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For me, it is someone tells me their mortgage is very high.
Curious if this is something people in Vancouver actually do — like informally renting out unused space (garage, basement, spare room) to neighbours who need somewhere to store their stuff. Seems like a gap in the market here. Would love to hear if anyone's done it or would consider it.
I am on every affordable housing list possible, including bc housing ofc.
I have a rental subsidy up to $600 that will follow me if I move apartments
I have disability of $1523 a month and
I work part time for the health authority as a support worker but I depending on my hours I make 1400 biweekly some cheques because of it.
I can absolutely afford rent at an slightly uncomfortable but totally manageable $1500 a month
I have literally never been late on rent in the last 13 years of being a renter. I am very reliable for rent
Although my credit is shit and I think that’s what’s really getting me.
I am so desperate to live alone and if I don’t find something soon I am going to have to keep paying the full rent at my place of $2117….
I’ve applied to so many places on Craigslist, marketplace, a bunch of the random rental websites. I’m having no luck and I really need to secure a place before June 1st or I won’t be able to give notice for my current place until July and it’s just another extra month of paying way to much living alone.
Does anyone have any suggestions at all??
I own a home in Vancouver that I live in since 2024. It is my principal residence and every year I make sure to declare my home owner's status for BC and as well as submit my empty home/vacancy declaration for the city. However, I am looking at my 2026 property tax notice and there is a penalty of $49.50 and I can't figure out what it is. I pay my taxes on time every year. When I log into my Vancouver.ca account, I see that there is an "Advance tax" added each year, on top of the regular property tax for which I get credited with my home owners grant.
I am guessing the penalty might be from missing the deadline for the "advance tax notice". But my bigger question is do we pay 2 property taxes in Vancouver? I previously lived in another metro Vancouver area and I do not recall having to pay 2 taxes. The other odd thing is the Advance tax was issued in Nov in 2025 but in Jan in 2026. Why would the city expect us to pay these 2 taxes so close in time?
Hi all, I've been on the hunt for housing and it's been a while since I've scoured the rental market / interacted with new building managers / landlords.
I came across the listing below and had a very unsavoury interaction with the building manager over the phone-- shouting about how myself and her other applicants had not yet given notice to their current landlords, then promptly hanging up on me. My plan was to provide notice for the end of June at my current place and begin a new lease in the middle of June to give myself some overlap between places and have a smooth move-- Though I didn't get the chance to explain this before being shut down.
Was this an unreasonable plan? Or was this landlord just particularly short fused?
Anywho, please beware folks that the person fielding calls for the below listing is not very kind and I think I dodged a bullet with being tied to an ignorant landlord. Cheers.
https://vancouver.craigslist.org/van/apa/d/vancouver-kitsilano-character-apartment/7933092333.html
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I'll be relocating from Egypt to vancouver on the 10th of June, and I'll need a furnished room to rent for short/long term (depends on the location).
Ideally in downtown, but wouldn't mind if it's anywhere within a 5/10km radius.
Budget: 900$/1000$ (utilities included).
A bit about myself:
My name is Sofian (You could call me Oufa 😇), 32, single, love pets, love music, easygoing, don't smoke, don't drink, work in tech.
I moved into a two unit house and am splitting the electricity cost with the other tenants. I suspect the other tenants are running a home laundry business as I can hear their machine running for 5+ hours on end most days.
My lease doesn't prohibit business activities. There is no way any normal family needs to do that much laundry. Is there anything I can do since I'm partially finding the electricity costs for their business? Plus there's the noise associated with it (not crazy loud, but it's definitely noticeable).
Also, I should mention that the other tenants have more "power" than me -- they manage the utility bills, the electrical box is in their unit, and they have been in the main unit for many years.
Edit: Can we please just assume for the sake of discussion that it is a business (there are laundry gig jobs fyi). In that case, do I have any legal recourse or is asking nicely all I can do? If I am in fact assuming the worst of a perfectly normal laundry situation, then you can bask in the knowledge that I will be found to be the ass soon enough.
I’m sorry to contribute to the onslaught of this kind of post, but I often have a hard time navigating this kind of thing and I want to be sure I’m understanding the best I can before responding to my landlord.
I’ve lived in this place (not in Vancouver) for 5 years. The last lease agreement I signed was a fixed term until April 30, 2026. My landlord selected 2.E (the tenant must vacate at end of lease) and wrote in the reason box “end of lease unless they wish to stay”. They have done this on all of our lease agreements over the 5 years, but this is the first time we have carried our agreement into month-to-month.
In March, my roommate reached out to our landlords expressing his wish to move out. Lucky for me, he understood that as a student, finding a place and moving while writing exams in April would be really difficult for me. He said he was willing to remain until the end of May in order to help me out. No mutual agreement was signed.
In my landlord’s reply, they stated that May wouldn’t be a problem and that they could extend through June (for just me) if needed.
