Real Estate Litigation Articles

Oops! Dream home was built, in part, on land owned by neighbours Case illustrates the vital importance of getting a building location survey, as house is built, in part, on neighbours’ land. What happens if you build part of your dream home on land owned by your...

Noise about pickleball rises in communities across the country By Bob Aaron Toronto Star contributing columnist. Bob Aaron says justice of the peace found noise caused by pickleball was unreasonable and disturbed inhabitants, and this breached town bylaws. With the...

How can you avoid having your home listed on the MLS database? By Bob Aaron Toronto Star contributing columnist. Despite the new rule, there are ways for home-sellers to avoid being forced to list their property on Multiple Listing Service (MLS), says Bob Aaron. At...

It failed to consider these fairly, take his concerns seriously, and provide timely responses and decisions during the process, explains Bob Aaron. A Superior Court ruling in November cost a Mississauga condominium corporation more than $50,000, plus its own legal...

It’s time to change law to protect consumers who buy pre-construction homes from builders who do not own the land they are built on, says Bob Aaron. Gary Howard and Julia Niblett signed an agreement in 2015 to buy a house to be built by a company operating as Above...

“Why would anyone pursue seemingly hopeless litigation over the right of way to a mutual driveway?” wonders Bob Aaron. This is the story of a $150,000 driveway. Hayley Fromstein and James Albiez own a house on Northcliffe Blvd. in Toronto. Their neighbour to the south...

Why resort to the courts when a transaction involving a sale of a house falls through? This case shows it can be unnecessarily costly, says Bob Aaron. Is it worth taking someone to court over a failed house purchase, assuming there appear to be grounds to do so? A...

Along comes complicated federal Underused Housing Tax, just as property owners are busy filing returns for the city’s vacant unit tax, says Bob Aaron. As if property owners in Toronto didn’t have their hands full filing returns for the City’s vacant unit tax, along...

Empty homes face tax of one per cent of provincial assessment, but some do not, writes Bob Aaron. The deadline for declarations has been extended. The City of Toronto vacant home tax has caught many owners by surprise, and understanding all of the available exemptions...

Instance of money being found in Bracebridge, Ont., focuses issue of unclaimed property in Ontario. It’s not always finders keepers, says Bob Aaron. When I heard that the Ontario Provincial Police in Bracebridge were looking for the owner of “a significant amount of...