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The buyers in that case discovered that the house was a link semi and refused to close. With litigation on the horizon, I referred them to my colleague Michael Carlson to prepare for a possible court case over the purchase agreement and the deposit.Īfter an in-depth consultation with the Smiths, Carlson wrote to the seller’s lawyer declaring the transaction was void from the outset due to the misrepresentation by the seller and the listing agent, and demanding return of the $10,000 deposit.Ĭarlson pointed out to the seller’s lawyer that he would be relying on a 1984 decision of the Ontario High Court by Justice Mabel Van Camp in the Bogojevski case. Since the Smiths thought they were getting a detached house, as advertised, their position was that they had been misled by the sellers and the listing agent, and they had no intention of closing. It is impossible to tell that the houses are linked because the concrete blocks are buried. Looking at the row of 12 neighbouring houses from the street, they all appear to be completely detached, with open spaces on all four sides of the buildings and roughly a metre between each house and its closest neighbour. The only purpose of the attaching footings was to allow builders to construct what looked like detached houses on lots which were designated for semi-detached models. They are entirely unnecessary for structural reasons. Typically, the attachment that joins two adjacent houses is one or two short rows of underground concrete block footings at right angles to the foundation walls. The link house style was popular in the 1970s and ’80s. The records of the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation also confirm that the house is a link semi-detached.
FACTORY TOWN LINKED HOUSES CODE
The municipal property code reveals that it is a link home. Visually there is at least one metre of empty space between it and the house next door.Īfter signing the agreement, my clients checked the records of the City of Mississauga and were shocked to discover that the house is officially listed as a semi-detached dwelling. It was listed and advertised as a detached house.
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The couple came to see me after they signed an offer to purchase a house in Mississauga for $865,000. When is a detached house not detached? That was the question facing the “Smiths” late last month.