My family and I are new to Langford, just moved here recently and I'm wondering if there are any street workout "playgrounds"? Mainly looking for a pull-up bar.
Preferably around the Goldstream/Jacklin/Station/Peatt area? Not a fan of driving to get the workout in, but obviously if there's nothing nearby, any street workout place would do.
Thanks in advance!
Hi fellow Albertans,
I was wondering if someone could please help with my rental situation - if you had a similar experience or have any idea how to deal with this, it would be greatly appreciated!
My lease is expiring at the end of August, but I bought my own place for which I wasn't able to negotiate August completion as originally intended, so I have to break the lease at the end of June, 2 months early. I made my landlord aware of this at the beginning of May so they have just a week less than two full months to re-rent the unit.
Now, I'm fully aware of my obligations and I have already contacted RTA, but haven't given a very definitive answer from them, as there are two ways I can get out of covering the rent for July and August:
If someone else rents the unit
If I find someone to sublet the unit
For the option #2 the landlord said straight up "no", and for option #1 they are holding the asking rent pretty high although in reality the market is in decline. We've had literally zero showings in the past 5 weeks since the ad has been posted by the landlord. There was one person that wanted to rent the place in July and August, which would be something like subletting, but like I said the landlord doesn't want a "short-term rental", so they were declined.
So now I'm wondering what my options are, because tenant's obligations are perfectly clear, whereas landlord's obligations are vague and open to interpretation. Please see the response from RTA:
When a tenant breaks a fixed term lease, the landlord can hold the tenant responsible for the time remaining on the lease or can agree to terminate it. The landlord must try to minimize the tenant's losses by attempting to re-rent the property but the tenant is responsible for the rent until either the new tenant takes possession of the rental unit or the end of the fixed term agreement.
The tenant may request permission from the landlord to either sublease or assign the lease. A tenant may not sublet or assign the rented property to another party without the landlord's written permission. A landlord may not refuse permission without reasonable grounds. If the landlord decides against the sublease or assignment, the landlord must give the tenant reason in writing within 14 days of receiving the written request. If the landlord does not respond to the request within that time, the tenant can assume that the landlord agrees to the sublease or assignment. The landlord may not charge a fee for giving consent.
Is there anything I can do here? What is considered an "attempt to re-rent", is it just posting the ad and responding to candidates? You can see how that could be easily abused - they can ask for $5,000/month rent and respond to everyone who reaches out and they technically "attempted to re-rent". Btw, I'm aware that if they do rent for less than what I was paying I have to cover the difference for the remainder of my term, and I'm totally OK with that. I'm not trying to avoid my responsibility, but I don't think it's fair that I have to assume all responsibility while I can't do anything about it. What if I lost my job 3 months into the lease, they could just have me keep paying the rent for the remaining 9 months pretending they're trying to rent the place out.
And what is "reasonable grounds" for denying subletting? My landlord just said "they don't like high turnover". I mean, nobody in the long-term rentals does, so I don't know how to deal with this. Should I try and contact a lawyer? Any ideas and experiences are more than welcome.
Thank you very much in advance!
P.S. Apologies for the long post.