r/OntarioTenants

Hi! I’m moving at the end of the month (October 31st) and my property management company has sent me a to-do list of things that need to be done by time of the final inspection. At the time of the final inspection, I’m expected to give back my keys - at 4:30pm, because the live-in building manager stops working at 5pm.

In my opinion, this should not be legal as my rent is technically paid until 11:59pm of October 31st, therefore I should not have to hand over my keys until I am completely finished with the apartment. I literally just want to be able to make sure everything is up to their standards as they have been a nightmare to deal with since the beginning, and with that day being moving day, I don’t feel like there will be a whole ton of time for cleaning whilst moving so I’m going to need all of the extra time I can get.

I gave the full 60 days notice and am doing everything both properly and legally on my end.

So my question is, are there any legalities in what time I have to give the keys back? TIA

I have been renting for about 4 years in Richmond Hill and my landlord has expressed in the past (over 2 years here and there) they're considering selling but it has only been now that they've listed the home for sale.

Prior to listing, they offered to mutually sign a N11 to which I did not sign as I have no intention to voluntarily leave without securing a new home for my family, in our school zone. That was in the late spring of this year. Since then I have been looking for housing (from my understanding this is completely voluntary on my part) that is suitable for my children to live and in our budget. We live in a condo in a neighborhood that has few other condos and renting a home is far more expensive. We have submitted multiple offers on multiple different units over the last few months with no luck as the market in this area and price point are fiercely competitive (deposits of 6 to 12 months).

Once the home was listed which was 3 weeks ago, there have only been 3 requests for showing. Two of which were last minute (within 24 hrs) and I could not accommodate (there is no extra keys and therefore no lockbox, I hold the only 2 sets of keys for this home and therefore I must be available for showings, which is preferable for me to be home during showings anyways). The third one was booked with 24hrs notice but at the 11th hour was formally cancelled by the showing agent but they showed up anyways and complained no one answered the door. I had already left the home once I received notification that the showing was cancelled.

The listing agent and the landlord have accused me of acting in bad faith and preventing showings. The landlord also accused me of not leaving which from my understanding i do not have any obligation to leave just because they're selling the home. We got into a big argument over it.

What are my next steps?

Hi all. Our small apartment building has been without hot water now since September 22nd. On this date, we noticed that we had no hot water and the stairwell smelled like gas. I mentioned this to the property maintenance company who maintains the building and they asked me (a tenant in one of the units) to call the local Enbridge. Enbridge came and found out that there was an issue with the boiler and turned the gas off. The maintenance company ordered a new boiler and attempted to install it two days ago, and at that point we managed to get hot water for 3-6 hours before it went cold again. We the tenants reported this to the maintenance company who came back and discovered that the boiler room had flooded and "the line was blocked" (I'm not sure what this means). Yesterday they had someone come into the building to clean up the flood and since then there has been no movement and as of my writing this, the maintenance company has not responded to messages. This is becoming a huge inconvenience not just to myself but other tenants as well.

I am considering filing a T6 but I have a few questions.

1. Do I need to wait until the hot water is restored before I file it?

2. I actually don't know the landlord's address. They seem to be a group of brothers/family members and they're never here (as in, I've seen them maybe once in three years). Legally, can the maintenance company provide me their name(s) and address for the T6 if I ask them. We have no communications with the landlord(s) whatsoever and don't even know their names (we pay our rent directly to the maintenance company/property manager).

3. My biggest fear is that the landlord(s)/property management will try and find a way to evict me (or renovict) me and my child from our unit if we pursue this, like a form of retaliation. Am I overreacting? Can they legally do this and get away with it?

Any answers, input or experience with this sort of thing would be appreciated. Thank you!

I want to move in a room (separate leases for diff people in diff rooms, landlord doesn’t live there), I am not dealing with the landlord but the agent. My question is how you deal with it properly so I don’t get scammed? Landlord is not in the country. Should I/Can I ask for the landlord’s name ahead of time before meeting with the agent when signing lease? What is the safe procedure in this? Please help me out.

Also. At first the agent was saying that lease till April or 12 months with I am fine with the first. Then I was saying according to the rules it is supposed to be going month to month after. The agent sad that landlord might wanna come back, he is not sure about his contract overseas which I assume can happen and I would need to move out. Now he says that till April because landlord would want a group of six people moving in in May (6 room house so he will be renting the whole house to a group of people probably). Would this be legal to have me moved out?