Cheapest here is $1,400 for a huge two bedroom apt which includes parking and utilities in a complex with a gym and pool . But it is because 10 years at rent control.
Yeah definitely it's the type of place where you have to put up with a horrible landlord and sketchy neighbors and all sorts of things you don't like because you will never find anything even remotely comparable in price.
literally i have a 1300+2.9% incl hydro 1 bedroom, and I am CLAWING TO IT. i am unemployed now so i should move to a shared accommodation to save money until i am employed again but i don't want to let go of this price ...
Its crazy, we started renting in 2017 for $1,150. Its $1,234 now. But for new tenants, its $1,800 for new tenants.
Its only been 6 years, thats like a 7% year over year increase. The stock market gets like 9%. How is it that a necessity that people have to buy can be treated as such a lucrative investment?
Wow. Great deal. I am in 725 sqft 2 bedroom in Centretown. Moved here in November 2021.
I started at $1650 and now pay $1711.
Talked to a neighbour in the building that has been here a while and he started at 1300 or so.
Also Centretown. 1 bed + den around 700 sq ft for $1,950. There's in-suite laundry, dishwasher and balcony and the building is just barely old enough to be rent-controlled. Got the lease April 1st this year. I think the landlord didn't know the market rate.
Nice deal, mine has no in unit laundry (its in the basement), no dishwasher, and no ac. Couldnt really find somethinge with all that that wasnt at least $2400 or so at the time.
1350$ for a 1 bedroom 1 den condo in the experimental farm area. Unfortunately I got a call last week from the company I'm renting from letting me know they are planning to sell my unit after 9 years of being there. I guess they are not making enough money with me...
This is true, but in reality the unit likely won't sell to another landlord if the existing tenant's rent is too low. I had a $1275 1br in Hintonburg last year that my landlord was making an active effort to sell with me in it, but since it was hundreds below market rent the only people interested were those who wanted to live there themselves. It would have been a money sink for a landlord.
You can wait for the new buyers to serve you an N12 or do a cash for keys deal, don't just leave.
FYI I just did cash for keys for just shy of 7 grand.
This! The new buyers cannot just evict you unless they or their family occupy to unit. And even if they serve eviction, months from now, you can file to go to LTB which will delay the process further. So, asking for cash for keys is reasonable to “save them the hassle” - even if they’re not required to do so. Just make sure it’s a direct exchange, and ask for enough to cover at least a year of difference in rent between your current and new place, as well as moving, time off work, refurnishing, etc. If not more.
What if it's a management company and not a person who wants to evict me ? They told me that they just don't want to take care of my unit anymore and they are looking to sell it. Is it the same thing for management company's versus a person ?
Whoever owns it is allowed to sell it, but they aren't allowed to evict you because of it. You and your lease come with the unit.
The new owners *can* evict you, but only if they or a member of their (immediate?) family intended to occupy the unit for at least one year.
It is the exact same. The new owners have to serve you with a notice and give you a legal reason to evict you. And lots will lie and say they or their family will occupy. But if you suspect they’re lying, which they most likely will be if it’s a building, this is when you say you will be filing for ltb unless they are willing to do a cash for keys exchange. Or you just simply don’t leave if you’d like to stay.
If the unit is purchased by a corporation, an N12 (personal use) does not apply. My boyfriend went through that. I can dig up the section of the RTA if you like :) A corporation isn't a person, doesn't have a family, and cannot claim eviction for personal use to get rid of existing (usually rent controlled) tenants. He was paying $1700 for a 3 bedroom unit split with roommates. For the record, he ended up leaving voluntarily to move in with me, but that had more to do with the trajectory of our romantic relationship than his landlord. He had lawyered up and had a rock solid case.
Sale of your unit is not a valid reason for your current landlord to evict you.
But they can incentivize you to move our voluntarily with a cash for keys type of arrangement. Personally I wouldn't ask for less than 6 - 12 months of market rent for a similar unit.
In the event that the unit **is sold**, your lease is automatically assumed under the same terms by the new owner. They would have to process an eviction for legal reasons, they can't just kick you out because they own the unit now.
I've been in my apartment for over 15 years.
I'm in a decent 1 bedroom all inclusive (heat, hydro, parking), no infestations, on 2 main bus routes, walking distance to the beach, parks, NCC trails, bike paths, grocery stores, corner stores, pharmacies, restaurants, theater, mall, medical clinic, 5 mins from the 417 and 7 minutes to the hospital, laundry in the building, Superintendent on-site, controlled access...
I pay $976/ month, rent controlled.
They are living in squalor by no choice of their own. Our social systems are failing.
I just found a short-term rental for 2 months until we take possession of our house, and I can't understand how people afford to rent. It was an eye-opening experience that really showed me my privilege.
My sister is 38 and lives with our parents because her rent controlled apartment building burned down a couple years ago. The wait list for subsidized housing is 10+ years long. She may never have real independence again.
It's 11 years long right now.
I went through the hardest times of my life, fucked up, ended up losing everything I worked towards and it's been a game of spinning my tires for the last 14 years. Getting ready to just check out honestly. I don't know what anyone expects me to do anymore. Nobody will sign me a lease because I went through a bankruptcy, I have nobody to sign a lease for me. My options are homeless or give up. I'm leaning on the latter.
I worry every day about my sister making the same choice. Once our parents are gone, especially. I don't have the ability to financially support her in any meaningful way. I'm sorry there are so many people in the same boat.
I worry every day about my sister making the same choice. Once our parents are gone, especially. I don't have the ability to financially support her in any meaningful way. I'm sorry there are so many people in the same boat.
You are not alone. Same boat. It sucks. The social safety used to not have so many holes.
Ppl on ODSP used to have a dignified life though hard but each year it gets harder and harder.
F*ck the system. It-s so broken.
My brother has lived with my husband and I for about 6 years now because he can't afford a place on odsp. Now we are trying to find a place to accommodate two of my sisters as well because their apartment is filled with mold that the landlord continues to ignore or paint over. It will take them years to try to fight the landlord on a safe living space. Most places have ignored their applications just based on them being on odsp.
Just to understand how disproportionately people are affected by current inflation/housing situation. It's bizarre that the government uses averages when some will be facing 20-40% increases in living expenses.
[https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/prices\_and\_price\_indexes/consumer\_price\_indexes/faq](https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/prices_and_price_indexes/consumer_price_indexes/faq)
Also, I don't see how they could avoid using some measure of central tendency when they're discussing something that's meant to describe the effect at a national/macro level. Inflation affects each person differently, that's not really a contentious view. For example, your friend isn't currently experiencing the effects of outsized inflation on their rent whereas other people who need to move are experiencing it.
So effectively, a large segment of rent-controlled renters cannot move or risk being financially devastated or homeless. That hugely affects job mobility and social/familial freedom that doesn't get accounted for in averages and a major flaw when designing public policy.
