Cox v DESTARON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD

Split/Other wins · Oakville · 2023-05-11

Adjudicator

Khalid Akram

Dispute

Maintenance, Substantial Interference

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

DESTARON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD

Tenant

R.C.

Landlord rep

Samantha Gibson, Mark Ciobotaru

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that the Landlord substantially interfered with the reasonable enjoyment of the rental unit by failing to address an ant infestation.

The ruling

The Landlord failed to adequately address the ant infestation, which substantially interfered with the Tenant's reasonable enjoyment of the rental unit. However, the Tenant failed to mitigate her losses, so the remedies awarded to the Tenant were reduced by 20%. The Landlord is ordered to pay the Tenant a rent abatement of $2,149.44 and the application filing fee of $48.