Can I get evicted if the neighbors complain about me.. even if my noise is 'normal'?

Question

I called the tenants act place because my neighbors complain because they can hear my doors open and close (my enterance echoes in their place) and my when my heat is on (I live in the basement where it is cold), it overheats their place and their windows are open in a Canadian winter. My baby isn't even born yet.. and that will be noisier then. Can I get evicted, because the lady at the place I called said that if they have complaints, I get can get the can, no matter how innocent my noise is... this building is terrible for soundproofing and was oringally built to be a depluex, not a 1/2 depluex with someone in the bottom and someone in the

top .

Answer 1

Maybe it is an omen to find suitable housing Before the baby arrives (moving afterwards with a baby will be veryyyy hard)
Move now and then you can deliver and recover in peace.

Answer 2

Technically, Yes. However, its not as cut and dry and just being evicted and being forced to move.

First thing I would do is pull out a copy of your lease. Most leases give the landlord the discretion to pursue eviction if the tenant violates any condition of the lease or does something that is prohibited. Violating a condition of the lease is very vague so essentially it gives the landlord the option to decide whats a violation and whats not.

If you are served with eviction papers, a court date will be set and you can challenge your eviction. Most times tenants don't because its really a lose-lose situation. If you lose in court, then the eviction is upheld and you will a set amount of days to move. If you win in court you get to stay but, you are staying in a place that made it known they don't want you there. It can create a very hostile living situation that you may not want to be around, especially with a young baby arriving.

If your neighbors are complaining about noise, I'd take my issue up with your landlord not the neighbors. If you landlord hasn't contacted yet about the noise, they must not think its an issue. However, I would still contact them first to present your side of the argument. But the conditions of your building sound pretty rough, so you may want to start looking for a new place anyway if you can afford to do so.