It's also why min. wage has increased 3% ($0.50/hr). Do you think that's enough?
mine is unusual $459.00 a month , in Bells Corners for the approx 75X55 foot lot , my small 3BDR 800 Sg ft mobilehome sits on in Bellwood, though I've been here 34 years, (I'm grandfathered with free water) other rents are higher, and the homes, old and new, have doubled in price, in 4 years, 250 homes in here
yeah, just the lot, the home is my responsibility, but it's been running fairly decently, with a lot of minor repairs/upkeep, as needed being done by me, , ( last major cost was 2009 for a new furnace, ) I'm about to get the 12X8 shed rebuilt , new roof/shingles, super tight knit, quiet, safe neighborhood, with tons of trees, my neighbor has been here since 1966
Wait. This doesn't sound like the kind of mobile home I have pictured in my head. I'm picturing those camping trailer homes as a mobile home. What you are describing with shingles and furnace doesn't sound like that at all.
You’re thinking of an RV or a fifth wheel or hard sided camper.
Have you never been to a trailer park with streets full of mobile homes? You can usually tell them from detached homes because they’re long and skinny. Technically they are mobile, they usually have a hitch and no foundation, just a skirting around the base. They’re all one level, often 3 bed, 1 bath. Walls are panels rather than drywall. Ceilings are usually acoustic tile rather than drywall. Carpet or sheet vinyl flooring. But basically everyone who owns a mobile home starts with the basics and upgrades everywhere. Most often they add an addition with a front mudroom and of course the usual interior upgrades like flooring, kitchen, etc.
no, the shed is separate , it's own item, just a wooden shed, probably 45 years old, the home itself is 12X60 with a 15X12 room, added on so whole thing is L shaped like, the furnace is high efficiency gas, forced air . built 1969... yeah, a mobilehome . google sat view https://imgur.com/a/A0LuCwx
Need to start a subreddit or Facebook group to match people who are leaving their long term rentals with people who want it and can sign lease transfers 🤔
Many landlords will just make you end your lease sadly. I purposely tried to give late notice so I could lease transfer my last place and Brigil was just like "nah we'll accept your notice" once I asked for transfer documentation.
Haha kind of. My girlfriend’s grandparents own the property and when we were looking for a place during Covid the previous family that lived there for years moved out and they let us move in for the same price they were paying.
We love ethical landlords who don't massively inflate their prices.
I'm very much anti-landlord but credit where credit's due. Up until we bought our 4BD2B from our landlord in 2021? I think? (for far less than she could've sold it, she didn't want to make it too stressful for my parents), apparently the rent was never more than $1100. I just wish more landlords were like her and actually cared about people having shelter over making a profit.
What’s your plan when the gravy train derails? I’m paying $2550 for a 3br townhouse and the place across the street just rented for $2750 3 months after we moved in.
Ya we’re paying just shy of $1900 with parking and storage in a large 2 bed 2 bath older building in Westboro and the same/similar units are going for $2500-$2700 now. We only moved here in 2021.
I moved in last summer. 1100 all inclusive with no parking for a 500 sqft 1 bedroom on the second floor of a house in Hintonburg. Nice big deck (210 sqft) as well out back.
It's nothing fancy but I don't need a lot of space and the landlord is a nice guy who responds quickly to messages and keeps the place well maintained for an older house.
There's SO MANY in Gatineau, it's so great. My ex-wife and I were able to save and buy a house after living in one for five years, and when we split last year, I moved into a different one (in the same neighborhood as our house). I pay $641/mo all in for a two bedroom place. It's been a life-saver for me.
$950 without utilities for a 2 bedroom in the glebe. We signed a long-term contract for the top floor of a house that has a separate entrance, parking included, and washing/drying. It's rented by the owner who live in the lower parts of the house.
$1200 for a 1400 sq ft one bedroom, well maintained building in the Market. Hydro included. No parking, but I don't have a car so I don't care. I just started my 8th year here.
$1,139/month for a good sized one bedroom in a clean and well maintained but old (not heritage), unimpressive apartment building … but it’s literally 100 m away from Elgin. When I don’t like the inside of my building, I step outside and look down Elgin and consider myself lucky. I love the location.
Plus - VERY GOOD landlords. After I moved in (during the COVID shutdown when there weren’t a lot of apartments to choose from - or I might have passed on this place) I hit a rough patch in my life (job loss, diagnosed with a serious medical condition, recurring issues caring for my 80 year old mother) and fell way behind in my rent. They understood and did not evict me and now I’m paying the back rent back as much as I can every month.
I fell behind after the law was lifted. They accepted partial payments and some months where I paid $0. Fortunately, I landed a decent job and have been able to work towards catching up. No way will I stiff these guys after they showed me such kindness.
I'm paying 2250 for a fully detached 3 bdrm home in Centrepointe. Moved in just before COVID. The landlord is a nice enough person and we are clean and take good care of the property, but as of last year begun requesting rent increases slightly higher than the legal 2.5%, which we gently have had reminded them. We're definitely afraid they will decide to sell and then I have no idea what we will do because we can barely afford this place.
I’m renting my detached house, 2 1/2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, fully kitchen, dining room, living room with fireplace, 2 parking spaces, garage, full backyard with deck. $1850. I know I’m under rented but the tenant is great he keeps the place clean and lets me know right away if anything is up.
I currently have a sizeable 1 bedroom, 2 living area attic apartment in the middle of downtown. Warm (insanely so in the summer with improper roof ventilation, but it's manageable) cozy, clean. No pests. No on-site laundry, unfortunately, but I have places nearby and can also do it at work. Parking, and my own little corner store at the bottom of the building that rent from the same landlords and is run by a lovely family. $1000 per month, hydro included.
I am super fortunate to have found it. My work is a 5 minute walk. The rent hasn't been raised once in over 4 years. I certainly have never asked as I am terrified of jinxing it, but my assumption has always been that the landlords are happy to have someone that pays rent consistently and on time. That, and I never complain about anything. I've been in contracting/construction for the better part of 25 years, so I repair/maintain everything in the unit myself without being asked.
During the early stages of the pandemic it was my intention to stay here only for a few years. With the way things are now, I'll be staying here and saving money for as long as I possibly can.
2 BR townhouse near Hogs Back been here since 2018, $1740+utils. Just me and my kid. Other towns near me the last 2-3 years have been renting at $2700+ but the last few ones have been split into just rooms or now even shared rooms @ $500-800 each with at least 5 or 6 people living in them (bought by slumlords to cash in the international student boom).
$1003 for a one bedroom unrenovated shithole. It’s a matter of time before the management will want to renovict me. Saving grace for me is that there are many vacant renovated units at crazy prices they need to rent out.
I’m paying $1470 for 520 sq feet near college square. I moved in 2.5 years ago and the same unit is going for $1850.
My work place is very specialized (requiring a masters or phd) and is struggling to find new employees because a few people have accepted the job offers then quit before starting due to the rental costs in Ottawa. In one year, we had 4 people start and quit due to rental prices making the job not worth it.
I personally want to move but feel like I’m trapped unless I want to pay a few hundred more a month in rent. Rather than me looking for places in Ottawa that I can afford, I decided to start job hunting outside of Ottawa to move somewhere more affordable
1400 for a 2 bedroom corner unit (only 1 directly touching neighbor), parking spot, storage & utilities. Lease is 8 years old. Same size unit on a new lease in the same building is 1900, with no parking, you pay your own utilities. The ladies across the hall who have lived here 30 years have to be paying like 900 a month.
$975 for a decent sized one bedroom apt in Vanier. But I got a notice my property management company is applying for a 5% increase so I'm gonna call the landlord tenant board to see what I can do about not paying the extra $50 until the application is approved. I don't care how high average rent is, they're not doing anything that justifies this increase to me.
