[NefCanuck]

As a legal worker that specializes in landlord and tenant law, let me offer one piece of advice based on the volume of calls I get about them, do not rent a basement apartment if the landlord lives in the house as well.

It's just asking for trouble when you have to live under the same roof as the person you have to complain to when things break down (and they will, no landlord is that diligent that they catch everything before it breaks)

NefCanuck