I doubt it. One of the guiding principles behind tenant rights is “reasonable” behaviour. I fail to see how any interpretation of “reasonable” would allow the prohibition of the nearly universal practice of hanging things on walls.
My experience as a renter was that the landlord couldn’t even claim damages for the inevitable holes that result from properly hung pictures and even small shelves (but don’t push it!).
When we had a lot of pictures to hang in a small area, we hung a light board on the wall, mounted at the studs, then hung pictures on that.
Great advice from Jadero. As an Ontario renter, my experience is that landlords can put many things in the lease (i.e., there aren’t laws that say a discretionary term, such as ‘no pets whatsoever’, would invalidate the lease or entitle the renter to compensation). But whether it’s enforceable (i.e., whether the landlord could use that lease agreement to collect damages from and/or evict you if you violate the discretionary addition) is another story that probably favours you in the case of wall hangings.
A separate but related issue is that landlords who put unnecessarily constraining discretionary terms in the lease agreement may be a warning sign that they’re not the most attractive landlords
Contact the regulatory body
I doubt it. One of the guiding principles behind tenant rights is “reasonable” behaviour. I fail to see how any interpretation of “reasonable” would allow the prohibition of the nearly universal practice of hanging things on walls.
My experience as a renter was that the landlord couldn’t even claim damages for the inevitable holes that result from properly hung pictures and even small shelves (but don’t push it!).
When we had a lot of pictures to hang in a small area, we hung a light board on the wall, mounted at the studs, then hung pictures on that.
Great advice from Jadero. As an Ontario renter, my experience is that landlords can put many things in the lease (i.e., there aren’t laws that say a discretionary term, such as ‘no pets whatsoever’, would invalidate the lease or entitle the renter to compensation). But whether it’s enforceable (i.e., whether the landlord could use that lease agreement to collect damages from and/or evict you if you violate the discretionary addition) is another story that probably favours you in the case of wall hangings.
A separate but related issue is that landlords who put unnecessarily constraining discretionary terms in the lease agreement may be a warning sign that they’re not the most attractive landlords
Yeah, inalienable rights are top of mind for me. Fistbump.