Condo owners, writes Bob Aaron, do not have the freedoms they would enjoy in freehold homes, and must adhere to bylaws. Just ask the couple who wound up in court over a dishwasher and a doorbell. This is a true story about a $10,000 doorbell. It took place in a...
An Ontario judge has handed down a record high damages award in a case involving a breach of a single-family residential real estate purchase. In a decision released in December 2025, Justice Paul Sweeny awarded the seller a staggering $2,385,000 representing his...
The court’s decision, writes Bob Aaron, should reassure consumers — and remind wayward builders — that strict compliance with Ontario’s mandatory Tarion Addendum is not optional. In a decision that will reverberate across Ontario’s home-building industry, an Ontario...
Two years after a couple agrees to buy condo, the builder added a floor, writes Bob Aaron. Despite a judge ruling it a ‘material change’ to the contract, the Ontario Condominium Act was of no help. Imagine buying a pre-construction penthouse only to find out that the...
It’s a deep and growing problem: lawyers signing off on affidavits or real estate documents without verifying who is actually behind the screen, Bob Aaron writes. In the post-COVID age of digital signatures and electronic meetings, the click of a mouse has often...