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Combining all of the family's resources and with the extra financial help of my grandmother (since my mom's employer hasn't coughed up the approx. 5 grand they owe my mom in severance pay + vacation - my sister's lawyer is helping on this by threatening lawsuit) the whole family (all 8 of us) will be renting and soon moving into a house here in the west end of the city.
It has a finished basement - some of it converted into bedroom space, making a total of 6 bedrooms.
The rent - $1400/mo + utils - split 5 ways will not be so difficult for everyone to bear. Hopefully the new premium on privacy and close proximity will not be so difficult to adjust to.
We checked out other houses. This one house we saw south of here. Nice town house. 5 bedrooms. 3 full size, 2 very small bedrooms in the finished basement. Expensive rent - $2000/month - but there were issues regarding the stairs and the wiring. We said no thanks to that one.
About their abrupt job dismissal after 16 years of diligent live-in service.
Apparently the management is doing this to many of the building supers they have working for them. Around this time of year they're trying to boost their bottom line by making every other super double up on duties. All of this we just learned from my parent's co-super in the next building over (it has always been this way, occasionally doubling up to permit time off).
Now the company wants to make this a permanent way of life for the remaining supers and they're making good on the dismissals. As rough as it is for those who are forced to pack up and leave in 7 days, it's going to be even rougher on those who remain behind. They're feeling lots of fear. LOTS of fear.
You GOTTA love that bottom-line blood-sucking corporate mentality, eh! Are some born this way or do they learn it?
I mean this place is small.
Landlords need to give adequate notice, and depending on the situation can range form 30 days to a year for long time tenancies.
Where is the original thread?
Like you said, your sister is a lawyer, and knows the details, but I would be surprized if superintentent's did not also have conveyed tenants rights, which would supercede any employment contract.
