Lol, prob Jehovah's witnesses. They don't celebrate Christmas or their own birthday.

What about hanuka? light up some candles, see if they are against that..

+ on what religion are they ?

No way. We Roman Catholics celebrate all these pagan holidays with glee.

I'm with murd0c, I can't fucking stand people like that. We're in Canada, we like Christmas, it is very socially accepted in this country. The message is togetherness, family, loved ones, and spending time with them. It's one thing to not participate due to religion or beliefs, but it's another thing entirely to frown upon others for celebrating the holiday. You don't like it? Stay in your fucking house until January 2nd. Fuckers.

Hmm, maybe it was just the church we were part of then. They were VERY against any of the congregation participating in Halloween. This was in a small town though, so that's probably why.

Really? This reminded me of a honor movie where the town's people basically kill anyone that tries to do something that's not their custom.......

Reminded me of this basement suite for rent ad:

Worst Apartment Rental Ad Ever ? Consumerist

Was this the town?

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townn...5b8d.image.jpg

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haha. I think I'd rather commit a crime and go to prison for free. Looser rules there. lol!

holy hell that's got to be a fake. Who in their right mind thinks any of that is acceptable. Although I have seen a few advertisements that have had restrictions on visitors, so maybe they're just over the top Christians.

I got a question, and a quick browse through I didn't see anyone else ask.

Is this a legal basement suite?

Doesn't necessarily matter, but depending on the guys approach to the scenario, it could level the playing field a bit in your favor to go tell buddy to pound sand. Last thing he needs is the city up his ass about his illegal suite, he'll never rent it ever again after you leave the place.

Yes, they are Johovas Witnesses. Its quite ironic that you said that ^^ We got served a 2 month eviction notice this evening. I have asked 3 times (just to make sure) that our suit was legal. Turns out its not! City bylaw was here for a parking infraction because my driveway does not have a permit and towed my vehicle for being parked in a wrongful spot. (landlord built the driveway on a easement, and removed the citys boulevard) Long story short after arguing about wrongfull towing, he served my landlords with a notice to tear down the suit. Turns out a load bearing wall was removed without a permit, improper duct routing, furnace room is not up to fire code, windows too small to jump out of incase of fire, non of the wiring had a permit. etc, the list goes on. So... We've got 2 months to vacate.

Then it is safe to say have fun decorating the shit out of your house for Christmas. Maybe throw a mistletoe just above buddies front door for good measure.

Maybe once christmas is up you can celebrate halloween your last month there just to piss off this dickhead.

Sounds like you dodged a bullet getting out of that sketchy place.

:heckno:

Sounds like a blessing in disguise, really. One of the easiest ways to tell if a suite is legal or not is to check the window sizes, the bedroom one in particular.

Regardless, go balls out with decorating then!

It really is quite nice, honestly one of the nicest places i've rented in the past 6 years. Everything is new and updated (1970's house) Laminate dark hardwood floor, nicely updated kitchen, if anything breaks the landlords are there to fix it the next day. Its a piss off for sure, we've been here for 7 months and we're already packing.

building code is there for a reason, though. it may look nice superficially, but none of that matters if a slight tremor or earthquake makes the place collapse on you bc of the remove load bearing wall, or a fire kills you as you can't get out.

i imagine you've just saved yourself 2 months of rent, though, right? surely your lease agreement is void as its not a legal suite and your safety is questionable there. i know i wouldn't pay and would happily say so, calmly, and with reason, to the landlord.

there are plenty of places for rent in vancouver - you'll find somewhere legal in no time.

it's got nothing to do with being christian, these ppl are just whack jobs.

i'm not christian (i'm a devil child, no belief), but i'm sure Christianity, when it was made up (sorry religious ppl), was not envisioned to go this way!!!

just for shits and giggles, throw in a few halloween decorations here and there...

and while you're at it, ask them a few of these questions if you get the chance to!

questions jehova witnesses hate to be asked

Sorry to hear that :( moving sucks.
You'll find something great though and you won't have to be hesitant about doing any decorating for Halloween, Christmas, Easter, national steak and bj day or any holiday for that matter. :thumbsup: just think of this as a positive :)

I'm sorry to hear you have to vacate.

Onto the bright things:
-Decorate the fuck out of everything. If they want to stop you, tell them to fuck themselves because you're already out in 60 days.
-Atleast they get karma for being dicks, they're rental will be torn out, and if they want to rebuild, they are in for headaches as the city now knows that they tried to have an illegal suite. Inspectors will probably give them a hard time for trying to cheat out the system.

Good and bad to take from this. I'd stick to the good.

Fucking Joho's... always door knocking and driving people crazy with their pressure tactics and won't let people express there own belief's.. I have always respected all religions but that one right there is one I don't and will never have respect for.

Its a 2month notice to vacate. We need to pay next months rent, but the month after is free, or we can leave 1 month early and they pay us 1 month rent out of their own pocket.

Thanks for the input guys. I suppose its good to get out of this place, but we are already having a tough time making ends meet, and we've got a small dog which will make finding a new place impossible. We're just pissed that we have to move on no reason of our own. Yay for good christmas news!

edit: I jokingly told the girlfriend that we can move out 1 month early, take the cash and move into our 27ft 5th wheel in the walmart parking lot :o BUHAHAHAHA Just about got my ass kicked for thinking that.

Even easier way to tell: a legal suite will have its own address.

But yes, definitely a blessing in disguise. And I just love karma! :)