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Nova Scotia Tenancies: Can I shut off cable, internet ?
I know that as a landlord I can get into trouble if I shut off the electricity or the water. (My deadbeat tenant has been in arrears for 3 months and he won't leave).
But can I shut off the cable TV and the internet and not get into trouble ? What about the telephone ?
And please, if your not sure of the answer to this question asked, please refrain from guessing.
(Side note: I've done everything I should have properly to evict him...provincial law has stacked the deck in favour of deadbeats and I am losing my shirt on him. I don't wish to wait MONTHS more before they finally send a Sherriff to physically remove him. Even small claims court in NS is 90% unenforceable if I win...he just doesn't pay and there's nothing I can do to make him.)
That's the problem, the Residential Tenancies Board won't answer certain questions. They also give contradictory advice from the website.
The NS government recently became NDP and they are transitioning to an even heavier weighting in favour of the deadbeat tenant. I am a victim of this transition to the tune of $1600 and counting.
2 Answers
- MugwugLv 610 years agoFavorite Answer
I am not specifically familiar with the residential tenancies board in NS, but cable, internet and telephone are NOT essential services.
If YOU are paying for these services then I would cancel them with the providers (or disconnect the service from the tenant if it is shared), if the tenant pays for these services directly to the provider then obviously you have to leave them alone.
Good luck, my parents got stuck with a deadbeat tenant for 6 months here in Ontario, and it cost them a fortune (the clean-up when they got rid of them was another HUGE expense).
- elysialawLv 610 years ago
You must be familiar with the Residential Tenancy board. They should be able to answer your question.
http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/access/land/residential...
My gut instinct is that you should be able to cut those services off, but as you know, landlord/tenant laws in most Canadian provinces are weighted heavily in favour of tenants.
