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girlcrazy_420 · 08-13-2011, 06:37 PM

Not sure where to post...

Our landlords are.... hard to deal with.

Today while we where out our landlord called us and told us our rental suit has too much furniture and that our floors where dirty so they swept and mopped and tidied up our living room.

Ok, pardom me... WHY THE FUCK WHERE THEY IN, LET ALONE CLEANING MY HOUSE.

Secondly: I've got a 1990 5th wheel on OUR side of the driveway and they said they are going to issue us an eviction notice if it is not removed by monday as this is the 3rd time of them telling us this. Do I legally need to remove my trailer? its a 19ft... insured and CLEAN in OUR SPOT... This is my main issue. Must it be removed? I'm paying for the fucking parking spot.

I've got a set of summer and winter tires in our shed, they MUST BE REMOVED FROM PREMISES. (says the evic letter)... Once again, I dont understand why I am not allowed to keep my seasonal tires in the shed.

And finally, our pool must be taken down by monday. The renters upstairs helped set it up, they use it... they like it. It is brand new on a cement pad out in the yard. It has a cover, its nice... its new. Are they even allowed to tell us what we are, and not allowed to have in our yard??

And, they DEMAND the yard be cut every 4 days. They stop by on the 4th day and literally yell at us. Its bullshit. We're paying $1200 for a basment suit for the record.

hchang · 08-13-2011, 06:48 PM

Tell them to go fuck themselves with a cactus.

Evicting under those circumstances are illegal iirc but regardless Legal or not you shouldn't be taking this kind of shit from a landlord, let alone if you're paying 1200/month for a basement suite.
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Culture_Vulture · 08-13-2011, 06:49 PM

you gotta learn to use "where" properly, bro.

falcon · 08-13-2011, 06:49 PM

Lol, I think it's time you read up on your rights and tell your landlord to fuck off.

girlcrazy_420 · 08-13-2011, 06:51 PM

I've been reading the rights, and I cant find anything about vehicles, pools etc.

spideyv2 · 08-13-2011, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Culture_Vulture

you gotta learn to use "where" properly, bro.

girlcrazy_420 · 08-13-2011, 06:57 PM

yeah thanks tips ^^ I obviously dont give two shits

Graeme S · 08-13-2011, 07:03 PM

Reasons for eviction include non-payment of rent, non-payment of utilities, illegal actions, and so on and so forth.

THey are legally not allowed to enter your suite unless they have given you 24 hours' written notice. If they try and evict you without reason and without sufficient notice, you are legally entitled to call the cops to order them to let you back into YOUR suite. If I were you I'd start taking pictures and a small inventory of everything just to make sure nothing goes "missing" while they try to evict you. If you do not have a lease agreement, then you are considered to be on a month-to-month rental agreement which (for all intents and purposes) can only be terminated by YOU, not them.

If you are paying for the use of an area, and it is specified in the lease/contract (side of the driveway, back yard), then they are not allowed to specify how you use it unless it is against local bylaws. If you are responsible for maintenance, then the maintenance must be reasonable; cutting the yard every 4 days is not.

Long story short: the law's on your side, but the more you stick to it, the more it sounds like your landlord is gonna be a dick.

girlcrazy_420 · 08-13-2011, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Graeme S

Reasons for eviction include non-payment of rent, non-payment of utilities, illegal actions, and so on and so forth.

THey are legally not allowed to enter your suite unless they have given you 24 hours' written notice. If they try and evict you without reason and without sufficient notice, you are legally entitled to call the cops to order them to let you back into YOUR suite. If I were you I'd start taking pictures and a small inventory of everything just to make sure nothing goes "missing" while they try to evict you. If you do not have a lease agreement, then you are considered to be on a month-to-month rental agreement which (for all intents and purposes) can only be terminated by YOU, not them.

If you are paying for the use of an area, and it is specified in the lease/contract (side of the driveway, back yard), then they are not allowed to specify how you use it unless it is against local bylaws. If you are responsible for maintenance, then the maintenance must be reasonable; cutting the yard every 4 days is not.

Long story short: the law's on your side, but the more you stick to it, the more it sounds like your landlord is gonna be a dick.

Our lease is up, we have been on month to month for about 4 months now. Our agreemend says "responsibility of tenents to cut grass/summer and snow removal/winter" so I presume that means its OUR yard. According to the tenancy acts online, our yard must be a DISSASTER and unreasonable. Its definitely one of the cleaner yards on the block. Unfortunately I cant prove they where in our house, as they told us via the phone.

Vansterdam · 08-13-2011, 07:36 PM

wow nazi landlords

Nightwalker · 08-13-2011, 07:56 PM

If you're month to month now (lease is up), I think they can evict you for any reason so long as they give you a months notice.

