Hart v Garg

Tenant wins · Milton · 2024-04-09

Adjudicator

Tiffany Ticky

Dispute

Maintenance

Amount

$5-10K

Landlord

M.G.

Tenant

D.F.H.

Landlord rep

R. Bent

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that Landlord failed to meet the Landlord's maintenance obligations under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 or failed to comply with health, safety, housing or maintenance standards. The issues included smoke alarms, exterior wood door frame, windows, exterior railing caps, and a leak in the garage wall.

The ruling

Landlord failed to promptly repair smoke alarms, exterior wood door frame, windows, and leak in garage wall, and failed to promptly replace exterior railing caps. Tenant awarded $6,048 abatement and reimbursement of filing fee. Landlord ordered to complete outstanding repairs by June 8, 2024.