Dozens of tenants fear they will be evicted from their homes

Frederick-Xavier Duhamel
Press

Buildings at 7140 and 7150, Avenue Shelley, 7530, Rs. Garnier, 3655, Rs.^e Avenue in Montreal, between six and eight units, has all recently changed hands.

Residents there have also received notices of lengthy building regulations and large jobs that are considered rent increases or unreasonable. An attorney argues that some of these notices and several clauses of the settlement are invalid.

Tenants who spoke with Press New landlords or their representatives are talking about working to raise rents for hundreds of dollars – or have already started without permission.

“They gave us a letter with 1001 terms, which makes no sense,” says Pascal Saput, 3655, a tenant at rue Bélanger for 16 years. “They told me to leave because I wanted twice as much rent,” he says.

“I’m going to lose my quality of life, I’m going to lose my place of living because these people are deciding to make money,” worries Mary-Pierre Simard, who has lived in Corner for Rs 7530 for 14 years.

“Notice of major repairs or improvements”

The tenants of the buildings on Shelley Avenue received “notices of major repairs or improvements” in September 2021, which informed them of the work they had to evacuate for three months from December to February. Mr. The documents, signed by Powell’s partner Anabel Didier-Buzzold, offer three months’ rent and $ 450 in compensation.

Some left, but others refused, like Franின்ois Picard, 73, who lived for 25 years at 7150. On his first visit, Ms.^Me Didier-Buzzold said his rent would increase from $ 200 to $ 300 after the renovation, which has not yet taken place.

In the same situation at 7140, work was started without permission. According to documents obtained from the municipality, a notice was sent by the municipality to the owners on May 20 asking them to stop work. As of June 9, no renovation permission had been applied for these two buildings.

So far, M.^Me Picard is the sole tenant of five buildings, and the current owners have taken steps to evict him in the Administrative Housing Tribunal (TAL). But, they withdrew before the trial.

“They insisted on me, really insisted, and then nothing,” said the angry Ms.^Me Picard said she could not sleep for weeks for fear of having to leave.

“She does everything she can to make the world brown,” he told Ms.^Me Didier-Buzzold.

Residents at 7530, 3655 and 6620 received lease renewal notices with a rent increase of $ 50 from $ 1.^Er July and two options: Accept it or leave campus.

However, “when the owner decides that he has options, he should write down all the options”, Ms.^e Justin Sarah, juror’s lawyer. These notices may be declared invalid because they do not state that the tenants have the right to refuse these terms.

Mr. Saput and Mr.^Me Smart, however, denied these increases and wrote the missing option before withdrawing the notice. Stéphanie St-Pierre, the tenant of the 6620, said he would accept on the condition that certain work be carried out which he considered urgent.

Building regulations

All tenants who spoke with Press – at least one of each of the five addresses – has received almost identical building codes from their new owners.

8 to 11 page documents provide tenants with a number of restrictions and obligations, including paying the costs of extermination if pests are present.

These terms include fees for a variety of situations, such as $ 50 for a building manager’s visit, $ 75 for three days late rent, and $ 450 for rent for a lease.

“Any changes to these Terms may be made unilaterally on the part of the lessee”, finally referring to the documents.

“These are meaningless terms,” says Ms.^Me Saint-Pierre, mother of two young children. I signed the rules because I said, “Listen, I have a newborn baby, she’s 2 months old, baby, so I can not bring her outside.”

According to M^e Sarah, these rules do not apply.

For example, destroying pests is the responsibility of the owner. In addition, the latter cannot change the terms unilaterally – hence the lease – according to the lawyer. “It has to be sent as a renewal notice and then it has to be accepted or rejected by the lessee,” he explains.

“Except for reasonable fees such as credit check, a landlord may not charge for the allotment of the lease, but it is not predictable. [le montant] In advance, “says Mr.^e Sarah. Many other clauses may be considered unreasonable, so $ 50 for a visit or $ 75 for late rent is not valid. A lawyer who specializes in home law says, “This is not a harm that seems realistic to me.

A Coach In real estate twists

David Powell is a well known actor in the industry. He is a Coach The Quebec Real Estate Investors Club (CIIQ) has been offering training on “Live Quickly from Real Estate Thanksgiving to FLIPS” for $ 149.95 since 2018.

“Dave Powell has built a reputation in the real estate flip world in Montreal, where he has made more than thirty real estate twists in the areas he searched for,” we read in a brief interview published by CIIQ on YouTube for three years. Before. “I started doing building renovation twists in Montreal, from cosmetic renovations to major changes,” he says in this interview. “It simply came to our notice then […] I now support investors to provide better advice on their projects. ⁇

To purchase the buildings discussed in this article Mr. Powell did business with several shareholders.

7530, 3655 and 6620 were sold to Immobilier LPDP on May 17, 2022, with its partners Gestin AB-LPD and David Powell Immobilier. Jesson AP-LPD is owned by Louis-Pierre Teslarears and Andr போn Borrier. The tenants of these apartments claim to have received visits from a representative of the unregistered owners among the shareholders.

The 7140 and 7150 went on sale on August 17, 2021. 7140 9390-0363 Quebec Inc. The company owns the first three partners, David Powell, Annabelle Didier-Buzold and Lucy Descagne. 7150 belongs to David Powell. The tenants of these two buildings are Mr.^Me Didier-Buzzold.

All of these individuals were contacted by phone or email. M^Me Tescagne has only responded to requests Press. 9390-0363 says he is not much involved in the affairs of Quebec Inc. Never visited 7140.

In addition, Mr. Powell was summoned by the Organizme d’autoréglementation du courtage immobilier du Québec (OACIQ) on June 9 for six counts of defamation and dishonesty. The OACIQ states that the result of the offense and the permit must be issued “within approximately 60 days”.