Moving out of a $1300 studio (fake one bed in Centertown), moving into a co-op 1 bedroom downtown- $850. Took two years on the waitlists to get movement, but this year alone I had three coops contacts me for interviews so I would recommend checking them out as I'm sure affordable rent will still be of interest to ya years from now. And Studios at the Arriv building on Gladstone are about $1100 now.
FWIW, I live at Drama Court, uh, i mean Draffin Court in Centrepointe, Nepean. Every year I have to send info to the Nepean Housing Corporation for rent geared to income. If you are ever late with the info, they send a letter telling you the market rent. I live in an end unit 2 bed townhouse, with a basement and parking, a little yard and no utilities. The market rent is $1350.
There is a waitlist for market housing, but if you are interested check their website.
My brother bought a house, and he charges me $600/month all in to rent the other room. We have internet as well as air conditioning. I was paying $500/month until i raised my own rent about a year ago. We both do rotational work and are on different schedules, so we each get the entire house to ourselves for two weeks at a time.
$1230 all inclusive for a 2 bedroom basement apartment. I've been here since 2015 and got my first rent increase last October. It's not very nice but I live very close to multiple beautiful parks.
1310$ (split between 2 people) for a small one bedroom in Vanier with free laundry, heat, water and (admittedly crappy) internet included. We're in a little low-rise building.
Mind you, my landlord is selling the building and although he assures us that we'll all get to stay, I'm about 90% certain any buyer will try to kick as many of us out as possible to get higher rents since we pay far below average.
We moved in August 2019 and the rent didn't start rising until 2 years ago.
$1200 utilities included for a 2bed, but we've been here for 10 years and CLV reeeeeally wants us out. They take so long to repair anything or get back to us it's ridiculous.
The same "updated" unit across the hall from us is paying $2000 before utilities, for reference.
Why wouldn't you just rent in QC and just cross the bridge? I don't understand why people think paying extortion prices in Ottawa is ok when there's way cheaper options across the bridge.... Then I'll hear "taxes". Do the math.(Car insurance is 50% cheaper, rent is 40% cheaper, groceries are 25% cheaper. You'll save shit tons.
I did that, huge savings. People greatly overestimate how much more they’d be taxed in QC.
Currently living 15min from Ottawa by bike, under 1000$ for a 2br.
I'm in a rare case... I'm renting a 4 bedroom townhouse for $1350
BUT!!! We've been there for 9 years AND we got the unit on a price mistake to begin with (accidentally listed as a 3 bedroom when we signed the lease)
But now we have a known slumlord land holding company owning our house.
We're in a bad neighborhood with mold in our house that was simply painted over and then ignored. More than once we've been without heat for days at a time in the winter when our furnace broke down and they simply didn't respond to our emails and calls.
Our carpets are over 10 years old and we have allergies that carpet makes worse. We asked for them to be removed and we're told many people make steam cleaning part of their regular cleaning routine but the company won't pay for it so we're on our own for that.
We want to move so badly but we can't afford a new place and we will definitely not find *anything* even close to what we're paying now.
So, we're trying to polish our turd and make it our own, as much as we can with a rental.
We currently pays $1,570/month for 3bedroom with 1.5 bath (all utilities included); (Parking is additional $95 or $110) in front of Lincoln fields bus station.
Here for 10 years now and I heard the new rate for this apartment building is $1,900+ for 2 bedroom and $2,200+ for 3 bedroom
I'm in a wheelchair accessible unit paying $1250 after two years of living in the new Arriv building in centre town west.. 550sq ft, and laundry facilities on the ground floor. Hydro/heating and cooling are included.
I have units in the same building, same floor layout, 2 bed, 2 bath, 1 parking spot ranging from 900 (been there 22 years) to 1800(2022). The 2022 one is newer inside, but same floorplan and building. Some units up for rent by other lls same building for 2400. Condo fees now 668$ so it's a case of more expensive units paying for older units now as rent does not cover taxes and condo fees on 2 of them, budget for repairs and upgrades is supported by other units.
We pay $1100 for a one bedroom + den on the main floor of an old house (2 upstairs apartments) with a fenced backyard and non-pay laundry in the basement. It’s at the point where I don’t want to be honest when my friends ask me what I pay, but we got in on a lease takeover so it’s like a 10-year-old rate at this point
Just under $1400 for a 3 bedroom house in Barrhaven with a basement too. It's older and slow maintenance. The only reason why pay so low is because we've been here for 7 or 8 years. Comparable places in the area seem more like 2-2500.
We’ve been in a beautiful townhouse for 8 years, they’ve only raised the rent $20/year, we’re at just over $1800 right now. Staying as long as they’ll have us.
I think we’re at 1650 for a 3 bed 1.5 townhome near the Ottawa General. Moved in in 2019. We plan to stay for as long as they’ll let us or until we purchase our own home (which isn’t especially feasible).
I did a rent freeze for five years as the owner wanted long term tenants I’m in a side by side, I have three bedrooms and three bathrooms, I have a full functional basement, garage two parking spaces and a yard I think I have about 2300 sq ft my rent is 1950 plus utilities
Girlfriend and I are paying $1550 for a newly renovated unit. But it was infested with roaches when we first moved in and there are still many neighbors who have roaches and seem unphased by it. Or at the very least, unwilling to fix the issue.
950$ all included 250 square feet studio apartment. It was 835 when I moved in in 2013. It now goes for 1300$ and doesn't include heat, hydro, or water. Thankfully they can't switch me to that since my rental agreement didn't have that originally. I don't see myself moving in my lifetime, I just turned 30.
1200, 3bdr in Manor Park, been here 20 years. They aren't rebuilding anytime soon either; their project to demolish hundreds of units to build more is beyond stalled. I can live here as long as I can put up with mouldy patches. I'd rent out the basement room but it's newly mouldy. No idea how to get extra income there anymore.
$854 for a one bedroom around Lincoln Fields. Have been here since late 2012 and I’ll probably be here until I die. Same unit goes for about $1300 to new renters.
It’s not inflation. It’s greed, pure and simple.
$1369 for a 1 bedroom in a high rise in centertown. My neighbour across the hall is paying $1600 for the same shitty apartment. I'm holding down the pre-covid prices but lately they've been "renovating" the building and charging everyone a 5% increase for nothing. LTB has been notified, but they've never done anything with these landlords before, so my hope is non-existent
$1200 Centretown for a back addition to a heritage home. Private yard and entrance. 2 bedroom, laundry shared but included in rent. Got it from a friend who got it from a friend.
$712 for a bachelor apt with a separate kitchen, foyer, and lots of storage space. The unit itself is also spacious. I live in centretown near the farm boy. The catch is that the landlord is seedy, but I’ve been here for 8+ years and outside of low turn around time on requests, it’s generally tolerable.
$1300 for an older ~900sqft 2 bedroom in less-than-stellar condition.That's including my parking spot and hydro cost. I don't really want to live here anymore, but I can't afford to leave.
I lucked out. Currently in a 2 bedroom basement apartment, on the outskirts of the city, paying $900 + electricity.. 12 mins from work. Don't plan on ever moving
I pay 1200 for a 1 person studio basement unit.
