My landlord tried to evict me over a basement suite that wasn't even legal

After 3 years of living in a converted garage off 118th Ave, they served me a 14-day notice last month and now I'm stuck fighting it because the city says the unit was never registered.

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2 Comments

aaron8961mo ago

Nah, I gotta push back on this one. You knew you were living in a converted garage - that's not exactly a secret. Landlords are slimy, sure, but 3 years in an illegal suite and now you're shocked they're trying to clean house? The city doesn't just let that slide forever, and if the unit was never registered, that's on you too for not checking before you moved in. You signed up for a sketchy situation, bro. Now you're stuck in a fight that could've been avoided if you just did a quick search on the city's rental registry website. Sucks you gotta deal with the 14-day notice, but playing the victim here feels a bit thin when you were getting cheap rent on an unregistered garage for years.

barbara_taylor831mo ago

Doubt it's really that big of a deal honestly. The city probably has way bigger problems to chase after than some garage conversion that's been around for years. Feels like the landlord is just panicking and the whole thing will blow over once they realize nobody's coming after them.