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If you must clean the place in order to move in, you may be able to get money back for your labour and the cost of cleaning supplies and equipment. Keep your receipts. You may have to go to dispute resolution to get money back from the landlord. You will need proof of the condition of the place before and after you cleaned. | If you must clean the place in order to move in, you may be able to get money back for your labour and the cost of cleaning supplies and equipment. Keep your receipts. You may have to go to dispute resolution to get money back from the landlord. You will need proof of the condition of the place before and after you cleaned. | ||
===Illegal suites=== | |||
In many municipalities secondary suites, such as basement suites in houses, are not permitted and are considered “illegal”. However, illegal suites are covered by the [[Residential Tenancy Act]] and you are protected by this provincial law just as you would be in any other type of tenancy—except that the suite may be shut down by the municipality if the municipality has a policy of shutting | |||
down secondary suites. If this happens the tenant could have to move with as little as one month’s notice. If you are renting a suite in a house try to find out if it is a legal suite. If it is not, find out what the municipality’s policies are on closing down illegal suites. In terms of dealing with your landlord, you have the same rights as any other tenant even if you live in an illegal suite. | |||