The Rent Increase Mistake That Cost a Landlord a Year of Income

A new kitchen does not automatically mean a new rent — and one landlord learned that the expensive way. The video walks through a real miscalculation: renovations finished, notices sent, confidence high. But standard-raising improvements follow their own rules, and the Rent Tribunal has decades of practice on exactly this kind of case. The result was a lost year of income and a very uncomfortable run-in with tenants in the laundry room. What it covers: - Why "I renovated, so I can raise the rent" isn't how standard-raising works - How tribunal practice, not gut instinct, sets the boundary - The real risk in property law: not the question you research, but the one that never occurs to you LEGALDIGM pulls together chapter 12, the Tenant-Owner Act, the Land Code and tribunal practice, with the source attached to every answer. If you handle tenancies, try it yourself or book a demo — before you send the notices.