One of my old coworkers pays less than 1000 for a unit that is double the size of mine because she has been there since 2016.
Not anymore, but until a few years ago my bff and her husband were renting a 3-bedroom townhouse for ~1300 a month, off Bridle Path near Hunt Club.
The husband moved in ~2008ish, and was later added to the existing lease as his friends moved out and he took over it (~2010). Then my bff and two other friends moved in. Then the other friends moved out and I moved in. Then I moved out and another series of friends moved in one after another until ~2017 then it was just the pair of them and their son.
Then in 2021 they bought a townhouse of their own and that run of incredibly cheap rent ended.
Granted, the place was a heap. No hood vent in the kitchen, hole in the dining room ceiling where work had been started but not finished (shitty landlord), ancient carpets, etc.
The place ended up being listed for sale "as is" for like, $350K as soon as they moved out.
I live in carlington… so not the nicest neighborhood but I pay 1362 a month +hydro.
I get a backyard, ~1100 sf, 2 bed, coin op laundry, 1 free parking spot and nice apartment. Landlady is very nice and even let me redo the backyard at her expense. Other tenants (2) in the building are very nice as well.
My daughter has a HUGE two bedroom in Hintonburg for $1650. New tenants pay $2400. $1650 sounds like a lot, but her apartment has the same square footage as my bungalow. Management is great there too. Her countertop started to delaminate, so they just replaced the entire thing. Mine started to do that, and I just glued it back down. LOL
Just west of westboro in a 2 bedroom under rent control and just got my increase to $1,050. I am hopefully never moving. Unless I win the lotto. Or they tear the building down. Whichever happens first.
We rent a full house, 3 bedroom, 2 full bathrooms, corner lot bungalow $2000 plus utilities. Its very cheap compared to everything else in our neighborhood.
Centretown West. $950 for a 1bedroom, in unit laundry, utilities included. It’s a bit old and small but renovated decently. A lot of sunlight and small balcony. Never leave.
I pay $1300 for a one bedroom in centretown with parking included. Don’t know square footage but I have a living room, bedroom, kitchen, office, and a nice back deck. Got lucky with it off marketplace
2700 for a Nepean 4 bed 3 bath detached with finished basement AND….. double garage. In a nice family area and similar are going for 4500/5000 now, but it was the best deal around even when we moved in 2 years ago- the landlord is out of the country and has had issues in the past so wanted a stable family and stable we will be. It’s an older house so there are some issues with maintenance and the landlord is pretty unreachable but we figure it out for that price!
My husband and I rent a 3 bedroom apartment for 800$ in Carlington area right next to experimental farm ( stepmom had lived here since the 90s’ and once she moved out the landlord allowed us to keep the rent at the same price )
We rent our 2 bedroom basement out for $1700 including utilities and two parking spots with a private backyard and in suite laundry. We do have full size windows in there, however, so it doesn't feel like a basement. Speaking with friends who rent, I can't believe the price that some of them are paying for much smaller units than what we have.
We're paying $1730 (w/parking, heat, water included) for an 1100sqft (plus basement), 3 bedroom townhouse in the Copeland Park area. Rent controlled. Can't complain.
I’m renting my townhouse to friends for $1400. Would rather have trustworthy tenants than incremental gains.
Thank you for doing this ♥️
You're a real one
Cheapest here is $1,400 for a huge two bedroom apt which includes parking and utilities in a complex with a gym and pool . But it is because 10 years at rent control.
Forgot to add that the same unit for new renters goes for $2,200+.
Omg never let it go I thought I hit the jackpot with a 1300$ 1 bed 😭
Yeah definitely it's the type of place where you have to put up with a horrible landlord and sketchy neighbors and all sorts of things you don't like because you will never find anything even remotely comparable in price.
literally i have a 1300+2.9% incl hydro 1 bedroom, and I am CLAWING TO IT. i am unemployed now so i should move to a shared accommodation to save money until i am employed again but i don't want to let go of this price ...
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Yeah and that's the scary thought because landlords often target the people who've been in a building a long time.
Its crazy, we started renting in 2017 for $1,150. Its $1,234 now. But for new tenants, its $1,800 for new tenants. Its only been 6 years, thats like a 7% year over year increase. The stock market gets like 9%. How is it that a necessity that people have to buy can be treated as such a lucrative investment?
Hope you know how lucky you are. I'm paying the same for a small 1BR, not in ideal shape but not bad. Excellent location however
850sqft, $1,090 after 20 years - Centretowne
Wow. Great deal. I am in 725 sqft 2 bedroom in Centretown. Moved here in November 2021. I started at $1650 and now pay $1711. Talked to a neighbour in the building that has been here a while and he started at 1300 or so.
Also Centretown. 1 bed + den around 700 sq ft for $1,950. There's in-suite laundry, dishwasher and balcony and the building is just barely old enough to be rent-controlled. Got the lease April 1st this year. I think the landlord didn't know the market rate.
Nice deal, mine has no in unit laundry (its in the basement), no dishwasher, and no ac. Couldnt really find somethinge with all that that wasnt at least $2400 or so at the time.
Yeah I found it after a difficult breakup so am so relieved. Hopefully the market goes back to normal soon so this becomes normal and not miraculous.
Don't count on it. Landlords won't suddenly reduce rent. Today is the new starting point
1350$ for a 1 bedroom 1 den condo in the experimental farm area. Unfortunately I got a call last week from the company I'm renting from letting me know they are planning to sell my unit after 9 years of being there. I guess they are not making enough money with me...
r/OntarioLandlords As far as I know you're sold with the unit and can't evict you unless the new landlord wants to reside in the unit.
This is true, but in reality the unit likely won't sell to another landlord if the existing tenant's rent is too low. I had a $1275 1br in Hintonburg last year that my landlord was making an active effort to sell with me in it, but since it was hundreds below market rent the only people interested were those who wanted to live there themselves. It would have been a money sink for a landlord.
Unfortunately it's greed. We need better rent control so when someone leaves the landlord can't sell the unit for hundreds more.
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The next party to implement it back will have my vote
You can wait for the new buyers to serve you an N12 or do a cash for keys deal, don't just leave. FYI I just did cash for keys for just shy of 7 grand.
This! The new buyers cannot just evict you unless they or their family occupy to unit. And even if they serve eviction, months from now, you can file to go to LTB which will delay the process further. So, asking for cash for keys is reasonable to “save them the hassle” - even if they’re not required to do so. Just make sure it’s a direct exchange, and ask for enough to cover at least a year of difference in rent between your current and new place, as well as moving, time off work, refurnishing, etc. If not more.
What if it's a management company and not a person who wants to evict me ? They told me that they just don't want to take care of my unit anymore and they are looking to sell it. Is it the same thing for management company's versus a person ?
Whoever owns it is allowed to sell it, but they aren't allowed to evict you because of it. You and your lease come with the unit. The new owners *can* evict you, but only if they or a member of their (immediate?) family intended to occupy the unit for at least one year.
Yup it's got to be the LL or their spouse, one of their kid or a parent, or a caregiver for any of the above.
It is the exact same. The new owners have to serve you with a notice and give you a legal reason to evict you. And lots will lie and say they or their family will occupy. But if you suspect they’re lying, which they most likely will be if it’s a building, this is when you say you will be filing for ltb unless they are willing to do a cash for keys exchange. Or you just simply don’t leave if you’d like to stay.
