Several tenants in a building in Winnipeg's West Broadway neighbourhood say their privacy, rights and safety were violated during months of non-permitted construction this summer, prompting some to leave.
But the new owner argues the aging complex needs upgrades and defended management’s notices to tenants.
Mira Koop, who moved out in mid-October, is among several tenants who dispute that.
"There are legal ways to do this," Koop said on her last day in her apartment. "They chose the most vile way to get rid of us."
The art instructor and university student says the problems began when a new owner took over 640 and 644 Westminster Ave. — adjoined buildings at the corner of Langside Street — in July.
Days after meeting the new property management company, Chanden Homes Ltd., she came home from a trip to find her fridge and stove had been replaced without notice and her internet wasn’t working.
"I went, 'Oh my God, this is not my home,'" she said in an interview.
The chaos of non-stop renovations that followed in August and September ruined her quality of life, said Koop.
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