Earlier I hd posted about how my land lord ws cutting corners and saving the heating cost. Winter has been strong the last few weeks and he was forever shutting off the heat. The worst ws whenever his grand chilren visited, he would switch on the heater. I requested many times and he kept telling me to wear more clothes.. portable ws not working any more and inside the house the temp ws hovering around 16 to 17 degrees and i hd enough. Kids were falling sick and I looked for a new place and found one. I gave the notice on Nov 25th. He and his daughter strated yelling at me. They wanted one month rent in lieu of me moving out on the 1st. Although they were clearly at fault by not providing me with the heat, i felt it is ok to pay them the rent.( the owner is an old man and is probably living off on the rent.. call me a sucker who feels sorry for others). They had 350 dollars deposit and all i hd to pay ws another extra 90 to pay until the 24th of december. No.. they don’t want tht. They want me to pay the whole rent again anf then they will refund the 350..Tht really wasn’t making sense. I hd no guarentee tht they would pay me the money back.. so it looked like i would pay tht 600 plus 350. I hd no intention to do tht and I told them I won’t pay. As I am moving out on the 1st december, I will only pay the additional 90 to top the 350 they already hv in their hand.
I could never imagine the abuse i hd to endure from the 25th to the 1st. His daughter came home and called me a bitch. She said she will take me to court. She wanted to throw me out. She ws under the impression tht as a newly arrived ignoramous I don’t know the rules and regulations. My rights were simple. I don’t hv to live in a place with substandard heating and I told her the same. She then reached to the personal level of abuse saying tht i am a slut because i wear shorts at home. In my entire life i hv lived in 7 countries, including UAE. and never one i heard tht wearing shorts at home ws an offence.
I didn’t want to fight because i couldn’t bring myself tht low.. but she went on. I called the city council and found out from the city council tht I am staying in an illegal unit, it had no firescape and the wiring for the place is substandard(the reason why my microwave was always struggling)and I hv the right to move out. When she started harassing me over the phone I told her, i hd called the city council and this wht they told me.. her abuse became even more.. I hd no choice but to move out tht day. I hd few Malaysian friends and we moved out with their help the same day. aWhen we were shifting our stuff she came out and started yelling tht she ws throwing us out. tht I am a bitch, a slut and the other 100 things.
I learned my lesson
1. never rent a place from Indo canadians
2. Always make sure tht i can control the heating
3. always find out if the unit u r renting is a legal/illegal one
4. look for fireescape
5. check the vents and make sure they are working before renting out. Don’t ever assume tht they would work..
6. Buy my own patch ASAP.. just incase if anyone needs to buy an apt in KL let me know.. I guess there is no point keeping my place in Kl and suffering in Vancouver.