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35. My Canadian Landlord Nightmare: What They Don’t Tell You About Renting 🇨🇦
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My Canadian Rental Horror Stories… 🇨🇦 Discover my wild, real-life adventures as a newcomer fresh out of France! From missing keys 🔑 and a broken pool 🏊🏼♂️, to a bizarre microwave that tells the time but doesn't heat food 🕰️, and eccentric landlords 😤—I’m opening up about: ▶️ the emotional rollercoasters, ▶️ the valuable lessons learned, ▶️ and my best advice on how to handle the unexpected with calm and unwavering firmness. Moving to Canada is a beautiful, life-changing adventure… but it sure can be a bumpy ride! 🎢 ...
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Welcome to Canada, the podcast that helps you prepare for your Canadian adventure with clarity and confidence. Hello future newcomers and welcome to your Canadian Prep Zone. You're listening to episode number 35 and it is recorded in August 2026. I'm Emma your host and your international mobility coach. I'm here to help you prepare, plan and thrive in your move to Canada.
Today I'm going to share some of my own emotional roller coasters and struggles as a tenant here in Canada. First off, I need to clear the air. We were incredibly unlucky with our landlords and I truly believe our situation was a total anomaly. I can't stress this enough. The vast majority of Canadian landlords are absolutely lovely,
caring and welcoming people. Sadly, that wasn't our story. But going through that trial by fire taught me so many valuable lessons along the way. Out of pure courtesy, I've changed our former landlords' names. In this episode, I'll call them Herbert and Mildred. To give you a bit of context, picture this. My husband, our kids, and I were in France, desperately searching for a rental
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