Nguyen v Tippett Park Inc

Landlord wins · Toronto · 2022-01-24

Adjudicator

Bryan Delorenzi

Dispute

Last Month's Rent Deposit

Landlord

Tippett Park Inc

Tenant

C.N., F.N.

Landlord rep

Jelena Dizdarevic, Geoff Paine

What happened

Tenants applied for an order determining that the Landlord has collected or retained money illegally. The dispute centered around the retention of the last month's rent deposit after the Tenants decided not to proceed with the tenancy before it commenced.

The ruling

The Tenants' application was dismissed. The Landlord was found to have lawfully retained the last month's rent deposit of $1930.00 after the Tenants unilaterally repudiated the rental agreement. The Landlord took reasonable steps to minimize losses by re-renting the unit.