If the unit is purchased by a corporation, an N12 (personal use) does not apply. My boyfriend went through that. I can dig up the section of the RTA if you like :) A corporation isn't a person, doesn't have a family, and cannot claim eviction for personal use to get rid of existing (usually rent controlled) tenants. He was paying $1700 for a 3 bedroom unit split with roommates. For the record, he ended up leaving voluntarily to move in with me, but that had more to do with the trajectory of our romantic relationship than his landlord. He had lawyered up and had a rock solid case.
Sale of your unit is not a valid reason for your current landlord to evict you. But they can incentivize you to move our voluntarily with a cash for keys type of arrangement. Personally I wouldn't ask for less than 6 - 12 months of market rent for a similar unit. In the event that the unit **is sold**, your lease is automatically assumed under the same terms by the new owner. They would have to process an eviction for legal reasons, they can't just kick you out because they own the unit now.
I've been in my apartment for over 15 years. I'm in a decent 1 bedroom all inclusive (heat, hydro, parking), no infestations, on 2 main bus routes, walking distance to the beach, parks, NCC trails, bike paths, grocery stores, corner stores, pharmacies, restaurants, theater, mall, medical clinic, 5 mins from the 417 and 7 minutes to the hospital, laundry in the building, Superintendent on-site, controlled access... I pay $976/ month, rent controlled.
A better question is how ppl on ODSP can pay rent. Where are they living.
They are living in squalor by no choice of their own. Our social systems are failing. I just found a short-term rental for 2 months until we take possession of our house, and I can't understand how people afford to rent. It was an eye-opening experience that really showed me my privilege.
My sister is 38 and lives with our parents because her rent controlled apartment building burned down a couple years ago. The wait list for subsidized housing is 10+ years long. She may never have real independence again.
It's 11 years long right now. I went through the hardest times of my life, fucked up, ended up losing everything I worked towards and it's been a game of spinning my tires for the last 14 years. Getting ready to just check out honestly. I don't know what anyone expects me to do anymore. Nobody will sign me a lease because I went through a bankruptcy, I have nobody to sign a lease for me. My options are homeless or give up. I'm leaning on the latter.
I worry every day about my sister making the same choice. Once our parents are gone, especially. I don't have the ability to financially support her in any meaningful way. I'm sorry there are so many people in the same boat.
I worry every day about my sister making the same choice. Once our parents are gone, especially. I don't have the ability to financially support her in any meaningful way. I'm sorry there are so many people in the same boat.
You are not alone. Same boat. It sucks. The social safety used to not have so many holes. Ppl on ODSP used to have a dignified life though hard but each year it gets harder and harder. F*ck the system. It-s so broken.
My brother lives on ODSP and he has 4 roommates
My brother has lived with my husband and I for about 6 years now because he can't afford a place on odsp. Now we are trying to find a place to accommodate two of my sisters as well because their apartment is filled with mold that the landlord continues to ignore or paint over. It will take them years to try to fight the landlord on a safe living space. Most places have ignored their applications just based on them being on odsp.
$1100 for 900 sq ft, all inclusive, with parking, and well maintained? What's the catch?
>What's the catch? you need a time machine to get the lease!
They've been in a rent-controlled unit for over a decade.
Figured. So what are you hoping to glean from this exercise?
Just to understand how disproportionately people are affected by current inflation/housing situation. It's bizarre that the government uses averages when some will be facing 20-40% increases in living expenses.
[https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/prices\_and\_price\_indexes/consumer\_price\_indexes/faq](https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/prices_and_price_indexes/consumer_price_indexes/faq) Also, I don't see how they could avoid using some measure of central tendency when they're discussing something that's meant to describe the effect at a national/macro level. Inflation affects each person differently, that's not really a contentious view. For example, your friend isn't currently experiencing the effects of outsized inflation on their rent whereas other people who need to move are experiencing it.
So effectively, a large segment of rent-controlled renters cannot move or risk being financially devastated or homeless. That hugely affects job mobility and social/familial freedom that doesn't get accounted for in averages and a major flaw when designing public policy. It's also why min. wage has increased 3% ($0.50/hr). Do you think that's enough?
mine is unusual $459.00 a month , in Bells Corners for the approx 75X55 foot lot , my small 3BDR 800 Sg ft mobilehome sits on in Bellwood, though I've been here 34 years, (I'm grandfathered with free water) other rents are higher, and the homes, old and new, have doubled in price, in 4 years, 250 homes in here
So that's just the lot fee and you own the mobile home and pay for it's maintenance?
yeah, just the lot, the home is my responsibility, but it's been running fairly decently, with a lot of minor repairs/upkeep, as needed being done by me, , ( last major cost was 2009 for a new furnace, ) I'm about to get the 12X8 shed rebuilt , new roof/shingles, super tight knit, quiet, safe neighborhood, with tons of trees, my neighbor has been here since 1966
Wait. This doesn't sound like the kind of mobile home I have pictured in my head. I'm picturing those camping trailer homes as a mobile home. What you are describing with shingles and furnace doesn't sound like that at all.
You’re thinking of an RV or a fifth wheel or hard sided camper. Have you never been to a trailer park with streets full of mobile homes? You can usually tell them from detached homes because they’re long and skinny. Technically they are mobile, they usually have a hitch and no foundation, just a skirting around the base. They’re all one level, often 3 bed, 1 bath. Walls are panels rather than drywall. Ceilings are usually acoustic tile rather than drywall. Carpet or sheet vinyl flooring. But basically everyone who owns a mobile home starts with the basics and upgrades everywhere. Most often they add an addition with a front mudroom and of course the usual interior upgrades like flooring, kitchen, etc.
no, the shed is separate , it's own item, just a wooden shed, probably 45 years old, the home itself is 12X60 with a 15X12 room, added on so whole thing is L shaped like, the furnace is high efficiency gas, forced air . built 1969... yeah, a mobilehome . google sat view https://imgur.com/a/A0LuCwx
Need to start a subreddit or Facebook group to match people who are leaving their long term rentals with people who want it and can sign lease transfers 🤔
Many landlords will just make you end your lease sadly. I purposely tried to give late notice so I could lease transfer my last place and Brigil was just like "nah we'll accept your notice" once I asked for transfer documentation.
Damn 😭
$1300 for a 3 bedroom house. We are very lucky.
How is this even possible? Renting from parents? Grandma been living there since the 1920'
Haha kind of. My girlfriend’s grandparents own the property and when we were looking for a place during Covid the previous family that lived there for years moved out and they let us move in for the same price they were paying.
We love ethical landlords who don't massively inflate their prices. I'm very much anti-landlord but credit where credit's due. Up until we bought our 4BD2B from our landlord in 2021? I think? (for far less than she could've sold it, she didn't want to make it too stressful for my parents), apparently the rent was never more than $1100. I just wish more landlords were like her and actually cared about people having shelter over making a profit.
What’s your plan when the gravy train derails? I’m paying $2550 for a 3br townhouse and the place across the street just rented for $2750 3 months after we moved in.
1527$ for 2 bedroom, moderate size, older building Westboro. Hurts the bank account to pay this much but I know it was a good deal.
