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				<title>DO NOT LIVE AT 5687 Rue Saint Hubert!! </title>
				<description><![CDATA[ The owners are rude and lazy.  If you have a problem or something to be fixed, they take 3-6 weeks to get to it and that's only if they do it at all!  Most times they say No.  The Janitor lady is bipolar so if you want to be yelled at for no reason this is the place for you.  The bath tubs are rusty and get clogged easily.  There's also a slight pest problem.  The rear balconies are peeling, chipping, and the railings are unbolted on some sides and rusting.  You also have to share your balcony with your neighbor but that's a small annoyance.  Did I mention the owners are arrogant, mean, rude, stuck-up, and lazy?!]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 2 Aug 2011 11:40:41]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ SufferingSuccotash]]></author>
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				<title>2054 Claremont</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Be aware...first off it's in Montreal and not Westmont. The building is considered Montreal so the taxes and privilages of Wesmont do not apply to residents of 2054. Also this building is falling apart, too many dogs and  lazy dirty tenants who don't care about the building or the others who live in it. The fire alarm is always going off (probably because some jerk pulls the fire alarm to mess with the owner. The owner is the worst landlord in the city and doesn't care about the tenants needs or issues. It is the dirtiest, infested building ever to be lived in in his neighborhood right 
next to Westmont. It's a shame to see such a beautiful building go to hell. ]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:43:00]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>le Nouveau Collisse</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Hi,

Does anyone have anything to say (positive or negative) about Collisse on the Sherbrook?  Thank you for your input.]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 4 Dec 2011 20:10:20]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ Kit]]></author>
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				<title>La Cite</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ I am planning to rent an apartment from La Cite.  But I am a little bit worried about the security.  Does anyone happen to know if La Cite has guards around the buildings?  

Comparatively, La Cite seems a bit more expensive than the houses nearby.      Is it OK for me to know the reasons why?]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 2 Dec 2011 04:17:11]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ zumei]]></author>
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				<title>Federal Real State Montreal</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Hey, 
What can you tell me about this guys "Federal Real State Montreal"?
Are they the best option to rent in montreal?
They ask to much personal information like bank account # for the online application so it made me feel suspicious.
Great day,
Bhaktan javascript:emoticon(':shock:');

