into a claim in arbitration unless and until the complaining party is prepared to show which sections of the Act are violated.
It is apparent that you...MORE...
I am a new landlord that assumed I was being more than fair and generous to my tenant. I let her move in days early, took care of all the yard work because she was simply just not doing it, and suppl...
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First off, working on the presumption that this is a month-to-month tenancy agreement, the tenant is required to give at least one full calendar month's written notice that he or she is ending the ten...MORE...
My landlord is withholding part of my damage deposit on what I believe to be spurious grounds. He did not give any indication he would do this prior to my moving out. We were very helpful in enabling ...
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You'll probably get spectacular results when you show your landlord section 38 of the Residential Tenancy Act, which can be found at http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/stat/R/02078_01.htm#section38
S...MORE...
Hello. We have just purchased a Vancouver house and gain possession August 2005. The tenants had signed a one year lease with the previous owners that expire March 2006. When we signed the contract, w...
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I've been waiting for this question to pop up because Arbitrators have been on both sides of this question and it needs clarification.
Here's how I have interpreted it: The terms and conditions se...MORE...
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I recently moved into a luxury apartment which I soon found out was infested with bed bugs after suffering a very bad allergic reaction to the bites. We contacted the landlord and Strata who had a fum...
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Despite the address and the rent, every complex is susceptible to insect infestation. The difficulty is locating the infestation, which can be on the ground floor or the penthouse, and anywhere in bet...MORE...
I am thinking of letting/renting out 1 bedroom/furnished in my own principal home to 1 person. We would live and share essential living accomodation. Would this situation be governed by the Residentia...
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Section 4 (c) of the Residential Tenancy Act says that the Act does not apply to "4 (c) living accommodation in which the tenant shares bathroom or kitchen facilities with the owner of that accommodat...MORE...
I am a tenant renting in North Vancouver. At the beginning of this month the change drawers from our washer and dryer in our building were apparently stolen and a handwritten note stating that they w...
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If the laundry facilities are part and parcel of your tenancy agreement, and the landlord has increased the cost of using these facilities, you likely have a case for a hidden rent increase. My advice...MORE...
I live in an apartment complex and the residents across the hall smoke marijuana every day. The smell drifts through our open windows because their balcony is beside ours. We have 1 small child. My hu...
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Sorry, I can't be much help in this situation. If the police won't act the landlord would have a very tough time evicting the tenants for conducting illegal activities. He could try evicting them for ...MORE...
Landlord breached the contract! I had a verbal agreement with a tenant to rent a 1-bedroom in a house rental to share. The verbal agreement was on May 24 that I will lease the bedroom to her ...
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Section 4 (c) of The Residential Tenancy Act of BC says that the Act does not apply to living accommodation in which the tenant shares bathroom or kitchen facilities with the owner of that accommodati...MORE...
I am renting the downstairs half of my house. The lady renting from me is a property manager, and unfortunately seems to think that she is MY property manager. I have come home to find that she has ...
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Late rent means any time after it is due. Section 47 (b) of the Act cites consistently paying the rent late as a ground for issuing a Notice to End a tenancy. One day late, several times? It would sti...MORE...
I have been renting a home for 2 years from my landlord I signed a tenants agreement for the whole house upstairs and downstairs on a yearly contract due aug 2005. The landlord has called us up and ex...
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What you describe as a 'tenants agreement ... on a yearly contract ...” appears to be a lease, which is where the parties contract to exchange x amount of rent for exclusive use of the rental premises...MORE...
Hello, I signed a fixed term rental agreement that does not indicate what was to happen at the end of the fixed term, whether to continue on in another fixed term lease or to go month to month. I ...
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Section 49 of the Act doesn't apply in a lease situation, so neither does section 51 – which is the one month's free rent you refer to.
Many landlords prefer to enter into a lease instead of a mon...MORE...
I have been renting upstairs part of lanlords house. It is just me and my 17 yr. old son. I went away on vacation for 3 weeks and had older son and family members watching my 17 yr old. When I came ba...
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Where the landlord issues an eviction notice the tenant has the right to dispute it within the time set out in Box E of the form itself. Where the tenant disputes the notice, an independent third part...MORE...
My cat is paying $20.00 a month for rent. Can a landlord get away with doing this?...
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No. Not unless the cat has signed a tenancy agreement, has a steady job or income and can afford $20 a month, and then the cat would have to agree to fork out his hard earned cash. I've know some cats...MORE...
I've read the various points of month to month rentals and leases. But I'm puzzled as to why someone would enter into a lease when month to month gives you most of the same advantages. W...
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Residential leases are much more common in eastern Canada, perhaps reflecting that leases offered security of terms and conditions in scarce housing markets when governments were reluctant to interven...MORE...
We have a signed lease that does not end until Nov. 2005. We received notice that our landlord is moving back and wants occupancy of our suite September 30, 2005. What are our rights. We read that ...
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If you were in a month-to-month tenancy agreement then the landlord could issue a section 49 Notice to End your tenancy on the ground that he or a close relative intends to occupy the premises. Sectio...MORE...
i just puchased a house and in the previous owner they have a tenant which i toke over, and i gave them a end of tenancy notice for two months because i need the property for my family. Do i need to p...
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As the purchaser of the property you also bought the tenancy agreement. If the tenant has a month-to-month agreement you must issue him a notice to end the tenancy (Form RTO 3) under section 49 of the...MORE...
I recently have been awarded a decision in my favor from an arbitrator as a result of the landlord not returning by deposit. In fact the arbitrator awarded twice the deposit under the RTA. I will inev...
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Before you worked up and conclude that you're going to have difficulty getting detailed information the landlord won't likely provide, at least willingly, check with the authorities in small claims co...MORE...