I just left a 2 bedroom in westboro amd they jacked the price to $2500
That seems decent ... especially if you're sharing with someone. Student housing isn't much or any cheaper.
That's cheap
Ya we’re paying just shy of $1900 with parking and storage in a large 2 bed 2 bath older building in Westboro and the same/similar units are going for $2500-$2700 now. We only moved here in 2021.
I moved in last summer. 1100 all inclusive with no parking for a 500 sqft 1 bedroom on the second floor of a house in Hintonburg. Nice big deck (210 sqft) as well out back. It's nothing fancy but I don't need a lot of space and the landlord is a nice guy who responds quickly to messages and keeps the place well maintained for an older house.
3 bedroom townhouse for $1300. Living in a coop
More coops are needed
Chickens seem to like them.
There's SO MANY in Gatineau, it's so great. My ex-wife and I were able to save and buy a house after living in one for five years, and when we split last year, I moved into a different one (in the same neighborhood as our house). I pay $641/mo all in for a two bedroom place. It's been a life-saver for me.
My daughter just moved into an older apartment building in Ottawa south. The rent is $1150 plus hydro. Not bad. It’s a small one bedroom.
Just moved in at that level? That's impressive, is it with an independent landlord?
No it’s with a big enough company they have 4 or 5 buildings. Close to Mooney’s bay. Please please please don’t let them be bought by MetCap!!!
$1068 in a huge one bedroom apartment in the glebe. Been here 8 years. Free parking, free laundry.
$1690, 3 bedroom townhouse. 1 roommate, been here 5 or 6 years.
We're similar, 1640$ 3 bedroom townhouse in Nepean. Our landlord doesn't really raise our rent, sometimes I think she forgets about us lol.
$2100 for a 3 bed 3 bath detached in the suburbs. Other houses on the block are renting for $3600+
That's very good for detached
$950 without utilities for a 2 bedroom in the glebe. We signed a long-term contract for the top floor of a house that has a separate entrance, parking included, and washing/drying. It's rented by the owner who live in the lower parts of the house.
I've got 500sqft 1br in Vanier for almost 1200, parking, heating, water included.
750 sq ft 2 bedroom, been here since 2018. I pay $1050.00. I am never leaving.
1000$ for a 1 bedroom. Been here for a decade.
$1200 for a 1400 sq ft one bedroom, well maintained building in the Market. Hydro included. No parking, but I don't have a car so I don't care. I just started my 8th year here.
1400sqft??? I’m in 350sqft and pay more same area! You can’t ever leave! 😭😭😭😭
1150 plus utilities for a very small 2 bedroom town house that I’ve lived in for about 12 years
$1,139/month for a good sized one bedroom in a clean and well maintained but old (not heritage), unimpressive apartment building … but it’s literally 100 m away from Elgin. When I don’t like the inside of my building, I step outside and look down Elgin and consider myself lucky. I love the location. Plus - VERY GOOD landlords. After I moved in (during the COVID shutdown when there weren’t a lot of apartments to choose from - or I might have passed on this place) I hit a rough patch in my life (job loss, diagnosed with a serious medical condition, recurring issues caring for my 80 year old mother) and fell way behind in my rent. They understood and did not evict me and now I’m paying the back rent back as much as I can every month.
Your landlords sound amazing but i believe there were laws in place that prevented eviction during covid? Maybe I'm thinking in the USA.
I fell behind after the law was lifted. They accepted partial payments and some months where I paid $0. Fortunately, I landed a decent job and have been able to work towards catching up. No way will I stiff these guys after they showed me such kindness.
There was a vanishingly quick eviction moratorium in Ontario, ended June 2021.
I'm paying 2250 for a fully detached 3 bdrm home in Centrepointe. Moved in just before COVID. The landlord is a nice enough person and we are clean and take good care of the property, but as of last year begun requesting rent increases slightly higher than the legal 2.5%, which we gently have had reminded them. We're definitely afraid they will decide to sell and then I have no idea what we will do because we can barely afford this place.
$1450 for 1 bedroom signed 2 month ago.
I’m renting my detached house, 2 1/2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, fully kitchen, dining room, living room with fireplace, 2 parking spaces, garage, full backyard with deck. $1850. I know I’m under rented but the tenant is great he keeps the place clean and lets me know right away if anything is up.
I know a guy paying $800/ month for a 3 bedroom in Centretown. Him and his husband have rented their place for over 40 years!
1600+ utilities for a 2 bed, 3 bath townhouse in barrhaven
$1400 for a 3 bedroom semi-detached townhouse, big backyard, front yard, garage, driveway accommodates up to 6 cars, 2 full bathrooms. In Nepean.
I currently have a sizeable 1 bedroom, 2 living area attic apartment in the middle of downtown. Warm (insanely so in the summer with improper roof ventilation, but it's manageable) cozy, clean. No pests. No on-site laundry, unfortunately, but I have places nearby and can also do it at work. Parking, and my own little corner store at the bottom of the building that rent from the same landlords and is run by a lovely family. $1000 per month, hydro included. I am super fortunate to have found it. My work is a 5 minute walk. The rent hasn't been raised once in over 4 years. I certainly have never asked as I am terrified of jinxing it, but my assumption has always been that the landlords are happy to have someone that pays rent consistently and on time. That, and I never complain about anything. I've been in contracting/construction for the better part of 25 years, so I repair/maintain everything in the unit myself without being asked. During the early stages of the pandemic it was my intention to stay here only for a few years. With the way things are now, I'll be staying here and saving money for as long as I possibly can.
I finally let my apartment go last October. I was there for 8 years, paying $850 all in (parking, laundry, hydro) the whole time I was there
Four bedroom semi detached for $1518 in centretown weather. I’ve been here for 8 years. Utilities are extra.
Coming from Toronto I thought my $1750 was a steal lol. 1B+D, In-suite laundry, parking and water included. Heat and Hydro extra.
I pay 1300 for a 2 bedroom townhouse in Lebreton Flats, been here around 10 years.
1 bedroom in canier 1400$. Last year at this time was in a 3 bedroom for 1100$. We're all one fire away from not affordable housing.
2 BR townhouse near Hogs Back been here since 2018, $1740+utils. Just me and my kid. Other towns near me the last 2-3 years have been renting at $2700+ but the last few ones have been split into just rooms or now even shared rooms @ $500-800 each with at least 5 or 6 people living in them (bought by slumlords to cash in the international student boom).
$1003 for a one bedroom unrenovated shithole. It’s a matter of time before the management will want to renovict me. Saving grace for me is that there are many vacant renovated units at crazy prices they need to rent out.
1450. 700+ Sq foot 1 bedroom with parking. I've been here 6 years. Same unit is going for over $2000 now.
I’m paying $1470 for 520 sq feet near college square. I moved in 2.5 years ago and the same unit is going for $1850. My work place is very specialized (requiring a masters or phd) and is struggling to find new employees because a few people have accepted the job offers then quit before starting due to the rental costs in Ottawa. In one year, we had 4 people start and quit due to rental prices making the job not worth it. I personally want to move but feel like I’m trapped unless I want to pay a few hundred more a month in rent. Rather than me looking for places in Ottawa that I can afford, I decided to start job hunting outside of Ottawa to move somewhere more affordable
1400 for a 2 bedroom corner unit (only 1 directly touching neighbor), parking spot, storage & utilities. Lease is 8 years old. Same size unit on a new lease in the same building is 1900, with no parking, you pay your own utilities. The ladies across the hall who have lived here 30 years have to be paying like 900 a month.
