Landlord wants my tank out!

[Borderjumper]

What does your lease say? most do say NO liquid filled vessels allowed without explicit written consent.

Unless the landlord has done HUGE renos no way can he raise your rent over the current cap which you will have to check with the Residental tenancy branch to find the amount.. Guessing 5% or so

[kien]

that's sucky!! I'm curious too though, you said that your rental agreement clearly states "NO PETS" ? Did you not approach your landlord and work something out to allow you to have your tank? You've had the tank for a while. You must have communicated this to your landlord at some point or did you just ignore the clause in your rental agreement?

[Dearth]

I feel your pain been there myself when I first moved to Prince George I had 2 cats and few options too many people with pets and not responsible owners for them. I lucked out and got a townhouse rental at a great price and lived there for 8 yrs till i bought my own house and kept it well maintained and it helped the landlords loved my cats. Then when I started fish keeping they weren't ecstatic about it but as long as I didn't have water leaks or tank failures they allowed me to keep them.

Keep your chin up you will find a place it just sucks that he is such a dick about it.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Dearth

I feel your pain been there myself when I first moved to Prince George I had 2 cats and few options too many people with pets and not responsible owners for them. I lucked out and got a townhouse rental at a great price and lived there for 8 yrs till i bought my own house and kept it well maintained and it helped the landlords loved my cats. Then when I started fish keeping they weren't ecstatic about it but as long as I didn't have water leaks or tank failures they allowed me to keep them.

Keep your chin up you will find a place it just sucks that he is such a dick about it.

Yah. Honestly, I just didn't like his attitude. He was like, I don't want it here, its my business I dont care......you are very welcome sir and best of luck with your next tenant

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Borderjumper

What does your lease say? most do say NO liquid filled vessels allowed without explicit written consent.

Unless the landlord has done HUGE renos no way can he raise your rent over the current cap which you will have to check with the Residental tenancy branch to find the amount.. Guessing 5% or so

The contract only mentioned about pets and nothing about water vessels. I might be able to escalate it (not sure though) but in the end, its just gonna make my stay painful even if I stay.

Here's the rent increase quote of Alberta:

Rent Increases: Notice and Timing

There are no rent controls in Alberta. Rent can only be increased if there has not been a rent increase within the previous 365 days or since the start of the tenancy, whichever is later. Before the rent can be increased the landlord must give the following written notice:

weekly: 12 full tenancy weeks
monthly: 3 full tenancy months
any other periodic tenancy: 90 days

So Alberta doesn't have any sort of % cap of rent increment.

[kien]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

The contract only mentioned about pets and nothing about water vessels.

Fish are pets. So did you not tell your landlord that you planned to set up a fish tank so that you could work an agreement with your landlord and put it into contract as an amendment or some such thing? If you just did it assuming that it would be OK then I can see the landlord being upset about it.

[Dearth]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

The contract only mentioned about pets and nothing about water vessels. I might be able to escalate it (not sure though) but in the end, its just gonna make my stay painful even if I stay.

Here's the rent increase quote of Alberta:

Rent Increases: Notice and Timing

There are no rent controls in Alberta. Rent can only be increased if there has not been a rent increase within the previous 365 days or since the start of the tenancy, whichever is later. Before the rent can be increased the landlord must give the following written notice:

weekly: 12 full tenancy weeks
monthly: 3 full tenancy months
any other periodic tenancy: 90 days

So Alberta doesn't have any sort of % cap of rent increment.

UNTIL A few yrs ago BC had same laws but due to the "Slum Lords" and "drug addicts/dealers" using and abusing properties a lot of the laws concerning renting and renting out of properties have become much stricter in BC many of the big gangs in the lower mainland use properties in the north as grow ops and stash houses as they find it easier to stay under the radar up here than places like Hongcouver.