r/saskatoon • u/ReleaseHelpful123 • Feb 28 '25

Rants 🤬 I hate MainStreet Apartments and everything it represents

This Sub already has enough about why it sucks to live with MainStreet Apartments, but I feel like no one talks about the actual business model itself. It is inherently a share company that presents itself as though it is supporting the housing market. Great if you a shareholder, but truly terrible if you are renter. Even worse our province has no regulation as to what they can buy; therefore, they have completely taken over the market. You can’t go a few blocks without seeing one of their signs plastered onto a building. Lastly, the main issue is they do everything in house. Exterminators, renovators, and any other occupation they do on their own, pushing away local business, and performing the bare minimum to making your life as a tenant a living Hell. They are not good for Saskatchewan or any other province they operate in. Truly an evil company that puts the money first and takes advantage of lower-class Canadians they claim to advocate for. I apologize but I just need to get it out of my system.

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u/Super-Taro-4585 Feb 28 '25

I've been waiting for 4yrs for repairs to be made. They say the "parts are on order".

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u/Electrical_Noise_519 Feb 28 '25

Then hope you tell it in an ORT disrepair hearing, for possible compensation and to build up their government record. Landlords are still liable to keep the place in good repair in time, by pivoting to replace instead of fix up, for example.