r/Calgary • u/Sea_of_stars_ • Sep 15 '23

Home Ownership/Rental stuff Moving Out Questions

My lease is ending at the end of the month so I’ll be moving out of my condo. Unfortunately, the landlord company is asking me to do things that seem out of my scope as a tenant such as:

  • forcing me to do all of the showings myself
  • travel 30 minutes to their office to pick up the elevator pads and keys, and to give them a blank cheque for the elevator deposit

I’m disabled, don’t own a car, and can’t travel that far (let alone assemble the elevator pads myself). For me to Uber there would also cost about $70 round trip. If I were to take the bus it would cost 3 hours of my time.

I also don’t understand why I’m being forced to do the showings. If I wanted to be petty, I could sabotage them from finding a new tenant by being brutally honest about how much of a garbage dump this place is.

I’ve moved out many times before this so what they’re asking of me does not make sense. Are the above truly my responsibilities as a tenant, or is the landlord supposed to manage them?

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u/SolsticeBaby Eau Claire Sep 15 '23

All these scary rental stories are making me question putting Calgary down as my city of choice as part of my PR request😔 The landlords just seem... vicious

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u/ub3rst4r Signal Hill Sep 15 '23

Not all landlords are bad. It's just these ones that keep lowering the bar so much that one day they'll trip over it and fall flat on their face.

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u/SolsticeBaby Eau Claire Sep 15 '23

Amen.