Month credit when tenancy ended by landlord?
We’ve been living here for a couple years and the latest arrangement was a shorter lease extension of a couple months. When that expired, nothing new was signed, so we became month to month. The landlord told us verbally that we needed to move out by a certain date, which happens to be mid month for their convenience. We were given 2 months notice, but never received any written notice at all.
We were generally aware that she intended to take the house back, but this was months earlier than expected after recent convos, and it is in the middle of our busiest work season when it’s extremely difficult for us to move. They want to use it as their holiday home again, which we are agreeable to for their sake. But how it all unfolded is a huge inconvenience.
We have found somewhere and are poised to move, but they are asking us to pay pro-rated rent for the last couple weeks of the month.
We read online that when a landlord ends a month to month tenancy in Ontario, the tenant is entitled to the value of one month’s rent for the inconvenience.
Is this valid despite us being generally aware that they’d eventually want the house back? We are afraid to bring this up and cause any issues, but it all feels quite unfair.