A landlord who evicted her tenant so that she and her family could move into the property, then seemingly offered to re-rent the property to the tenant for double what he had been paying, will have to pay him $30,100 in compensation after losing in B.C. Supreme Court last week.
  • KingOfTheCouch@lemmy.ca
    14·
    11 months ago

    In mid-April 2022, Kaur gave Javier a two-month notice to end tenancy for landlord’s use of the property. The eviction notice indicated that she would be moving into the home with her partner and children. According to the decision, Javier moved out on June 1 and Kaur began renovating the property. Then, in late September 2022, Kaur sent Javier a series of text messages that is partly reproduced in Justice Matthew Taylor’s decision, as follows:

    “Hi how are you doing Are you looking for rent the house? We fully renovated and extended the house with 5 bedrooms and 4 full bathrooms. Let me know if you are still interested I was like I can ask you first. But this time will be $5,000 rent. It’s with AC unit and fireplace everything brand new. If you want you can come look at it. Am putting on rent add in this week. So just telling you advance."

    Easiest $30k you could ever make, but sadly this landlord just banks it all back in 6 months (if they find a new renter).

    • garbagebagel@lemmy.world
      3·
      11 months ago

      Still though, my partner’s dad made about that much suing his landlord in a very similar situation (though the landlord wasn’t dumb enough to have invited him back), and at least he was able to afford a downpayment from his winnings so that was nice. One less renter on the market thanks to the shitty landlord.