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Being reasonable I ONCE HAD A NEIGHBOUR STORM into my apartment, screaming. He wanted the music turned down and he “never wanted to be interrupted again!”

First of all, nobody should ever walk into your apartment unannounced.

Lock your door. It prevents theft as well as unpleasant encounters.

Second of all, there are rules about what you are allowed to do in the comfort of your own home – and I’d done nothing wrong. On a Saturday afternoon I was listening to music and it wasn’t his right to expect silence.

After exchanging words, resulting in telling him to leave or I’d have to call the landlord and the police, he left.

An hour later he returned, politely knocking and asking if we could discuss the issue. He was sorry for coming in uninvited, and realized he was invading my space. He had been annoyed with my music for hours while he tried to sleep – it wasn’t the first occasion I’d interrupted his sleep, he informed me. Although he was irate, he had come to realize I wasn’t aware he was having an issue.

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We talked. It turned out my neighbour worked the night shift. He needed to sleep during daytime hours.

While I was within my rights to listen to music at a reasonable level, it greatly affected his unusual schedule.

We could have gone on – me being well within my rights, him being miserable and angry – but instead we brainstormed a solution. He saw the layout of my home and decided to move his bedroom so that it didn’t share a wall with my den. I, in turn, moved my stereo and speakers so that they were along an exterior wall.

Problem solved, happy neighbours.

You can’t choose neighbours, and you can’t always have your demands met. But with communication and a little bit of consideration, there’s often a solution that makes everyone happy.

Sometimes the neighbours can be a great part of your rental experience.

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Advice | MOVING

Five ways to make moving a cleaner, Greener process

By Chuck Resnick

WE NEED TO THINK of the environment with every activity - even moving day can be cleaner and Greener, and it doesn’t take much effort.

Waste caused by the moving process not only stems from packing supplies, but also from the waste accumulated over many years within a home. Both can be extremely taxing on the environment if not properly managed. Here are some suggestions on how to make your move a cleaner, Greener process:

1 Plan ahead. Waiting until the last minute to prepare for a move will make any environmental concerns an afterthought. Start early so you have the extra time to sort through recyclable items – in your apartment and in storage – for delivery to recycling depots prior to moving day. Typically your storage contains the highest concentration of recyclable waste, so start the sorting process there first. Consider holding a garage sale or donating gently used but no longer wanted items to a charity rather than have them end up in a landfill site.

2 Research. Survey local recycling options to find the most convenient solution for recyclables. Many cities offer curbside pick-up or “sort and drop” depots. Visit earth911.com for a list of local organizations that can dispose of all types of recyclable materials.

3 Organize. Prepare recyclables by organizing into categories: plastic, glass, aluminum, paper, cardboard, etc. Look up the requirements of the local recycler to see if there

are any additional steps needed to prepare recyclables beforehand.

4 Care for hazardous material. As you clean in preparation to move, be conscientious about the kinds of materials being packed to move with you and which items are to be disposed. Toxic items, such as paint, batteries, house cleaning products, automobile oils, pesticides and fertilizers are dangerous and cannot be transported in the back of a commercial moving truck.

Also consider these items cannot be thrown-out with your regular garbage. Look up the specialized recycling depots for toxic products in your city.

5 Reuse. Do not throw away used moving boxes when the move is complete. A well-made corrugated box is great for storage or may be reused for a future move or passed on to someone else who is moving. Contact local schools or charity organizations, such as women’s shelters, scout troops, and food banks to ask if they need boxes to redistribute donated items.

Donating gently used boxes not only reduces waste, but can be a big help in support of a good cause.

Chuck Resnick is Vice President Marketing & Operations, Two Men And A Truck – Canada, a division of Herity.

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Dundas The Valley Town

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BORDERED BY MAIN ST. W. and located between Governor’s Rd. and King St. W., Dundas is a small town, and part of the City of Hamilton.

Some refer to this as The Valley Town because of it’s low-laying location at the foot of the escarpment. It’s known for its beautiful greenspaces and charming heritage homes.

Life in Dundas is ideal for nature lovers because is situated in the middle of a conservation area offering many trails and greenspaces in and around the small town. Even the roads are scenic, with tall, old

trees and parks.

