Smith v Mackinnon

Landlord wins · Dresden · 2020-08-13

Adjudicator

Harry Cho

Dispute

Damage to Property, Serious Impairment of Safety

Notice

None

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

S.S.

Tenant

C.M.

What happened

Landlord applied to terminate the tenancy and evict the Tenant due to the Tenant seriously impairing the safety of others by lighting fireworks on the rental unit's wooden deck, and the Tenant negligently causing undue damage to the rental property by allowing a shower to flood the Landlord's office below.

The ruling

The tenancy is terminated effective August 18, 2020. The Tenant must vacate the rental unit by that date. The Tenant is ordered to pay the Landlord $2,371.44, which includes $2,196.44 for the reasonable costs of repairing the damage and $175 for the application filing fee. If the Tenant does not pay the full amount by August 18, 2020, they will owe interest at 2% annually on the outstanding balance.