Drencsan v Weller

Landlord wins · 2020-01-06

Adjudicator

Anna Solomon

Dispute

Maintenance

Landlord

T.T.

Tenant

D.J., E.T., G.A., G.S., G.N., K.I., M.H., M.J., N.E., P.S., P.R., P.L., P.A., P.E., P.J., R.R., R.E., S.B.B., S.J., S.D., W.F., W.P., W.R., W.B., D.K.

Tenant rep

N K

What happened

Tenants applied for an order determining that the Landlords failed to meet their maintenance obligations under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 by failing to maintain the elevator for the residential complex in a good state of repair.

The ruling

The Tenants are entitled to a 5% rent abatement for the 106 days the elevator was out of service from October 5 to 29, 2018 and from March 13 to June 3, 2019. The Landlords shall pay each Tenant the abatement amount by January 17, 2020, and if not paid, the Tenants can deduct the balance from their February 2020 rent.