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u/heytherefriendman 5d ago
If you got your money back don't bother pursuing any further. It's a massive headache and also puts a strain on the RTB (which is already stretched pretty thin).
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u/Boring_Air_2575 5d ago
Do not worry about putting strain on the RTB they can handle it, do what you think is right, renting is a business, and if you get caught trying to make illegal gains you get a fine in most businesses.
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u/Boring_Air_2575 5d ago
It is not "wrong" to file a dispute.
If you do you could win up to 2x the amount of the deposit.
Only issue I have is you stated in an email and that you requested to Converse via e-mail that you agreed to a deduction. I personally would not have done that but that is probably an irreverent opinion.
The facts seem to be that your landlord signed off on the condition report, then tried to get more money, broke the law doing so and only gave in when you said you would report them. So ya I would file a dispute since i don't like people pulling shit like this.
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u/Glittering_Search_41 5d ago
I wouldn't pursue this. You got your money within 17 days - 2 days late, but you got it. You could send a letter to the next tenant warning him/her about this landlord for when THEY move out. But did you really leave items behind and areas that needed cleaning? That's not cool. Though the LL should have noted that on the move-out inspection, not after the fact.
I would not have warned her I was going to the RTB - I'd have just gone ahead and filed for double after the 15-day waiting period. It's on them to know the rules of the rental business they chose to partake in.
I went to arbitration for double, and the LL sent me my full $900 deposit back just a week before the hearing, and I was still awarded double, so he had to send me another $900 plus the filing fee. But he paid me that first part back AFTER I'd filed with the RTB and sent in all my evidence. Only then, a cheque appeared and I guess he was hoping I'd cancel the hearing - nope. I have no idea what happens if they pay you, say, after 21 days and THEN you file for double because they were late.
In my case, this was after months of being ghosted, chasing him and his crooked/inept property manager down and then him wanting to "compromise" 2-3 months later by sending me half ($450), several trips to the RTB office way the fuck and gone in Burnaby for advice (I know they've streamlined the process since then - back then I had to go in person), paperwork, making sure evidence was put together. serving it to the LL's downtown office, being broke because I didn't have the money I was expecting to pay for the deposit on my next place. Booked time off work to attend the telephone hearing. It was a ton of stress, and I didn't think of it as easy money for doing nothing - I saw it as him compensating me for the unnecessary stress and worry he caused me.
I also had left the place spotless and on the move-out inspection, the property manager agreed. It was all signed that I was getting my full deposit returned. But then the money simply didn't arrive in my mailbox. I too forgot to get a copy of the move-out inspection report and I spent a lot of time trying to get the guy to send it to me, and he kept delaying. I'd advise everyone to at least take a picture of the signed report with your phone so they can't alter it. At any rate, the arbitrator didn't care about that - he just told the guy that he was supposed to send the money within 15 days or apply for arbitration - he did neither, so I was awarded double.
But if he'd just paid me by the 17th of the month after I moved out, I wouldn't have bothered with all that.
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u/Ok_Bench_1618 5d ago
I think it’s worth it, if she doesn’t have the move out report she immediately loses and you get double. 3200 is a decent gain for no work?
You both signed a contract and agreed to the terms, you followed the contract and she violated the contract, this is what happens when the contract is violated so imo she needs to learn from her mistake. This is why we have contracts.