Desroches v Shah

Tenant wins · Sarnia · 2024-09-04

Adjudicator

Fabio Quattrociocchi

Dispute

Maintenance

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

K.S.

Tenant

W.D., B.T.

What happened

Tenants applied for an order determining that the Landlord failed to meet the Landlord's maintenance obligations under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 with respect to the furnace and refrigerator in the rental unit.

The ruling

The Landlord failed to meet their maintenance obligations under the Act with respect to the furnace and refrigerator in the rental unit. The Tenants are entitled to a rent abatement of $2,884.47 and reimbursement of $305.45 in out-of-pocket expenses. The Landlord must also remove the inoperable refrigerator.