Hi all CD's
Can anyone help me with the process for complaining against an illegla basement
thks!
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Truly Indian
Location: God's own country
Posted on: 11-02-06 14:18:59
Hi!
Can you explain what you mean by "Illegal Basement".
As per Ontario Building Code (OBC) , All basements are legal.
Do you mean that some unauthorised activity is taking place in any basements?
TK
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I am a Gents and not a Ladies.
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Orginally posted by tamilkuravan
Hi!
Can you explain what you mean by "Illegal Basement".
As per Ontario Building Code (OBC) , All basements are legal.
Do you mean that some unauthorised activity is taking place in any basements?
TK
Hi thanks for the concern
What I mean is that if an individual house owner is renting out his basement which has not been registred...that is not disclosing income from it.
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Truly Indian
Why you need to do that? Has any illegal basement caused any damage to you?
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A Proud Indian Canadian
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Orginally posted by tamilkuravan
Hi!
Can you explain what you mean by "Illegal Basement".
As per Ontario Building Code (OBC) , All basements are legal.
Do you mean that some unauthorised activity is taking place in any basements?
TK
Isnt there a rule that you cant finish a basement for atleast 2 years in a new house? Also, rules regarding installation of stoves are different between scarb and markham? There are also instances of city /fire department disallowing residence in a finished basement due to safety concerns (specicifc cases only).
In all these cases the basement rental would be illegal, I believe.
TK, you are in this business, you should be able to comment.
Hiren
Location: God's own country
Posted on: 11-02-06 20:00:18
Hiren,
I am busy at this moment to access the by-laws (if any) restricting the finishing of basement for 2 years after construction but i can tell you this :
From my personal experience, i have seen basements being finished even when the house is being constructed ( without even architectural drawings) and so i donot think that there can be any such restriction.
Just a common sense thinking : Do you think that a country which allows toilets / Habitable rooms like bedrooms to be built without windows would not allow people to live in basements? I think not.
India has a specific rules which requires min. area of openings for toilets and habitable rooms.
TK
On a side note : This case looks like the tenant living in the basement of the Landlords house and paying his rent by cash to the Landlord. The tenant may have asked for the rent receipt to claim ontario rental tax credits and maybe the landlord says that he canot do this b'cos he is not disclosing this in his tax return as a rental income. So the tenant wants to know if he can report this. This is what i infer. if it is not , please excuse. I am not writing this to offend anyone. I will edit my post if it offends someone. Thanks in advance
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I am a Gents and not a Ladies.
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Orginally posted by tamilkuravan
Hiren,
I am busy at this moment to access the by-laws (if any) restricting the finishing of basement for 2 years after construction but i can tell you this :
From my personal experience, i have seen basements being finished even when the house is being constructed ( without even architectural drawings) and so i donot think that there can be any such restriction.
Just a common sense thinking : Do you think that a country which allows toilets / Habitable rooms like bedrooms to be built without windows would not allow people to live in basements? I think not.
India has a specific rules which requires min. area of openings for toilets and habitable rooms.
TK
You maybe right, but this is what I understand from home owner friends here...correct me when you get to know the facts. Thanks.
I m sure you have lots of experience with construction activities, but since we are discussing an 'illegal' situation here, I was referring to legality only...everything thats being actually constructed is not necessarily legal.
Hiren