 :shock: ]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:52:55]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ bhaktan]]></author>
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				<title>Bedbugs and Co. at 201 Avenue Metcalfe / 200 Kensington Westmount</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Here is my story of 11 months of renting in 201 Avenue Metcalfe. My first daughter was born during this period, and you would think that it would have been the best time of my life, but it wasn’t to be, and all because I gave in to long-winded ramblings of the real-estate agent I had at the time, about how great this particular owner/apartment was. Clearly, they had had dealing before, and I was just another hapless dummy. So here are the highlights of my 12 months in that apartment:
-	After a few days of moving in we started noticing strange insect bites all over my pregnant wife’s body. A month later and it was getting worse. We started to research, and we found out it might be bedbugs. We laid out double sided tape, and to our shock found out that there were indeed bedbugs streaming out of wall sockets, and cracks in the walls/hardwood floor. This was strange, since we had been told that the apartment had had a complete makeover, and that the floor was brand new. I removed part of one panel, and under it, I saw nests of them. My wife was extremely scared and wanted to leave immediately, but eventually we informed Lyn Scott, the building manager. She started blaming us and out furniture. I reminded her that we hadn’t had any furniture when we moved here from Europe, and that all of it had been bought brand new from IKEA. Then she blamed IKEA! Eventually, she agreed to spray the place at her cost, but we had to evacuate the premises. Now imagine packing everything, and leaving with 8 months pregnant woman. We moved into a hotel, and we were never paid for the forced evacuation! Later I researched the internet and found out that there had indeed been reports of bedbugs (bedbugregistry) on avenue Metcalfe, and the other side of the same building which faces Kensington street.
-	I had been told that the electric costs for our apartment (not included in rent) for heating, etc. would amount to an average of 50 CAD/month. This was a lie. I am very careful with our energy usage, but the apartment was so badly insulated that we ended up paying 150 CAD/month for a small 1 bedroom apartment.
-	Washing and drying facilities were supposed to be available in the building, but most of the time, the dryers, and sometimes the washers were completely broken and non-operational. They would take your coins, spin for 5 minutes and breakdown! For a period of 1 month I had to wash and hang-dry my own cloths.
-	The next surprise was when the weather started to warm up.  An intolerable smell of burnt plastic started to ooze from the window insulations. We researched, and it turns out all the “renovated” apartments had the same problem in the building. It became so intolerable that at times we simply left the house because it was hard to breathe. By this time my baby girl had already been born!
-	Eventually we decided that the baby’s health had priority. We moved out one month before the contract ended. Since the manager told us we would have to pay for the last month’s rent anyways, I decided to keep the keys anyways. She said, if I allow her to show the apartment, she might be able to return some money. I kept a set of keys, to be able to check my mail, and take some of the stuff I had left in the apartment. This turned out to be a lie. Two weeks later when I went to the apartment to pick up my things, it was in shambles! Wooden floor had been torn up, paint everywhere, and the toilet was ripped out! They were doing repairs on my time, while I was still paying rent, without telling me! And Ms. Lyn Scott, was on her 3 week vacation! Showing my a**! But the final blow came when I noticed all my stuff was gone! I inquired and no one knew where. I called Lynn, when she eventually came back and after playing me for 2 weeks, she said she doesn’t know where my stuff went, but since I cannot prove anything, she would be ready to pay me a maximum 50 dollars for the trouble!!! The things, I assume the workers threw away to make room for their work, had a value much higher than that, and they contained some of my notebooks, and writings!
All in all, this was the worst quality of life I have had, and I have lived through a war. The next time I meet Lyn Scott and Westmount Estate Management (LCN Management Inc) will be in court, and soon. I hope you think twice before dealing with these people. And if you have ended up in that building, and that’s why you are now reading this, I wish you a lot of patience and the best of luck.
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 6 Oct 2011 22:57:58]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>1411 place du fort</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ This apt I use to live at many yrs.. Beautiful building n the studio have windows from ceiling to the floor. The problem that they do not share when u move in is that when is rains it rains in ur apt. The windows are shrinking and you get a waterfall in your apt that the lasted falls all over the floor.. Constantly with other tenants complain but they shrug it off.. Now I n few tenants will bring to rental board cuz they just ignore what ever is said.. I would not recommend ppl to move it cuz this is a major problem that they do not share n do not care... With rain my apt always gets flooded with therain so I do not have to say with tropical storm Irene what happened in my apt...so just cuz the building looks nice it is deceiving....]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:44:09]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ Blanche]]></author>
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				<title>Residences Prince-Arthur </title>
				<description><![CDATA[ I'm looking into a studio at the Prince-Arthur and from the few pictures I've seen they look <i>really</i> small but I'm a fan of small rooms and it looks very affordable.  The building also looks great and it's close to McGill.  Has anyone looked at any of the rooms inside?  Aside from the size, how are they?  I live in Kingston so it's not exactly easy to come in to view them.  Thanks guys!
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:11:48]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ Alx]]></author>
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				<title>Chateau Crescent or other buildings near Concordia: Need Help!!!</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ I would like to know if actual tenants of this building can give me some advice about this building, the apartments have been renovated (recent visit) and a 3 1/2 costs $1035 for an area of 750 sq. ft., the apartment available for September doesn't have a view on the street (better for the noise??), is the noise a real problem?? I'm a student and I don't want to be disturbed when I'm studying.
If you know some great buildings near Concordia please help me ,

Thanks.  :D ]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 22 May 2011 14:10:01]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Chateau Crescent opinions?</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ I will be relocating to Montreal in a few months and this place caught my eye, mostly because its in my price range ($950-$1050/month) and seems newly renovated. It also allows for small dogs...

www.cromwellmgt.ca/en/details.php?id=54

Has anyone ever been inside this place? Any comments good or bad? Is the street noise level reasonable, seeing this is on Crescent street?

Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks!]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 22 May 2011 14:00:49]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Le chatel on guy and maisonneuve </title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Hi,

I'm considering moving in there this summer and I was wondering if anyone has lived there or knows something about this place.

Thanks.]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 May 2011 13:12:12]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ AkMtl]]></author>
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				<title>1 BDR in 3RM Apartment Summer Sublet No Roomies Yet</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ 1 BDR in 3RM Apartment Summer Sublet No Roomies Yet

Summer Sublet Fully Furnished Apartment in 515 St Catherine's. Your choice of 1 of 3 rooms. Take your pic, one with full windows and great view, 1 with side windows and view, or 1 with small window no view

Room available immediately in fully furnished Apartment May 2st - Aug 25th Summer Sublet in downtown Montreal, corner of St Catherine's and City Councillors. 9th floor, great view, close to everything including, McGill, shopping, metro, Starbucks, Future Shop. Everything you need, right at your doorstep

Fully furnished down to the potato peeler. (must supply own linens), double size bed, full kitchen, dishwasher, fridge, stove, microwave. Lots of windows, bright and clean, newer building. LCD TV and DVD player.

