I am a first time landlord and have rented my 3 bedroom newly renovated and fully furnished condo townhouse in Etobicoke to a family of 5. They moved in on April 4, 2020. They always paid rent in part before the due date until they decided to stop paying starting Jan 2021. So, I only received rent for only 9 months.
They won’t let us do an inspection, they kept saying someone or the other in their family was sick and might have Covid. The tenant (the woman) said she was hospitalized due to Covid which was a lie and lost her job. Neighbors have clicked pics and showed her carrying shopping bags into the unit but won’t pay rent and claimed she was in the hospital.
They sold my dining table kept in the unit on Facebook. They have hacked into the Roger cable box (rent included cable) kept in the unit and started to charge pay-per-view movies. They have illegally installed a Wi-Fi box outside of the unit and damaged the building which belongs to the condo management!
The tenant (man), threatened me on calls that if I call his wife that will be the end of it.
They provided me with all the fake documents! I didn’t know that this could happen in a country like Canada. How can job letters, pay stubs, credit reports and references be all fake?
Anyhow, we finally took a fire inspector for inspection, the place was damaged, alarms were tempered, they purposely cut all the window screens, floors were damaged, animal scratches on walls. They have 4 cats, 1 dog, 1 snake, 1 turtle, 6 kids in a 1000 sq ft unit! 8 people altogether plus all the animals and reptiles living in the unit!
I hired a lawyer who specializes in Landlord and Tenant law, who applied for L1 in March 2021 and we are having a hearing on July 12, 2021.
I am hoping to get an expedited eviction, due to the tenant willfully damaging my unit and continues to do so.
I am financially and mentally drained. I want justice!
