Canuel v Tucciarone

Tenant wins · Peterborough · 2024-08-29

Adjudicator

Robert Brown

Dispute

Maintenance

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

S.T.

Tenant

P.C.

What happened

Tenant filed an application alleging that the Landlord failed to meet the maintenance obligations under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 by not removing fallen trees and brush from the backyard in a timely manner, making the backyard unusable.

The ruling

The Landlord shall pay the Tenant $623.00, which includes a $575.00 rent abatement for the period the backyard was unusable due to the fallen trees and brush, and the $48.00 application fee. If the Landlord does not pay the full amount by September 9, 2024, the Landlord will owe interest at 7% annually on the outstanding balance.