Gt-R R34 · 08-13-2011, 07:57 PM

First Link to all your info:
Know Your Rights & Responsibilities : RTB : Government of British Columbia

What you really need to do:
http://www.rto.gov.bc.ca/documents/F...ts/RTB-107.pdf

This with regards to your responsbilities and his.

Repairs and Maintenance : RTB : Government of British Columbia

Nlkko · 08-13-2011, 08:01 PM

They have no ground to evict you. As said, above, reason for eviction is either non-payment of rent/util, illegal actions, complaints from other housemates (has to be very bad), etc. File a dispute resolution and leave it to the arbitrator to tell the nazi landlords to go fuck themselves.

Cutting the grass every 4 days? Who the hell does that...

They can still stop renting to you if they give a month notice though. I would start looking somewhere else because it's tough renting from retards even if you have nice housemates. I've shared a house before and never again...

Sounds like you have one of those nazi landlords. I've seen plenty of those on craigslist: No dog, no cat, no hamster, no party, no guest after 10pm, no smoking, no noise, no nothing. Those people expect tenant to get home, eat, take a shit and then go to bed... Anyways, you have at least another month and a half. Start looking!

winson604 · 08-13-2011, 08:17 PM

Bet you they violate a bunch of other violations too like possible illegal secondary suite, renting without a business license etc. Report them after you leave lol.

Mr.HappySilp · 08-13-2011, 08:41 PM

Tell them to fuck off lol. If they enter your suite again I would just shit kick them. They have no rights to enter the basement which WAS RENTED to you. They need to give you 24hour notice and you can say no. Why are they even coming into the basement with no notice. I would install some small door alarm next time (the ones that doesn't require any wiring just sorta install on the doors).

O and if they contiune to to be an issue report the place. Most likely they are renting th unit illegally.

Graeme S · 08-13-2011, 08:43 PM

Illegal tenants are still protected by the RTA, just so everyone knows. The RTA was set up to protect tenants and landlords provincewide, not to enforce municipal laws.

girlcrazy_420 · 08-13-2011, 09:16 PM

Its a legal suit ^^

So speaking of the landlord, he just stopped by with a second written warning (within the past 2 days) for "not cutting the lawn as promised" Made me sign it, we had a arguement than he left. It was supposed to have been cut yesterday so the yard looked good for when he shows the house in the morning. He DEMANDED that I cut it at 9pm... so I guess i've got some work ahead of me. I gave him shit for cleaning our floors and he said he did it as a "safety concern" as they where "highly discusting" hahaha Oh my. He finally gave me the reason why the pool has to go. Since utilities is included in our overpriced rent, the pool pump exceeds our power consumption. Ok, fuck him... window a/c units, lights on 24/7... and every other power consuming device I can find. Oh, I'm fucking livid with this asshole and now I want to toy with him. its a shady neighbourhood anyways, may as well let him "try to evict us"... games sound like fun.

PRICK

Graeme S · 08-13-2011, 09:18 PM

Being a prick will not do you any favours with the RTA. In my experience, the best way that I know of to stick it to assholes is to suck it up, smile, and do your own thing.

Gt-R R34 · 08-13-2011, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by girlcrazy_420

Its a legal suit ^^

So speaking of the landlord, he just stopped by with a second written warning (within the past 2 days) for "not cutting the lawn as promised" Made me sign it, we had a arguement than he left. It was supposed to have been cut yesterday so the yard looked good for when he shows the house in the morning. He DEMANDED that I cut it at 9pm... so I guess i've got some work ahead of me. I gave him shit for cleaning our floors and he said he did it as a "safety concern" as they where "highly discusting" hahaha Oh my. He finally gave me the reason why the pool has to go. Since utilities is included in our overpriced rent, the pool pump exceeds our power consumption. Ok, fuck him... window a/c units, lights on 24/7... and every other power consuming device I can find. Oh, I'm fucking livid with this asshole and now I want to toy with him. its a shady neighbourhood anyways, may as well let him "try to evict us"... games sound like fun.

PRICK

If you want to play. Again. Read my first post.

Know your rules. What you can do and what you can't do.

Being mad and arguing doesn't do you squat.

Also, you're on month-to-month contract. If you read, if he gives you a letter on 1st of Sept, you have till oct 31st to leave. And you don't have an option. You're not signed for a year or what not.

READ YOUR RULES OF ENGAGEMENT. Then play.

Don't know the rules = you just "get" more angry cuz well, you don't know if he's right or wrong.

*REMINDER*
READ YOUR RUELS OF ENGAGEMENT : aka my first post.

Culverin · 08-14-2011, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by girlcrazy_420

ItSo speaking of the landlord, he just stopped by with a second written warning (within the past 2 days) for "not cutting the lawn as promised" Made me sign it, we had a arguement than he left.

He can't "make" you sign crap.
Sounds like you didn't take the advice of the people who have already posted and found out your rights and stuck to them.