In April, I had a phone call with one of my landlords, to discuss what I would like to do. When she asked, I told her I love living her and if it were possible to stay, I wondered if there was room to negotiate rent for a single person. Her response was a long-winded and vague rant about how she can’t stand to live as she is anymore. Ultimately, I came to learn that since she left her husband four years ago (when we moved in they were living together upstairs) she has been bouncing around and most recently has been living in an RV she owns at a nearby mobile home resort. She told me more than I care to know about her desire to move back into the house (with her mom, in which case they would occupy the upstairs, and her to-be-ex husband might wish to move into the downstairs suite I occupy), that her ex doesn’t know, and she would probably have to get an attorney involved to fight him on it.
All of this was news to me and I took it as an “I need you out ASAP”. I told her I would do my best to find something by the end of May, and asked if I could use her as a reference. Again, there was nothing in writing and no mutual agreement signed. I didn’t say I was leaving, just that I was looking.
As soon as my exams ended in mid April, finding a new place became a priority but it has been extremely difficult. I’m going from a two-income shared space to having to find something alone. I’m in my 30s with no savings or additional means, I’m disabled without financial support, work part-time through school, and I have a cat. My parents have offered to supplement my rental costs so that I can afford a reasonable market value rental, but together we cannot afford anything top dollar. I have sent about two dozen inquiries over the last month with almost no replies. Everything else is geographically prohibitive, too expensive, a tiny shoebox studio, or won’t allow pets. The few I’ve heard from already had a list of applicants pending. Several times a day, I scroll through FB Marketplace and Castanet listings, and I’ve joined several Okanagan housing groups. I’m trying to be the first person to respond now.
On Friday, my landlord messaged me for an update, informing me that she has already found a tenant for her trailer as of June 1st, suggesting that I have to be out by then so she can move in. I told her I still hadn’t found something and that it is still my priority.
Today, she has messaged again, saying she is anxious and does not “have the capacity to extend the date past the end of May”. She “has other commitments” and is unwilling to change them (whatever that means).
This is the only place I’ve rented in BC. I came from Alberta where tenant rights are practically non-existent. After googling and reading about my rights in BC, I think I’ve come to understand that what my landlord is trying to do is play loose and fast, hoping for the best so she does not have to go through official routes.
Can someone confirm for me that none of this has so far been a legal way to end a BC RTA?
If I’m understanding correctly, either we all need to be signing a RTB mutual agreement form based on agreed terms, or my landlord should have issued a RTB eviction notice. And, in either case, I (and my roommate, but he’s happy and easy going) should have been given some months of notice. Since it is my landlord wishing to occupy my space, it looks as if we should have been given 3 or 4 months of notice and offered one month of rent in compensation (or given one month of free rent) along with said eviction notice.
I’ve loved living here and they have repeatedly called us their most favourite tenants. I had no intention to sour our relationship. My roommate and I are exes, he’s moving in with his new partner, and I am worried about carrying the cost alone but looking forward to moving on as well. I do not wish to make this difficult for anyone, and I am doing everything I reasonably can to accommodate my landlord’s wishes. The text message I received today, however, felt threatening, and it’s putting me in a difficult position. I’m putting off finding summer work so that I can pack, and if I can still find a place to move for June 1st, I will be as prepared as possible to do so. But the listings I’m seeing now are starting to appear for July 1st, and I’m worried that I might not be able to schedule movers to help me (my parents offered some cash for this since they’re in Alberta and I’m alone out here) since at this point, it’s getting down to the wire on scheduling notice.
I’d like to respond to my landlord’s email from March (where she offered May AND June), telling her that it’s not likely I will meet her expectations of being out (and having carpets cleaned as per our lease agreement) by June 1st. I’d like to attach both the RTB mutual agreement form and eviction form, and ask by which they would like to proceed. If they are firm on the June 1st date then obviously no mutual agreement will be met, and they will be forced to evict me, give me several months notice, and likely have to compensate one month of rent. Obviously I have no intention of running out those months of notice and will move as soon as I can find something. I just don’t appreciate how this seems to be playing out to make me the bad guy…
Can anyone confirm that this is the best way to proceed?
I rent on the 32th floor of a high-rise managed by a management. 6 nights ago around 3 am a pipe was burst at the 13th floor and caused flooding downward. The fire alarm went off, water was shut off, and elevators were completely out of service. I have a herniated disc and back pain and couldn’t safely walk down 32 floors by stairs, so I missed 2 scheduled work shifts.
Water was back after a day. Elevators are working since yesterday but only by calling to a security number, telling them your floor and security being in the elevator with you. You can’t call it yourself from your floor. It isn’t causing big delays right now but it still feels like a restricted setup.
The amenity floor is also closed with no ETA. It includes gym, bookable rooms etc. Amenities aren’t specifically listed in my signed lease, but they were advertised in building materials/listings and showings.
I emailed management when the elevators were fully down, but they didn’t replied to me still.
Has anyone dealt with something similar? Mainly trying to figure out what my next steps should be and whether it’s worth asking management for a rent credit or compensation.
I genuinely feel for the people who’s apartments were flooded but also trying to understand my options since it's sad for this kind of issue to happened in a relatively new build...
