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I've got a rental property in Ontario. I've had a hard time getting decent tenants recently, I was going to throw the towel in but my next door neighbour who'd been there for 10 years said that her daughter and son in law needed a place. She promised to look after the house, and make sure that they kept it clean and that the rent was paid on time.
Said they didn't have pets and that they were quiet people. I decided to give them a chance, I figured
Well after they destroyed the carpets (with their dog, cat, 2 aquariums, terrarium and 3 snake pens) and didn't pay their rent (my neighbour told me it wasn't her problem if they didn't pay) I proceeded to evict them. Took 4 months and I paid all the court fees. When they left there was mountains of garbage, took a guy I paid 4 trips to the dump with a large truck and a large trailer overflowing. They also severely damaged the house during their tenancy and during their eviction.
So I'm not on particularly good terms with her anymore.
This is the text message I got today:
"Hey what are u doing with that rat infested house next to me . That house is discusting seriously you need to do something about it people are trying to brake in and I don't need bums around here with kids. grass needs cutting sell it for clean it gee com on. Your yard is full of rats soon I will call city we have caught like 10 rats all under your porch give me a brake pl ty"
This was my answer (did I go too far?):
"Hello D...,
Thanks for your concern.
In regards to the grass I have hired someone to come every two weeks to cut it and maintain it.
Another person is coming for maintenance of the electrical and furnace next week. Also cleaning companies will come in to maintain the interior.
When we were at the property recently, inspecting the damage, we saw no sign of rats, neither creatures nor droppings. All the food and consumables and garbage that your family left on the property and in the garden when they were evicted have been taken to the dump. I can send you the bill for that if you like.
At this time due to the extensive damage inside to the floors, walls, windows and doors that your family caused when they lived there no one can rent it out. Once the repairs have been made, I can send you the bill for that also.
I expect the total cost of repairs, according to the quotes I've gotten, to be in the range of $15,000. Feel free to pay for your family's damage.
Since your family didn't pay their rent on top of the damage they did, I've been slowly gathering the money for the repairs.
I fully intend to sell it asap. But as you can imagine having to build up the money to pay for all these repairs takes time.
So I have been contemplating other ways to get money from the house. Since the upstairs was used to host parties already by your family who broke into the upper unit I thought I could look into that. I actually have a possible lead already with the university fraternity, they are looking for a place to have their weekend parties as the university unfortunately gave them a cease and desist letter due to excessive noise, which I think is very unfair. I hope the house will suit them, when you're drinking 4 kegs of beer I doubt they care about the current condition.
I will look forward to hearing your thoughts and follow-up.
Your kind neighbor"
Said they didn't have pets and that they were quiet people. I decided to give them a chance, I figured
Well after they destroyed the carpets (with their dog, cat, 2 aquariums, terrarium and 3 snake pens) and didn't pay their rent (my neighbour told me it wasn't her problem if they didn't pay) I proceeded to evict them. Took 4 months and I paid all the court fees. When they left there was mountains of garbage, took a guy I paid 4 trips to the dump with a large truck and a large trailer overflowing. They also severely damaged the house during their tenancy and during their eviction.
So I'm not on particularly good terms with her anymore.
This is the text message I got today:
"Hey what are u doing with that rat infested house next to me . That house is discusting seriously you need to do something about it people are trying to brake in and I don't need bums around here with kids. grass needs cutting sell it for clean it gee com on. Your yard is full of rats soon I will call city we have caught like 10 rats all under your porch give me a brake pl ty"
This was my answer (did I go too far?):
"Hello D...,
Thanks for your concern.
In regards to the grass I have hired someone to come every two weeks to cut it and maintain it.
Another person is coming for maintenance of the electrical and furnace next week. Also cleaning companies will come in to maintain the interior.
When we were at the property recently, inspecting the damage, we saw no sign of rats, neither creatures nor droppings. All the food and consumables and garbage that your family left on the property and in the garden when they were evicted have been taken to the dump. I can send you the bill for that if you like.
At this time due to the extensive damage inside to the floors, walls, windows and doors that your family caused when they lived there no one can rent it out. Once the repairs have been made, I can send you the bill for that also.
I expect the total cost of repairs, according to the quotes I've gotten, to be in the range of $15,000. Feel free to pay for your family's damage.
Since your family didn't pay their rent on top of the damage they did, I've been slowly gathering the money for the repairs.
I fully intend to sell it asap. But as you can imagine having to build up the money to pay for all these repairs takes time.
So I have been contemplating other ways to get money from the house. Since the upstairs was used to host parties already by your family who broke into the upper unit I thought I could look into that. I actually have a possible lead already with the university fraternity, they are looking for a place to have their weekend parties as the university unfortunately gave them a cease and desist letter due to excessive noise, which I think is very unfair. I hope the house will suit them, when you're drinking 4 kegs of beer I doubt they care about the current condition.
I will look forward to hearing your thoughts and follow-up.
Your kind neighbor"
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