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https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreal-airbnb-hosts-ordered-to-pay-more-than-50000-to-condo-syndicate

Montreal Airbnb hosts ordered to pay more than $50,000 to condo syndicate

The condo complex's management had hired private investigators to catch tenants in the act of renting out units through Airbnb.

JESSE FEITH, MONTREAL GAZETTE 
Updated: January 28, 2020

 

Tenants of a downtown Montreal condo complex have been ordered to pay more than $50,000 after an undercover investigation revealed they were renting out units on Airbnb against the building’s regulations.

After several attempts to curb the problem, the building’s management had hired private investigators last June to go undercover and rent the units online, proving tenants were using the short-term rental service.

The complex’s co-owners syndicate then used the evidence collected to seek court orders to get the tenants to cease renting out the units online and pay damages for other residents in the building.

“It was a necessary step and I think the judgment lets people know what to expect if they keep renting out their units,” said Serge Labelle of MC Finance, the company that manages the syndicate. “It’s a clear and precise message that this kind of situation is not allowed and won’t be tolerated.”

The condo complex in question, the Roccabella towers on René-Lévesque Blvd., prohibits short- term rentals through its co-owners declaration and building rules. It was tenants who had signed long-term leases with owners who were then renting out the units on Airbnb.

In his judgment, Quebec Superior Court Judge Christian J. Brossard wrote the tenants knew that by renting out the condos on Airbnb “they were likely seriously undermining the rights of (other residents) and the free and peaceful enjoyment of their property.”

The judge ordered a tenant and owner to pay the syndicate a total of $37,000 and another tenant to pay $16,000. Brossard also ordered them to cease renting the units on any short-term rental website. Two of them appealed the judgment but had their appeal dismissed last week.

Management acted on the situation after repeated complaints about noise, people not knowing how to use the facilities and trash being left in the hallways, among others.

One of the tenants, using the name “Mtl Luxury” on Airbnb, had advertised his unit on the platform as coming with access to the building’s shared pool, Jacuzzi and gym.

The court requests had argued the tenants acted in a “clandestine and fraudulent manner” and “developed a scheme to avoid being unmasked.”

To go undetected, the documents say, they had someone else hand over the keys to renters, didn’t list the real address on Airbnb, had people meet nearby instead of at the complex itself and asked them to leave the keys inside the unit to not raise suspicions with reception.

The ensuing investigation caught the tenants in the act. While an undercover GardaWorld investigator picked up keys to a unit after renting it on Airbnb — for the price of $900 for two nights — another investigator filmed the transaction from his car.

The court order requests argued short-term rentals have “evolved to the detriment” of all Montrealers.

“Originally, online short-term rental platforms wanted to be an innovative concept of the sharing economy,” the requests said. “Several years later … the foundation of the sharing economy has given way to a thirst for enrichment made insatiable by rental income as astronomical as it is spontaneous.”

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La réglementation interne est faite pour protéger les droits des co-propriétaires, tout en leur garantissant la pleine jouissance de leur habitation et la sécurité des lieux. Ceux qui ne respectent pas les règles n'ont qu'à en subir les conséquences, surtout qu'ils avaient été avertis et n'ont pas obtempéré. Une bonne leçon qui devrait en faire réfléchir d'autres.

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Je sais que ce je m'apprête à écrire est terriblement ridicule et enfantin, mais je ne suis plus capable de me retenir et dire ce à quoi je pense à chaque fois que je vois ce nom  -- Roccabella: Roquet belles oreilles!  en anglais Huckleberry Hound, en italien Braccobaldo Bau, un chien bleu, personnage d'animation d'il y a une soxantaine d'années, qu'on a revu bien des fois après cette époque.  

Je n'ai jamais été tellement féru du personnage, mais j'aime bien les deux tours du Roccabella. 

(p.s. la teinte de bleu en haut des tours ressemble étrangement à celle de Roquet)

 

 

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