Hello I am looking for some legal advice. I currently rent in the Vancouver area with my roommate in a 3 bed 2 bath condo. We’re both women in our mid twenties, and agreed to a one year lease starting last September. Our landlord told us he would look for a third FEMALE tenant to occupy the empty room, with whom my roommate would share a bathroom with. He also promised to provide us with more furniture such as a new sofa and dining table, which were big reasons why we decided to sign on to the lease and live there.
However, these were communicated and promised verbally, and so not only did it take him nearly 6 months to get us the new dining table, he has told us that he would move in and live with us starting tomorrow without any prior notice or discussion. This not only breaks the promise he made during the signing of our lease of a strictly female living environment, but also makes me and my roommate extremely uncomfortable having to live with our middle aged male landlord, especially my roommate who has to share the bathroom with him if he starts living with us. He has also been aggressive and rude in text to us previously, so we feel unsafe as well being in the same living space as him. We have communicated we don’t consent to him just suddenly moving in like this and the mental distress it is causing us. He has not responded and we’re unsure what further actions to take, as we aren’t too sure about the legality of the whole situation. Any advice would be appreciated!
Extra note, he never mentioned he would be living there before, and only became more aggressive recently after the census, so not to assume but I’m wondering if it could be related to him suddenly wanting to move in?
Update: he’s actually moving into the common living space, he’s there right now moving his bed in, my roommate and I are going to look for temporary lodging
Hi everyone. I’m moving to Vancouver this summer to start a new job in Sept. I’d like to move in around August 1. My plan is to arrive Vancouver July 1, stay in a short term rental and start looking for a place as I understand doing it in-person is best and most places become available at least a month before. Once I find a place I’m flying back home and driving back to Van to bring my car and dog for an Aug.1 move in date.
My question is on average how long will I find a place? I have excellent credit and income, medium sized dog, and looking for a place around Fairview/Mt. Pleasant/Commercial drive areas. I booked an Airbnb for 3 weeks. Not sure if I need longer. Thanks!
Hi everyone,
My wife and I recently checked out a unit at 1155 The High St (MOne Metropolitan Residences) in Coquitlam and really liked it, especially the higher-floor units. We’re first-time buyers though, and neither of us has lived in a high-rise concrete tower before, so we’re trying to do as much research as possible before making any decisions.
Would love to hear from anyone who currently lives there or has lived there in the past.
How has your experience been overall?
Some things we’re especially curious about:
The building seems well located and we couldn’t find major red flags online, but real resident experiences would honestly help a lot.
Appreciate any insight even small things people usually don’t think about before moving into a high rise.
P.S. Just doing some early research for now we’ll be getting the strata documents next week as well.
Hi
I’m looking for some advice. I’m a single mom of an 11 year old, I’m making around $20 an hour working between 10-30 hours weekly. I can’t provide paystubs to this effect but I do have a child support order for $2100 a month plus I earn the child tax credit of $750 and I’m hoping to qualify for the rental support.
My biggest issue is finding someone who will return my messages and call for a rental. Then those who do, stop responding almost immediately. It seems they screen me out before even talking to me and I can’t get a chance to even see a place.
Does anyone have any advice for me? What can I say on applications and messages to get their attention?
I’m seeing rentals for between $1500 and $2000 that I am interested in.
I’ve recently moved into a basement suite, a friend of mine rented it before me and said she paid about $100 per month for utilities. I was sort of shocked before the whole townhouse I was living in before was about $60 per month.
The property manager sends the total every month and she transferred it over, she never asked to see the bill. The lease says we pay 30%. There’s no one living upstairs, there’s one other suite they rent but it’s a single guy living there. I’m going to ask to see the bill when the manager sends the total owed, but I’m already seeing some red flags with this manager so I’m nervous she’s going to create an issue about it. Has anyone dealt with this before? Do I have to pay it without seeing the bill?
I am on PWD and I want to know how to improve my chances of getting approved for housing in the future
So I’m a working professional relocating to Vancouver for my wife to attend a program that will allow her to further her career and double her salary.
We are thinking 2k a month since she only be working part time and hope to move for July 1. I’ve had some offers but I may be committing to Pitt Meadows. We have been looking at places and we found a laneway home in Burnaby toward the west end section.
It’s pretty small, and I’m having a hard time committing. I am a record collector, and while I don’t need to blast my music the detached aspect appealed to me. I also would like to attend concerts in Vancouver. I also own two cats which has rules us out of a few more appealing spaces. Is it harder to find rentals in June for July?
Should I just commit to my current prospect? Maybe an older apartment building is better (I prefer low rise).
If you are over 55 and recently bought your first place with a minimum down payment, tell me your story. Does this ever happen? How?
Hi everyone. I’m moving to Vancouver this summer to start a new job in Sept. I’d like to move in around August 1. My plan is to arrive Vancouver July 1, stay in a short term rental and start looking for a place as I understand doing it in-person is best and most places become available at least a month before.
My question is on average how long will I find a place? I have excellent credit and income, medium sized dog, and looking for a place around Fairview/Mt. Pleasant/Commercial drive areas. I booked an Airbnb for 3 weeks. Not sure if I need longer. Thanks!