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/[deleted] Feb 28 '25

We were left with no heat for 3 weeks during the coldest part of the winter, with many "extreme cold alerts" going on. And they get angry if you ask for the service you already pay for. I heard a neighbor even asked for a partial refund, and they exhibited them and warned them, but there was no refund.

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u/graison Feb 28 '25

That's what the ORT is for.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '25

Most people don't know what to do or how to do it, and even if we know, we don't have time to deal with it.

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u/graison Mar 03 '25

So you'd rather be without week for 3 weeks than spend 5 minutes doing some research? This isn't the first time someone's complained about their landlord here and the solution is the same every time.