tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579793611910834836.post458884679494192738..comments2024-03-16T20:35:47.343-04:00Comments on LEGAL RIGHTS: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Occupier's LiabilityTrinbago Rightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17979966801415147544noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579793611910834836.post-1397018840259503352015-01-03T19:03:00.292-05:002015-01-03T19:03:00.292-05:00In England we called it theft... in Trinidad &...In England we called it theft... in Trinidad & Tobago, it's called larceny. She had no right to enter your apartment and "seize" anything. Is she a Bailiff in possession of a court order? <br /><br />As long as you live in a property, you have to pay the rent. Notice doesn't change anything. Trinbago Rightshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17979966801415147544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579793611910834836.post-81023802242804943782015-01-01T22:32:53.946-05:002015-01-01T22:32:53.946-05:00Hi. Nice blog. Very informative and useful.
Questi...Hi. Nice blog. Very informative and useful.<br />Question: My family and I have been living in this house in south Trinidad since 2012. The rent is $2500 per month.<br />The landlord let us know there were a few problems (a leaking ceiling being the worst) and it was agreed that they'd have it fixed in one month.<br />It was never fixed. <br />From December 2012, we had no electricity in one room upstairs. <br />In early 2013, two people moved into the second (smaller) apartment of this building.<br />On a day of heavy rain in August the entire upstairs was flooded because of the same poor drainage problem that was causing the initial leaking. This was the first time we missed a month rent. We couldn't reach her on the phone so we did this to get her attention. <br />She hired people to fix the roof. No money was reimbursed for the items damaged by water.<br />Earlier this year, all of the electrical outlets and lights upstairs stopped working because of previously frayed wires in the ceiling caused by the water. Said electrical failure was never fixed. <br />Last month she showed up, and told us that she wanted us out of her house by the second week in January, and the couple in the other apartment was told to leave in 1 week.They have since left. She has since taken up occupancy in the other apartment. <br />We were owing 2 months rent of $5000 (from the month of the flooding, and last month), and it was discovered that the other tenants were owing 6 months (~$9000). <br />On December 24th, herself, and three others, came and seized several of the items in our apartment (approximately $5000 worth of items) and hand-wrote an agreement with us stating that they would be returned when we pay our arrears. She said that this was one of the terms stated on the tenancy agreement (lease) but upon thoroughly re-reading the lease, I found that there was no such term stated.<br /><br />We haven't found another place to move to yet.<br />My questions are: <br />1. Did she have the right to seize the items?<br />2. If she gave us a verbal eviction notice, are we still legally obligated to pay the 2 months rent owed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com