TENANT’S RESPONSIBILITIES

Written By Barry Healy

Your responsibilities as a tenant

You must:

  • Pay your rent on time

  • Pay any other charges that are specified in the letting agreement, for example, waste collection charges; utility bills; management fees to the management company in an apartment complex

  • Keep the property in good order

  • Inform the landlord if repairs are needed and give the landlord access to the property to do the repairs

  • Give the landlord access (by appointment) for routine inspections

  • Inform the landlord about who is living in the property

  • Avoid causing damage or nuisance

  • Make sure that you do not cause the landlord to be in breach of the law

  • Comply with any special terms in your tenancy agreement, oral or written

  • Give the landlord the information they need to register with the RTB

  • Give the landlord proper notice when you are ending the tenancy

You should note that it may be more difficult to assert your rights if you have broken conditions of your tenancy.

 

Barry Healy
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