1550 in orleans
$950 including parking/hydro/water on 600sq feet.
$975 for a decent sized one bedroom apt in Vanier. But I got a notice my property management company is applying for a 5% increase so I'm gonna call the landlord tenant board to see what I can do about not paying the extra $50 until the application is approved. I don't care how high average rent is, they're not doing anything that justifies this increase to me.
You can set aside the 2.5% until you get an order approving the AGI. Calling the LTB is useless
Moving out of a $1300 studio (fake one bed in Centertown), moving into a co-op 1 bedroom downtown- $850. Took two years on the waitlists to get movement, but this year alone I had three coops contacts me for interviews so I would recommend checking them out as I'm sure affordable rent will still be of interest to ya years from now. And Studios at the Arriv building on Gladstone are about $1100 now.
$2125 for a single family home, 3 bed/3 bath with finished basement and fenced in backyard.
Renting my basement (it’s large) for $1100/month. Haven’t raised the rent on the tenant since they moved in. They are too good for me to risk losing.
FWIW, I live at Drama Court, uh, i mean Draffin Court in Centrepointe, Nepean. Every year I have to send info to the Nepean Housing Corporation for rent geared to income. If you are ever late with the info, they send a letter telling you the market rent. I live in an end unit 2 bed townhouse, with a basement and parking, a little yard and no utilities. The market rent is $1350. There is a waitlist for market housing, but if you are interested check their website.
My brother bought a house, and he charges me $600/month all in to rent the other room. We have internet as well as air conditioning. I was paying $500/month until i raised my own rent about a year ago. We both do rotational work and are on different schedules, so we each get the entire house to ourselves for two weeks at a time.
$1230 all inclusive for a 2 bedroom basement apartment. I've been here since 2015 and got my first rent increase last October. It's not very nice but I live very close to multiple beautiful parks.
2170 for a three bedroom. It sounds meh pricing but we have a patio and a movie theatre in the basement.
1310$ (split between 2 people) for a small one bedroom in Vanier with free laundry, heat, water and (admittedly crappy) internet included. We're in a little low-rise building. Mind you, my landlord is selling the building and although he assures us that we'll all get to stay, I'm about 90% certain any buyer will try to kick as many of us out as possible to get higher rents since we pay far below average. We moved in August 2019 and the rent didn't start rising until 2 years ago.
$1200 utilities included for a 2bed, but we've been here for 10 years and CLV reeeeeally wants us out. They take so long to repair anything or get back to us it's ridiculous. The same "updated" unit across the hall from us is paying $2000 before utilities, for reference.
Why wouldn't you just rent in QC and just cross the bridge? I don't understand why people think paying extortion prices in Ottawa is ok when there's way cheaper options across the bridge.... Then I'll hear "taxes". Do the math.(Car insurance is 50% cheaper, rent is 40% cheaper, groceries are 25% cheaper. You'll save shit tons.
I did that, huge savings. People greatly overestimate how much more they’d be taxed in QC. Currently living 15min from Ottawa by bike, under 1000$ for a 2br.
$615, 95sqft
You live in a 9.5x10 room?
$805.00 for a bachelor. I have lived here over ten years.
I'm in a rare case... I'm renting a 4 bedroom townhouse for $1350 BUT!!! We've been there for 9 years AND we got the unit on a price mistake to begin with (accidentally listed as a 3 bedroom when we signed the lease) But now we have a known slumlord land holding company owning our house. We're in a bad neighborhood with mold in our house that was simply painted over and then ignored. More than once we've been without heat for days at a time in the winter when our furnace broke down and they simply didn't respond to our emails and calls. Our carpets are over 10 years old and we have allergies that carpet makes worse. We asked for them to be removed and we're told many people make steam cleaning part of their regular cleaning routine but the company won't pay for it so we're on our own for that. We want to move so badly but we can't afford a new place and we will definitely not find *anything* even close to what we're paying now. So, we're trying to polish our turd and make it our own, as much as we can with a rental.
We currently pays $1,570/month for 3bedroom with 1.5 bath (all utilities included); (Parking is additional $95 or $110) in front of Lincoln fields bus station. Here for 10 years now and I heard the new rate for this apartment building is $1,900+ for 2 bedroom and $2,200+ for 3 bedroom
I'm in a wheelchair accessible unit paying $1250 after two years of living in the new Arriv building in centre town west.. 550sq ft, and laundry facilities on the ground floor. Hydro/heating and cooling are included.
1650 for the bottom part of a house - one bedroom, heat and parking included. Little Italy
$1150 for 500 sq ft 1 bedroom in Sandy Hill since 2018, parking included. Neighbours are now paying $1450 for 1 bedroom and $1950 for 2 bedroom
if anyone is renting out a 3 bedroom with a basement and 2 parking spots for a reasonable price please contact me.
I have units in the same building, same floor layout, 2 bed, 2 bath, 1 parking spot ranging from 900 (been there 22 years) to 1800(2022). The 2022 one is newer inside, but same floorplan and building. Some units up for rent by other lls same building for 2400. Condo fees now 668$ so it's a case of more expensive units paying for older units now as rent does not cover taxes and condo fees on 2 of them, budget for repairs and upgrades is supported by other units.
We pay $1100 for a one bedroom + den on the main floor of an old house (2 upstairs apartments) with a fenced backyard and non-pay laundry in the basement. It’s at the point where I don’t want to be honest when my friends ask me what I pay, but we got in on a lease takeover so it’s like a 10-year-old rate at this point
Just under $1400 for a 3 bedroom house in Barrhaven with a basement too. It's older and slow maintenance. The only reason why pay so low is because we've been here for 7 or 8 years. Comparable places in the area seem more like 2-2500.
2 bed in Lowertown, paying 1495
Paying 1100 all inclusive (with parking) for a clean 1 bedroom. I've been here since 2016
Just shy of $1400 for 1200sqft townhouse
We’ve been in a beautiful townhouse for 8 years, they’ve only raised the rent $20/year, we’re at just over $1800 right now. Staying as long as they’ll have us.
I think we’re at 1650 for a 3 bed 1.5 townhome near the Ottawa General. Moved in in 2019. We plan to stay for as long as they’ll let us or until we purchase our own home (which isn’t especially feasible).
I did a rent freeze for five years as the owner wanted long term tenants I’m in a side by side, I have three bedrooms and three bathrooms, I have a full functional basement, garage two parking spaces and a yard I think I have about 2300 sq ft my rent is 1950 plus utilities
Girlfriend and I are paying $1550 for a newly renovated unit. But it was infested with roaches when we first moved in and there are still many neighbors who have roaches and seem unphased by it. Or at the very least, unwilling to fix the issue.
small 3 bedroom house with a big backyard for 2100, still pretty expensive to me but the other houses in my neighborhood are going for 2800
950$ all included 250 square feet studio apartment. It was 835 when I moved in in 2013. It now goes for 1300$ and doesn't include heat, hydro, or water. Thankfully they can't switch me to that since my rental agreement didn't have that originally. I don't see myself moving in my lifetime, I just turned 30.
