Mould complaints can take years
One in four Montreal apartments is afflicted by mould, but complaints to the Régie to force a landlord to act can take years.
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Steve Q 08:05 on 2019-03-12 Permalink
I would suggest to not pay your rent if it’s the case, you are then forcing the landlord to bring you to the régie and thus turning the table around. If he/they want their rent, they have to fix the problem, that’s it. And if you want to be legit while doing so, you deposit the rent at la régie.
Of course by doing is not a guarantee that the landlord will fix the mould problem, but more often than not, it makes them act much faster.
Ephraim 10:25 on 2019-03-12 Permalink
More than a little Catch-22…. get the landlord to fix it.. now does it mean he has to renovate to fix it, forcing you out of the apartment for months? Does it go to the regie for an increase in rent to off-set the cost of fixing it, making your apartment dearer, so in the end, you really pay for it, or does it legally make the place uninhabitable (like black mould) and therefore insurance has to be called in and the building demolished, so you have no place to live.
(And then of course, we have the question of who caused the mould. Can a landlord go after a tenant for undue care to his property?)
Kate 21:13 on 2019-03-12 Permalink
Ephraim, isn’t that kind mould caused by a degree of structural neglect that goes beyond anything a single tenant can do to a building? Maybe unless they were running a grow-op.
Ephraim 21:29 on 2019-03-12 Permalink
Sorry Kate, but no. Sometimes as simple as not turning on a ventilation fan when showering, humidifiers, using a dryer that isn’t vented outside are all sources of such kinds of mould. Once it starts, it grows. You would be shocked how much damage a single tenant can do over a number of years.
Heck, you would be surprised the amount of damage that a single tenant can do in a number of days. I have a broken sink caused by a dropped old fashioned glass into a bathroom sink.