Even if the dwelling is “dirty and smelling”

Note aux lecteurs : Ces articles sont des résumés de décisions rendues dans les affaires citées. Veuillez noter qu'il ne s'agit pas d'une revue de la jurisprudence et que d'autres décisions peuvent être rendues par la suite ou être différentes et changer l'état du droit. C'est également le cas si les faits ne sont pas les mêmes que ceux présentés dans l'affaire mentionnée.

IT SHOULD NEVER BE ASSUMED THAT THE BELONGINGS LEFT BY THE TENANTS ARE JUST WASTE

We are again at that most favourable time of the year for tenants to move out or to quickly abandon their dwellings.

Moreover, the good weather is back again with plenty of tenants who flee their housings, often in secret, at night.

But even if they might seem to have left, throwing away a tenant's furniture is never a good idea, unless they have written to you to do so. What seems waste to you could have significant value for the tenant. The risk of lawsuits for damages warrants taking the time to fully understand the concept of abandoning the dwelling and of being the custodian of a property in order to make an informed decision in the face of a given situation.

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11 Jun 2021

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Me Jean-Olivier Reed, avocat

Me Jean-Olivier Reed graduated from Collège l'Assomption in legal technology in 1997 and then from the University of Montreal in law in 2001. Member of the bar since 2004, he was a lawyer and building manager from 2004 to 2006.

Lawyer with Messier Soucy lawyers since 2006. He works in real estate law and more particularly in rental law and co-ownership law.

He has written several articles in the newspaper "Le Propriétaire" on various topics dealing with rental law.
He lectures to members of the Quebec Landlords Association on current topics in rental law.