The community has a very charming downtown area with boutique shopping and and a variety of casual restaurants. It’s definitely a small-town vibe, but with a great deal of amenities – it’s a familyoriented neighbourhood, and a great community where people don’t often choose to move away.

Dundas has a lot of independent businesses located in its charming downtown area, centralized along King St. W. There are also plenty of chain stores in a couple of different

plazas for residents’ convenience, and even a bowling alley alongside its many recreational activities.

Like the neighbouring town of Ancaster, Dundas doesn’t have extensive public transit. You can bike or walk to the local businesses and grocery store in town, but having a car is key to getting around the area - and beyond. Highway 403 makes travel to other areas easily accessible, while the city is in fairly close proximity to the lake and to the Niagara region.

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Advice | THE RENTALIST

Managing the neighbours routine noise that unfortunately echoes through old buildings, from the recklessly loud and annoying schedule an actual loud neighbour insists on keeping. If you have a neighbour that consistently plays music at full volume past 11 pm, or that is just generally excessively loud at all hours, it can be unpleasant for everyone. So, how to deal with it?

The passive-aggressive way: Leave an unsigned note on their door or on the front door of the building for all residents to see in an attempt to embarrass them into submission.

The right way: Go chat with them.

Sometimes people genuinely don’t realize how clearly others can hear their music (and singing). Asking someone nicely to turn in early occasionally is far more likely to result in a compromise than leaving a note or banging on the ceiling.

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you’ve experience your share of interesting neighbours. There are neighbours that turn into lifelong friends, neighbours you keep as acquaintances and dog walkers, and then there are the bad neighbours you tell stories about to your friends.

The loud neighbour, the nosey neighbour, the barking neighbour, the “I’m a jerk for no reason” neighbour — they all have a special spot in your story repertoire.

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Like it or not, living with a bad neighbour is almost like a rite of passage in the renting world, and we all have to learn how to deal with it.

The loud neighbour Before accusing someone of being a loud neighbour, you need to take a few things into account. If you live in a basement of an old building, your upstairs neighbour is probably going to seem loud. There is a difference though, in regular

The nosey neighbour When I think of a nosey neighbour, I picture the old lady that used to live next door to me, who never seemed to approve of male guests coming over. In reality, she was nothing in comparison to a legitimate nosey neighbour — a neighbour who is constantly prying into other tenants’ lives, seemingly trying to catch them doing something wrong, like painting their walls without asking the landlord. If it’s truly bothersome, you need to find a way to deal with it.

The passive-aggressive way: Make up some worrisome gossip about another tenant to send the nosey neighbour scurrying in fear to get them off your back.

The right way: You can talk to your neighbour and let them know you’re a private person and don’t always want to share everything with them — nicely. Or you can be kind and still chat with them, but avoid divulging too much information.

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The barking neighbour If you’re annoyed with a dog barking in your building, try to remember that a little barking is normal for dogs, especially in busy buildings. If the barking is excessive — and happening at all hours — then it’s a different story. You might be worried the dog is upset or alone too often. But you really don’t know, so again, you can go about this one of two ways.

The passive-aggressive way: Leave an unsigned note on the door for the owner telling them you’re going to call animal control.

The right way: Knock on your neighbour’s door and chat with them about their dog’s barking. It’s likely they don’t know that their dog barks when they aren’t home and they’d appreciate hearing your concern over a threat.

Like it or not, living with a bad neighbour is almost like a rite of passage in the renting world, and we all have to learn how to deal with it.

The disagreeable neighbour Ah, the worst neighbour of them all.

They are loud when you don’t want to be, call the landlord when you do want to be, and they don’t hold the elevator when you’re struggling to run in with multiple bags of groceries.

If they have a dog, the dog is always barking. If they don’t have a dog, they are always complaining about yours.

All around, they are the jerk of your community. How do we go about living with this kind of neighbour?

The passive-aggressive way: There

are many options here. Call the cops when they are loud, make up gossip, leave them notes, be mean to them.

The right way: Be the bigger person and ignore their quirks. If something big comes up (bigger than them just not holding the elevator), go talk to them, or talk to your landlord about options that might work for everyone. Remember — sometimes we just happen to catch someone on a really bad day. They might not be so bad all the time.

