So you’re having an open house. Remember to tell your realtor sex is not OK

by admin | Nov 9, 2018 | 2018 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Real estate lawyers get asked all kinds of oddball questions. Last week, one of my colleagues asked me how to respond to his client’s query about returning after an Open House at her home to find one of the neatly-made upstairs beds in complete...

Condo owner on the hook for inaccurate ‘clean’ status certificate

by admin | Oct 26, 2018 | 2018 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca What happens when an owner receives an incorrect status certificate issued by a condominium corporation? That was the issue in a case before the Ontario Court of Appeal earlier this year. Back in 2013, Dante Reino purchased a condo unit from his...

Derailing energy audits will benefit home sale process

by admin | Oct 12, 2018 | 2018 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Ford’s call to derail energy audits will benefit the home sale process The Ontario government’s decision to repeal the Green Energy Act has also changed the rules for homeowners looking to sell their properties In an email to me last week,...

Clearing the smoke on condo no-smoking rules before cannabis legalization

by admin | Sep 28, 2018 | 2018 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca There is no right enshrined Canadian law that allows smoking either cannabis or tobacco in a rental property With the legalization of marijuana next month, landlords, tenants and condominium owners may still be uncertain about their rights to...

Make an offer, but beware — in an uncertain market, property law can hurt you

by admin | Sep 14, 2018 | 2018 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca An Ontario Superior Court ruling this year urged property buyers against overextending their finances in the wake of a failed deal. “When the residential real estate market is a rising market, most people — perhaps with the exception of...

Cottage purchasers need to know land boundaries of lakefront property

by admin | Aug 31, 2018 | 2018 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Fluctuating lake levels put the principle of accretion to the test in a recent court case “Buy land,” wrote Mark Twain. “They’re not making it anymore.” But he wasn’t quite correct. The famous author probably didn’t know...