N12 — Landlord's Own Use
About This Service
The N12 Notice to End your Tenancy lets a landlord recover a unit for their own residential use, for an immediate family member, for a caregiver, or on behalf of a purchaser who requires it. It is also the notice the Board examines hardest: 60 days' notice timed to the end of a term, one month's rent in compensation paid before the termination date, and a genuine, good-faith intention to occupy for at least a year. A landlord who gets it wrong — or whose intentions look thin — faces not just dismissal but a bad-faith application afterward, with the Board able to order substantial compensation to the former tenant. Carli prepares N12s that are built to withstand that scrutiny: proper timing, compensation handled correctly, and the good-faith evidence organized before anyone asks for it.
What Landlords Need to Know
- 60 days' notice, ending on the last day of a term or rental period
- One month's rent compensation, paid before the termination date
- Good-faith intention to occupy for at least 12 months is required
- Bad-faith findings carry heavy penalties — including paying the tenant's costs
- Sworn evidence of intention is expected at the L2 hearing
Why Landlords Use a Paralegal
The Residential Tenancies Act is unforgiving of paperwork errors. A notice with the wrong termination date, an arrears figure a few dollars off, or an application that doesn't match its notice gets dismissed at the hearing — after months in the LTB's queue — and the clock starts over. Tenants have free Tenant Duty Counsel available at every hearing; landlords who represent themselves are often the least protected person in the room.
Paralegals regulated by the Law Society of Ontario are fully authorized to represent landlords before the Landlord and Tenant Board. LTB hearings are held by video in Zoom hearing rooms, so Carli represents landlords across Ontario from her Burlington practice — professional advocacy at a fraction of the cost of a lawyer.
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