Landlord Trying to Charge Pet Deposit
Applying for a place and the landlord requested a pet deposit for our dog. We have been communicating through our real estate agent to their real estate agent (very annoying) and have not spoken to the landlords themselves at all. We had agreed and signed an OREA form that includes the deposit. But now, having received the OSL, it has come to our attention that any kind of damage deposit is illegal in Ontario. Our real estate agent keeps insisting that the deposit is legal because it was on the OREA and not paying it would be a breach of contract. Is that true, or does the OSL trump the OREA forms?
EDIT: now she's saying that as we signed legal forms declaring we would pay the deposit and that it stands up according to the Real Estate Council of Ontario rules and is saying to contact our lawyer if we have legal questions. I don't see how that would trump actual legislation??