Posted in Advertising, Landlords, Local News, Real Estate, Tenants, Video on Oct 31st, 2009
The Niagara Rents forum will launch on November 1st, 2009. Register and chat with other Landlords and Tenants.
http://forum.niagararents.com
Hope to see you all there!
Posted in Landlords, Local News, Real Estate, Tenants on Sep 20th, 2009
Source: St. Catharines Standard
A historic hotel-turned-student residence is on the market under power of sale — but the owner isn’t giving up on the downtown property.
The 1850s-era building at 30 Ontario St. was recently listed on an online real estate site for $5.8 million, after the owner defaulted on a $3.9-million loan from the State [...]
Posted in Landlords, Local News, Tenants on Jul 18th, 2009
Source: The St. Catharines Standard
A 45-year-old St. Catharines woman has been arrested and charged after someone rented out the same room to several people, taking their first and last month’s rent.
One tenant paid up to $1,700 to live in a Martindale Road home, and arrived ready to move in only to find several other people [...]
Posted in Tenants on Mar 8th, 2009
As a renter, you are going to get what you pay for in terms of amenities. Apartment buildings that come with a fitness center and a swimming pool and a front-desk concierge tend to charge more than a landlord with a basement for rent that doesn’t come with anything.
According to Apartments.com, these were the most [...]
Posted in Landlords, Local News, Real Estate, Tenants on Oct 1st, 2008
From the St. Catharines Standard:
A new apartment building and townhouse development on the site of the former Grey Gables School is exactly what west St. Catharines needs, city councillors said Monday.
The eight townhouses approved for Dexter Street and the seniors apartment building approved next door on St. Paul Street West “are a good mix of [...]
Posted in Local News, Tenants on Aug 5th, 2008
Eighty-seven new affordable housing units are in the works, but it’s not nearly enough to shelter the number of St. Catharines residents on the verge of being evicted, local officials say.
New subsidized apartments are being built in four areas of the city, including nine supportive-living units on Ontario Street for people with mental illnesses.
But [...]
Whether you are a landlord or a tenant, you need to know what rights a tenant gains by entering into a lease and paying rent. Below are some of the things a tenant can and cannot do:
1. A tenant can exclude everyone else from the rental property, including the landlord. Most leases, however, modify this [...]
Posted in Tenants on Jul 29th, 2008
Fees will range depending on the rules set by a particular community, but as a general rule you will find the following fees in place at most apartment communities. Be sure and keep yourself a handy copy of your lease agreement as that little packet of paper should contain information on all the fees that [...]
Posted in Tenants on Jul 29th, 2008
You’ve looked up the information on thousands of apartments in catalogs and online. You’ve located the pictures, floor plans, maps, amenities, and details of the places you’re interested in. You’ve compiled the data for 10 communities to finally narrow the field and now comes…The phone call.
The dreaded phone call to find out about specific rental [...]
Posted in Landlords, Local News, Real Estate, Tenants, Video on Jun 19th, 2008
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