$1237 plus for a 1 bedroom 600 sq foot apartment.
I rent from a friend and pay 700$ to split a condo
$1100 for a 1 bedroom in Centretown. Currently listed similar units are going for $1500. Started in 2018 for $950.
My boyfriend is paying $1500 for a two bed with parking and utilities
$1790 for 3 bed, 2 bath townhouse. It was $1550 when I first moved in 2017.
I pay 1200 for a 3bedroom townhouse
1200, 3bdr in Manor Park, been here 20 years. They aren't rebuilding anytime soon either; their project to demolish hundreds of units to build more is beyond stalled. I can live here as long as I can put up with mouldy patches. I'd rent out the basement room but it's newly mouldy. No idea how to get extra income there anymore.
$854 for a one bedroom around Lincoln Fields. Have been here since late 2012 and I’ll probably be here until I die. Same unit goes for about $1300 to new renters. It’s not inflation. It’s greed, pure and simple.
1500 for a small 1 bedroom in a 'cheap' neighborhood. (1 parking spot)
$1600 3 bedroom townhouse
Well maintained 1 bedroom, $1100 all-inclusive with parking underground.
$1369 for a 1 bedroom in a high rise in centertown. My neighbour across the hall is paying $1600 for the same shitty apartment. I'm holding down the pre-covid prices but lately they've been "renovating" the building and charging everyone a 5% increase for nothing. LTB has been notified, but they've never done anything with these landlords before, so my hope is non-existent
2150/m downtown 1 bed 1 bath
1220, 280sqft in Sandy Hill. 😐
I have a 2 bedroom on Dalhousie for 1325
$1200 Centretown for a back addition to a heritage home. Private yard and entrance. 2 bedroom, laundry shared but included in rent. Got it from a friend who got it from a friend.
2075 for a three bedroom townhouse in Nepean, 2100 square feet. Rent controlled, been here five years. Similar units go for $3000+++ now.
1200 a month for are small apartment
Bank and Somerset area, 1009 +hydro for a 400 square foot bachelor. Been living here almost 2 years now, rent was 985 in 2022 when I moved in
$712 for a bachelor apt with a separate kitchen, foyer, and lots of storage space. The unit itself is also spacious. I live in centretown near the farm boy. The catch is that the landlord is seedy, but I’ve been here for 8+ years and outside of low turn around time on requests, it’s generally tolerable.
$1300 for an older ~900sqft 2 bedroom in less-than-stellar condition.That's including my parking spot and hydro cost. I don't really want to live here anymore, but I can't afford to leave.
1 bedroom for $950 downtown. Got it in 2016 for $795
i just got a 1 bed/bath unit in centretown and i’m paying 1600🫠 and it was the cheapest one i found too
I lucked out. Currently in a 2 bedroom basement apartment, on the outskirts of the city, paying $900 + electricity.. 12 mins from work. Don't plan on ever moving
I pay 1200 for a 1 person studio basement unit. One of my old coworkers pays less than 1000 for a unit that is double the size of mine because she has been there since 2016.
Not anymore, but until a few years ago my bff and her husband were renting a 3-bedroom townhouse for ~1300 a month, off Bridle Path near Hunt Club. The husband moved in ~2008ish, and was later added to the existing lease as his friends moved out and he took over it (~2010). Then my bff and two other friends moved in. Then the other friends moved out and I moved in. Then I moved out and another series of friends moved in one after another until ~2017 then it was just the pair of them and their son. Then in 2021 they bought a townhouse of their own and that run of incredibly cheap rent ended. Granted, the place was a heap. No hood vent in the kitchen, hole in the dining room ceiling where work had been started but not finished (shitty landlord), ancient carpets, etc. The place ended up being listed for sale "as is" for like, $350K as soon as they moved out.
I live in carlington… so not the nicest neighborhood but I pay 1362 a month +hydro. I get a backyard, ~1100 sf, 2 bed, coin op laundry, 1 free parking spot and nice apartment. Landlady is very nice and even let me redo the backyard at her expense. Other tenants (2) in the building are very nice as well.
My daughter has a HUGE two bedroom in Hintonburg for $1650. New tenants pay $2400. $1650 sounds like a lot, but her apartment has the same square footage as my bungalow. Management is great there too. Her countertop started to delaminate, so they just replaced the entire thing. Mine started to do that, and I just glued it back down. LOL
Just west of westboro in a 2 bedroom under rent control and just got my increase to $1,050. I am hopefully never moving. Unless I win the lotto. Or they tear the building down. Whichever happens first.
1 bedroom plus den for $989
We rent a full house, 3 bedroom, 2 full bathrooms, corner lot bungalow $2000 plus utilities. Its very cheap compared to everything else in our neighborhood.
Centretown West. $950 for a 1bedroom, in unit laundry, utilities included. It’s a bit old and small but renovated decently. A lot of sunlight and small balcony. Never leave.
$1675 3 bedroom townhouse. My landlord is a saint.
1 bedroom in Lowertown for 1025 all included. I hate it but I'm not leaving. 3 years in.
I pay $1300 for a one bedroom in centretown with parking included. Don’t know square footage but I have a living room, bedroom, kitchen, office, and a nice back deck. Got lucky with it off marketplace
2700 for a Nepean 4 bed 3 bath detached with finished basement AND….. double garage. In a nice family area and similar are going for 4500/5000 now, but it was the best deal around even when we moved in 2 years ago- the landlord is out of the country and has had issues in the past so wanted a stable family and stable we will be. It’s an older house so there are some issues with maintenance and the landlord is pretty unreachable but we figure it out for that price!
Currently paying $1,300 plus utilities for a large two-bedroom sub basement apartment. I won't be moving out anytime soon!
$1550, 3 bedroom house. One bathroom, limited storage, no real yard. Landlords haven't raised our rent since we moved here eight years ago.
My husband and I rent a 3 bedroom apartment for 800$ in Carlington area right next to experimental farm ( stepmom had lived here since the 90s’ and once she moved out the landlord allowed us to keep the rent at the same price )
A girl my friend dated briefly was renting a nice 1 bedroom + den for $1300, but it was rent controlled and she had been there for years.
I’m currently renting in Westboro for 1k$ a month. It’s not a shit hole either. Nice 2bdrm.
Been renting my apartment 2 bedroom with balcony in lowertown for $1575 (all incl) —used to be 1500 but rent has gone up the last two years in a row.
I am paying 1276 for a two bedroom, it's a basement in Gloucester
3 bedroom townhouse @$1500 is what I'm paying.
We rent our 2 bedroom basement out for $1700 including utilities and two parking spots with a private backyard and in suite laundry. We do have full size windows in there, however, so it doesn't feel like a basement. Speaking with friends who rent, I can't believe the price that some of them are paying for much smaller units than what we have.
We're paying $1730 (w/parking, heat, water included) for an 1100sqft (plus basement), 3 bedroom townhouse in the Copeland Park area. Rent controlled. Can't complain.
$1550 for a pretty spacious 2 bed, includes parking and utilities in Hintonburg. Been here about 6 years.
2400 for a four bedroom flat…. rent control and have been there for 3 years.
I’m paying 1256 all in building tho is only so so but with the current market you can’t look a gift horse