If I am a landlord in Ontario or anywhere in Canada do I need to renovate the house before renters move in?
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 at
9:32 pm
I’ve heard you need steel doors, fire alarms, many things to make it fire code to legally have renters. Is this true? Please post links.
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your regular house doors will do fine. one working fire alarm is required.
a back door that works
that’s it
AC that works
windows that work
If you are putting a second unit in a house in order to meet code it needs to have fire doors between the units, interconnected fire alarms, and half inch dry wall on adjacent walls/ceilings. There are also requirements with regard to exits.
For any dwelling you need a smoke detector per level and a carbon monoxide detector.
Sorry I don’t have any links but you can go to your local fire station and ask them. I don’t know if these rules apply everywhere in Canada, they do in Toronto.