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Originally Posted by insomniac
the problem with the above is that again, the previous agreement was all verbal, when I called RTO they said that technically he has no boundaries on our property if there was no written agreement which confuses me as the garage is our property.
am I also allowed to ask him to stop smoking on our property? I don't mind if he does if we renew the agreement as he only does so in the back yard or porch area.
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With no written agreement, it basically comes down to precedent.
If in the past you let him store stuff in the garage, the RTB will take that as you allowed him access and storage in the garage as part of his tenancy.
Same thing with smoking, if you allowed him to smoke on the property before the RTB will take that as an allowance in the "agreement".
There used to be a couple people on RS that were really knowledgeable about the RTA, they are managers for a few apartment buildings in New West. For some stupid reason that I'll never understand they got banned from RS. It's too bad because they had a lot to contribute on topics like this. I know they're on Reddit in the Vancouver sub, post your questions there and you'll likely get better answers from them.