Full size bathroom with bathtub and shower. Access to building amenities including laundry facility on each floor, games room, theatre room , exercise room. Rent includes high-speed internet, basic cable, heat, and air conditioning. Located on 9th floor.

For more information: http://www.515stecatherine.com/en/

Search 515 St Catherine West on YouTube or follow this link
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... +west&aq=f

Address 515 St Catherines Montreal Canada

email akonken@hotmail.com or call Montreal cell 514 402 0999

More details
Located in the heart of downtown Montréal, 3 blocks from McGill University & 12 blocks from Concordia University. Trendy restaurants, shops and café's are at your door & access to Montréal's famous underground city and Metro station only steps away.

Walking distance to Montreal`s vast theatre and cultural experiences such as Place des Arts, Club Soda, Just for Laughs, The Montreal International Jazz Festival, the Francofolies and Museums. Old Montreal and China Town are down the street. A multitude of clubs, restaurants, trendy cafes and eclectic boutiques for all tastes and budgets are in close proximity on St-Laurent, St-Denis and Ste-Catherine. This great apartment is squarely in the heart of the action. Place Ville Marie, McGill College Avenue, Complexe Desjardins, René Lévesque Boulevard and Sherbrooke Street are close by. Incredible fitness room with loads of cardio machines

-Full weight room with free weights and machines
-Social lounge with tons of comfy couches & large screen TV's
-Billiards room complete with pool table, foozeball, table-hockey
-Private music rooms
-Study rooms available for group study
-Wi-Fi is available in all common amenity areas
-Extra-large commercial-style laundry rooms on every floor
-Secure building, complete with evening concierge and camera surveillance

Steps away from Montréal's underground city, Metro station and all the shops, cafes, restaurants and nightclubs you'll ever need!
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 2 May 2011 11:04:20]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ ACK]]></author>
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				<title>Apartments near McGill</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ I'm looking for a studio apartment in a clean quiet building for between 550 and 650 a month most utilities included. I've noticed that many of these buildings do offer that however I worry about the cleanliness. Does anyone have anything to recommend?

Thanks
`~Michele  :) ]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Mar 2011 02:26:41]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>STAY AWAY 3440 Rue Durocher - Terrasses Embassy</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ I've been renting here for the last month and the management is terrible. The security guard is less helpful than a monkey, the building manager is inaccessible and every single employee of the building has been rude to me. You have to walk by these people everyday and it fills me with so much anger... and I'm a panzy!
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 4 Mar 2011 00:06:28]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ cabern]]></author>
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				<title>AVOID 2121 ST. MATHIEU!!!!</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ I have never seen such disgusting management in my life!! i will be honest..its a clean place and if it werent for the deafening noise it would be a lovely place to live. Except it seems at least 3 times a week I was forced out of my apartment because unannounced work was being done in an apartment close to mine. And because the building is made entirely of concrete the work is jack hammering and drilling. I would sit on the couch with my roommate and we couldnt hear each other even if we yelled. i had my ipod on full blast and i could still hear the noise loud and clear. 

i was so excited to move in because it seems perfect, heating included, nice hardwood floors..but then the noise started...and i have lived there for 18 months and out of that time maybe 8 weeks was noise free. not only that but they dont warn you when they work with chemical either. The other week it smelled horribly of paint thinner so much so we had to open the windows in minus 10 degree weather. One night we made pasta, the next day i brought it to work to eat and it tasted of paint thinner...thats how strong it was.

the management made this out to be our fault. One saturday morning the work started, i had got home from work around 12:30 and went straight to bed. I needed a good nights rest because i was really sick. i obviously couldnt sleep so i called the office. and between drillings i explained my situation and my displeasure with the situation. The man answered me, and i quote, "LADY! the human body only needs 7 hours of sleep so you should get up anyways. and LADY! you should go to bed earlier" i tried to explain that this is my home and im sick and its the weekend, and i would have appreciated a notice saying there would be work on saturday. but he said he doesnt have to put a notice up and will never up a notice up. he would only notify people if they had to work in THEIR apt, even though it really affects everyone on that floor, the floor below and above. 

anyways, i know that was a lot of ranting, but i really want to stress that unless you work from 7 am-7pm Mon-Sat, expect a lot of noise.

im writing this because i wish i had read a warning before i moved in. 
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