Legal Real Estate Advice
Navigating Rental Items in Real Estate Transactions: Ensuring Clarity and Accuracy
When it comes to listing agreements and Agreements of Purchase and Sale, dealing with rental items, such as hot water tanks, water softeners, furnaces, or air conditioners, can be a complex task. To avoid potential issues, it’s essential to confirm the true nature of these items and ensure they are accurately disclosed in the contracts….
Everything Toronto Residents Need To Know About Residential Front Yard Parking
Front Yard Parking permits are not transferable. Each new owner of the property must apply to the city for his/her own permit, which, if granted will include the payment of certain fees. It is the responsibility of the new owner to ensure that the existing front yard parking pad is legally installed. By calling 416-392-2489,…
What is WETT: Wood Energy Technology Transfer?
Wood Energy Technology Transfer Inc. (WETT Inc.) is a non-profit training and education association which functions as the national registrar of the WETT program to promote the safe and effective use of wood burning systems in Canada. The Wood Energy Technical Training program is designed to: “provide training to those who offer wood energy products…
Pets: Are they allowed in rental apartment buildings and condominium buildings?
Although pets cannot be prohibited in rental apartment buildings in Ontario, they can be regulated and prohibited in condominiums where the condominium declaration so provides, BUT service animals must be allowed for owners/residents with a disability. The Ontario Human Rights Code trumps the condo Declaration. The condo corporation can ask for medical confirmation of the…
Navigating Tree Laws in Ontario: An Essential Guide
Navigating the complexities of tree laws in Ontario and specifically Toronto, particularly with property boundaries involvement, can be intricate and daunting. This comprehensive guide aims to clarify critical aspects property owners often grapple with, including dealing with overhanging branches, planting trees on property boundaries, managing a neighbor’s trees that encroach onto your property, and understanding…
Mortgage Down Payment Help From Parents: Is It a Gift, Loan, or Trust?
My mom gave me $50K to help with my down payment: is it a gift or is it a loan or did a trust just get thrown at me? Many parents are financially assisting their adult children to purchase real estate. Sometimes it’s a few thousand dollars; sometimes significantly more. Is this financial assistance a…
What’s So Important About A Condominium Status Certificate?
The purchase of a condominium differs in many regards from the purchase of a house. Condominiums are created by statute and the Declaration, Rules and By-Laws of each condominium differ. Here are some of the questions that you and your agent should be asking each other: Are pets allowed? What kinds of pets? How many?…
The APS calls for my seller to terminate the tenancy so the buyer can move in. The buyer is a corporation. Is it legal?
Here’s the bottom line: Section 49 of the Residential Tenancies Act allows a seller/landlord to terminate a tenancy within a residential complex that contains no more than three (3) residential units, or a condominium unit; if: (i) The seller/landlord has entered into an agreement of purchase and sale to sell the residential complex; and (ii)…
Acting in Good Faith – What does this mean in a real estate agreement?
Is there a duty to act in good faith? Did you know that sole and absolute discretion financing, home inspection or even a lawyer’s approval conditions won’t let a buyer terminate for buyer’s remorse! Here’s the bottom line: In Canada, there is no independent stand alone duty to act in good faith, neither in the…
What Is A “Survive Closing Non Merger” Clause?
In real property law, all promises merge (i.e. end) on closing when the purchase price is paid by the buyer and the deed is delivered by the seller unless the agreement of purchase and sale otherwise provides, expressly or impliedly, or unless a new agreement is made by the parties. In order to ensure that…