Jackie Marchildon is a bilingual writer and editor. She spends her time searching for hidden gems across the city, whether it’s new neighbourhoods and restaurants or upcoming trends in real estate and home decor.

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New study finds Ontario’s rental housing supply is facing a shortfall of over 6,000 units per year to meet annual demand Unless supply is addressed, vacancy rates will continue to decrease and limit renter choice THE FEDERATION OF RENTALHOUSING Providers of Ontario (FRPO)

launched the ‘Rent On’ campaign to address the issue of undersupply. A new study by Urbanation warns that rental housing supply will continue to diminish and vacancy rates will drop further unless at least 6,250 additional new rental units are built each year for the next decade, in addition to the expected level of new development.

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The warning comes at a time when vacancy rates in the province have already fallen to critical levels – just 2.1 per cent across the province and 1.3 per cent in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) according to the CMHC 2016 Rental Market Survey.

The report, commissioned by FRPO, clearly illustrates the rental supply crisis, as do the number of canceled purpose-built rental

projects in the GTA. Before the introduction of Bill 124 earlier this year, proposed rental projects were at a 25 year high with 28,000 units in the planning pipeline. Since then, at least 1,000 planned rental units have already been canceled or converted to condos, including: • The King Portland Centre • Parkway Square Condos at Sheppard Ave. East in Toronto

Increasingly, Ontarians are choosing to rent for the lifestyle benefits and flexibility how more units can help. The end goal is to put pressure on decision makers to ensure there are adequate rental housing options. Ontarians can learn more at rent-on.ca and can join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #rentON. “This study truly underscores the urgency of Ontario’s current rental housing supply situation,” added Murphy. “If our government leaders fail to act now to address this crisis in a meaningful and sustainable way, the results will serve to further impact Ontario’s economy, such as through additional strain on our cities’ transit infrastructure as people are forced to commute further and further to find more affordable housing options.”

To address this problem, FRPO launched its ‘Rent On’ campaign encouraging Ontarians to ask the provincial government to take measures to allow for more housing choices for renters by introducing amendments to Bill 124.

“Ontario’s scarce rental housing supply combined with escalating house and condo prices have created a housing crisis in our biggest cities,” said Jim Murphy, president of FRPO. “The only solution is for Ontario to build itself out of this situation. This begins with our provincial leaders working with industry to identify and implement policies that create more purpose-built rental units, not less.”

Demographic trends in Ontario are leading to ever increasing demand for rental housing. Millennials, new immigrants, and aging boomers are all increasingly likely to rent, particularly given the high cost of home ownership.

The report notes that “projections indicate a substantial imbalance

between rental demand and supply in the Ontario marketplace over the next decade, which could reach potentially crisis levels in the absence of a meaningful increase in new purposebuilt [rental] development.”

Increasingly, Ontarians are choosing to rent for the lifestyle benefits and flexibility – especially among millennials and seniors.

Kate Burkholder is one of the many millennials currently searching for an apartment. Having just moved back to Toronto, she was devastated that finding a rental was so hard. “Moving back to Toronto from Vancouver, I was excited to find a better cost of living. Needless to say, I panicked when I realized there are next to no rental options. I am now looking at buying a condo outside of the city so I can afford to maintain my lifestyle.”

‘Rent On’ is a public engagement campaign designed to educate Ontarians about the economics of rental supply in the province, its impact on the real estate market, and

To read the full Urbanation study, visit nexthome.ca/rent-on

About FRPO: FRPO is the province’s leading advocate for quality rental housing. FRPO represents over 2,200 rental housing providers who supply and manage homes for over 350,000 tenant households across Ontario. Learn more at frpo.org or @FRPOFACTS on Twitter.

About Urbanation: Urbanation is one of Canada’s leading condominium and rental market research companies, providing consulting services to the housing industry since 1981.

Urbanation’s reports track and analyze the new construction, resale condominium, rental apartment and proposed development markets in the Greater Toronto Area. Urbanation also actively conducts customized research and market feasibility studies across the country for both condominium and purpose-built rental apartment projects.

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