You caved. I just hope whatever you signed doesn't come back to bite you in the ass.

k3mps · 08-14-2011, 12:17 AM

suck it up for now, anything else will make things worse.
yes, it may seem like the easiest way is the most unbearable, but to keep yourself out of trouble with the tenants (who knows how apeshit they'll go on you) , you gotta suck it up a bit.
after that, report their asses, request a search into their other properties and how tenants are being treated, etc.
obviously i don't mean sucking up as in letting them go into your rented space and cleaning about.
then find a new place ASAP.

btw you got me curious...what race are they

darkfroggy · 08-14-2011, 12:34 AM

I doubt you are telling the full story.

Landlords don't just come in your room and help you sweep for no reason. Did you have food crumbs all over the place, breeding mice? Were you attracting fruit flies? I'm also interested in how often you mow your lawn.

ptrinh · 08-14-2011, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by bonestock

suck it up for now, anything else will make things worse.
yes, it may seem like the easiest way is the most unbearable, but to keep yourself out of trouble with the tenants (who knows how apeshit they'll go on you) , you gotta suck it up a bit.
after that, report their asses, request a search into their other properties and how tenants are being treated, etc.
obviously i don't mean sucking up as in letting them go into your rented space and cleaning about.
then find a new place ASAP.

btw you got me curious...what race are they

i was just going to ask that AHA

wstce92 · 08-14-2011, 12:52 AM

I'm going to get failed, but I don't care.

It is not YOUR suite, it is your LANDLORD'S suite.
Don't like their rules, don't live it in their unit.
How would you like it if you rented something to someone only to have them treat it like shit?
Would you be ok with your friend borrowing your car for the weekend in exchange for a full tank of gas upon return, only to have him return it full of garbage, scratched up all over, and smelling like dog shit?
Each person has a different definition of "treat like shit", but you're renting someone else's property, so you should respect THEIR definition.
And for everyone who's going to say you pay rent, so it's yours; it's not.
You're not the one who's bought the place, you're not the one who's money is at risk.
Regardless of how much money we pay for rent in this city, we are guests to the owners, and we should respect them. If you think your landlord is ridiculous, move, you don't have to live there, it's not a right, its a privilege.

Nlkko · 08-14-2011, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by darkfroggy

I doubt you are telling the full story.

Landlords don't just come in your room and help you sweep for no reason. Did you have food crumbs all over the place, breeding mice? Were you attracting fruit flies? I'm also interested in how often you mow your lawn.

And I doubt you have lived with many landlords. The OP definitely have a stinky scumbag who want to milk money out of tenants. Most landlords wouldn't give a fuck what the hell you do in your suite unless the neighbors and housemates complain about it. Too much furniture? Sorry, not his problem.

And the landlord doesn't seem to know the law. Entering tenant's suite without prior notice is a big no no, let alone clean them.

Is mowing the lawn every 4 days written and signed for in your tenancy agreement? If not give him the middle finger. Cutting the grass every 4 days is the most retarded thing I've ever heard. Normal people with their own house don't do that for several weeks. I can understand the outdoor pool though.

In the end, if your story is true he CANNOT evict you, period. He can, however, serve you a notice of end of tenancy, which give you until at least October to find a new place. As said before, if he serve a notice of eviction, file a dispute resolution and leave it to the RTB to give him the middle finger. I would advise you looking for a new place. There's no point putting up with a scumbag like some people here advising. You'd just get more stress in the end.

$1200 for a basement suite. 2br? Or 1?

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Originally Posted by wstce92

I'm going to get failed, but I don't care.

It is not YOUR suite, it is your LANDLORD'S suite.
Don't like their rules, don't live it in their unit.
How would you like it if you rented something to someone only to have them treat it like shit?
Would you be ok with your friend borrowing your car for the weekend in exchange for a full tank of gas upon return, only to have him return it full of garbage, scratched up all over, and smelling like dog shit?
Each person has a different definition of "treat like shit", but you're renting someone else's property, so you should respect THEIR definition.
And for everyone who's going to say you pay rent, so it's yours; it's not.
You're not the one who's bought the place, you're not the one who's money is at risk.
Regardless of how much money we pay for rent in this city, we are guests to the owners, and we should respect them. If you think your landlord is ridiculous, move, you don't have to live there, it's not a right, its a privilege.

You sir, are a fucking retard. Tenants are people, we are not dogs. We pay to live in a rental property, we don't live there for free. Guests my ass. Both parties agree to a certain rules in the rental agreement and abide by it. You can't just rent out to somebody and then a few days later, show up and tell them they need to cut the fucking grass every 4 fucking days.

You say landlords deserve respect. I assume you also imply that the renters don't deserve any? You can't just storm into somebody room and clean it no matter how dirty it is. You are talking out of your ass.