• ramsorge
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    2 days ago

    Good for you. Personally, I can’t stand living in the city nowadays. I certainly can’t justify that rent.

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      2 days ago

      Right now, due to how long I have been there, I am paying less for a 3 bedroom apt than one would for a 1 bed or bachelor

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        2 days ago

        Dang. Lucky. Is that rent control or do you own?

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          Rental, we have “some” protections for long term renters (note my instance :) ) like limited increases each year. I have only signed a lease to move in, after the year (normal) or 2 (we negotiated for 2 years to cut even more off the rent in my 20s it was a 3 bedroom garden home for less than 2 bed apts at the time) it goes month to month (still need notice to leave on good terms) with a yearly increase, limited to a max unless there is a good reason, then they go to the landlord tenant board (or was it the Rental Tribunal) and show why they need to increase it more than the allowed limit.

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            2 days ago

            Sounds nice. I say, paying 2300 USD for a 2 bedroom in the suburbs.

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              It is. You will not find a place like mine now for 1475 CDN, even in the suburbs. I am scared to ask the other tenants what they pay.