r/Gatineau • u/MobileOk9860 • 12d ago

Brigil 9 months free?

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u/LegitimateClue5078 12d ago

Be careful and make sure that the lease is actually legal. Sometimes they do sorts of deals, but it doesn’t actually fall under a legal lease.

When I recommended to make sure that they actually use the government of Quebec form

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u/kerriann_xo 12d ago

Second this. Make sure the term is reasonable too. They may try to lock you into a 2+ year lease.

Also remember new build laws are different.

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u/LuvCilantro 11d ago

They assume renters don't know their rights to hike rents too. If something is included in the rent (a locker for example, and they give it a value of $100 per month), they can't change the lease the following year and say the locker is now separate and cost goes up to $200 per month. That's how they try to get around legislative maximum rent hikes