Help notic of inspection from city of calgary

[Ph1515]

I've been a long time landlord and pride myself on having clean/safe rentals for my tenants. I've never had any major issues over the years except for the usual small items will all face. However yesterday I received a letter from city telling me they will need to view my rental as a complaint was made. The basement is indeed illegal in zoning and I don't have separate furnaces. Everything else is up to date egress windows, smoke alarms, thick drywall etc. I am wondering what I should do before inspection? May thought was to remove stove, wiring from electrical box etc. The last thing I would want to do is rip out kitchen and make my tenants of 5 years homeless. Has anyone had this inspection done? What would make things easiest on myself inspector and most importantly tenant. I have put in parking pad and tenant parks there only 2 cars total for home so not a parking issue. And I am in good standing with neighbors just replaced our fence last year and I did all the work. Can't for the life of me figure why someone would complain....that's the most disturbing part. Anyways any info would be most appreciated I'm at a loss for what I should do. Thanks

 

[Thomas Beyer]

We had this done to our up/down bungalow in Kamloops. Result indeed: rip out kitchen, disconnect and cover 220 V electric boxes AND ask basement tenant to move elsewhere. This is the most likely result here too, unless you get a lenient inspector.

Yet, the city whines about lack of affordable housing.

Yet, massive wage disparity between public and private sector – with focus on Edmonton and Calgary http://www.cfib-fcei.ca/english/art...e-municipal-spending-hurts-entrepreneurs.html

Welcome to socialist Alberta & Calgary. Not the province it used to be. Maybe in 2019 it’ll change and 2021 in Calgary?

 

[Ph1515]

Thanks for reply I was thinking of doing that (removing stove and electrical box) also removing all tenants kitchen items and taking doors off between the suites. This would make it a shared dwelling and then just move everything back. I know this is a pain but it's a good place and I don't want to displace my tenants. I'm guessing the inspector only reports on what he sees on date of inspection....hopefully he's cool.

 

[Thomas Beyer]

Thanks for reply I was thinking of doing that (removing stove and electrical box) also removing all tenants kitchen items and taking doors off between the suites. This would make it a shared dwelling and then just move everything back. I know this is a pain but it's a good place and I don't want to displace my tenants. I'm guessing the inspector only reports on what he sees on date of inspection....hopefully he's cool.

A wise move. Kitchen ok incl fridge. Not ok is 220 v stove. 220V Outlet has to be covered / removed.


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[Matt Crowley]

To my knowledge all secondary suite permits need to go before city council in Calgary which is a hilarious waste of resources. Apply for the permit, go to city council and ask for an exemption. They probably won't give it to you... but part of the ridiculous process is that your suite is miles better than the C level product out there. Need to keep hammering city council with this story. It just hurts affordability for the city for really no benefit. If you bring a USB and put together a power point you can flip through slides. Also call up your Councillor, we need political movement on this issue and there is the will if we have the backbone to push a bit.

Otherwise you are stuck basically shutting down the suite. Or you need to invest in an additional furnace ($15k?).

But the city needs to change.