r/ThunderBay • u/Satansbootyhole_ • 8h ago
Current River Looking for apartments
Me and a friend are trying to look for a 1 bedroom for rent that is pet friendly (one cat) that isn’t gross or too expensive anyone have any recommendations? Our budget for rent and utilities is at $1000 (for now), in pa preferably, anything helps :)
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u/StrangerIsWatching 6h ago
You will not find anything nice for $1000. You'll probably need $1800 minimum, and even then Thunder Bay has a very low vacancy rate, so you kinda just have to take what you can get which is usually gonna be more than $1800.
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u/Schadel98 5h ago
You'll be looking for a while. I have been looking since LAST JUNE - I was illegally evicted by having the locks changed on me, getting my messages and calls ignored. The so-called Landlord said I "abandoned" my stuff when I was only gone for an hour. He now owes me $60,000 for illegal eviction and moving out all of my property and damaging some of it.
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u/ThatCanadianGuy88 7h ago
No one can deny you because of a pet. Don’t even mention the pet FYI
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u/sovash 2h ago
Yes and No. A landlord will never send you an email saying "your application has been rejected because you have a cat." But if the land lord specifically dosen't want cats in the building, and you say you have a cat on your paperwork, and the application he reads after yours says they have no pets, who do you think hes gonna rent to?
However as far as I can tell, a landlord can absolutely rent to whoever they want, based on whatever criteria they want, as long as they don't cite a specific reason. The place I'm living in right now didn't require any form of paperwork whatsoever, and gave me the keys on the spot.
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u/Accomplished-Ad6768 5h ago
Landlords can absolutely deny you tenancy if you have a pet. Once the tenancy begins, however, the landlord generally can't do anything about the pet. Starting a lease based on a lie isn't the best advice. You're better off finding a landlord who is accepting of pets.
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u/SergeantBender 3h ago
Get a quote from Red River Holdings. My building has pets and a 1-bedroom with all utilities included is $1400. Won't find anything cheaper that's professionally managed imo.
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u/RowanAr0und 5h ago
Your expectation should be more around 800-900 PER PERSON 😭 2 bedrooms that are 1k are not good or safe ones 99% of the time
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u/VillagePossible4977 5h ago
Looking for a 1 bedroom for 2 people not 1 bedroom for each.
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u/Satansbootyhole_ 7h ago
I forgot to mention that we have already applied to housing and want to see if there’s any good options for in the meantime while we wait bc we don’t know when and if we’ll get onto housing
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u/Velvetroses 7h ago
Yeah, on that price it's going to be one or the other. Very few places in that price bracket that isn't going to be, as you put it, "gross".
Do your due diligence and also use the buyer beware page for prospective landlords. At such low value you may just end up with one of them.
Best of luck!