by Chris Seepe | Nov 13, 2019 | Columnists, Featured
LTB – letters known to residential landlords as Landlord & Tenant Board but better described as “Loves Tenants Best, Landlords To Blame, Let Tenants Be” and other similar themes. Perhaps the most divinely inspired joke is the anagram of “landlordtenantboard” –...
by Chris Seepe | Aug 27, 2019 | News
Most residential landlords would say without hesitation that Ontario’s annual rent increase guideline does not fairly reflect the true cost of operating a residential rental property in Ontario. Is that really true? I couldn’t find anyone – landlords, government...
by Natalka Falcomer | Aug 13, 2019 | Featured, Legal Issues
There is a general misconception that residential tenants may terminate their leases at will, without consequences or without any specific notice requirements. This simply isn’t true and can lead to financial consequences for the tenant. If the tenant leaves without...
by Chris Seepe | Jul 3, 2019 | Featured
Four years ago, I attended a presentation about Darlington, Ont.’s nuclear plant refurbishment program. They projected 2,000+ full-time and perhaps 4,000 “transient” jobs would be created over the next 10 years. I asked the general contractor what their plans were for...
by Avi Rosen | Jun 24, 2019 | Legal Issues
Many agents come to our office with this problem. The agent has executed an Agreement of Purchase and Sale while there is a tenant on the premises and the purchaser wants vacant possession. We were initially retained to defend a client on a matter of unauthorized...
