Off Campus Student Housing Rentals

Students off campus 5, 6, 7 bedroom student houses for house rent lease. NO Dingy Dumps. NO - Subdivided Rooms. NO Student Slum Houses.

PROTECTING YOU

• Group Lease: Tenant Protection - McMaster University Student Group has sole 'possession & control' of leased property as its sole 'mind & management'.
  • Student Group only decides on groupmates & housemates. Landlord does NOT pick housemates & groupmates.
  • Group Lease is signed by all Group Members acting as one 'Lessee'. All Members are responsible for each others acts.
• Group Lease: Tenant Protection - Strictly compliant with Ontario Law - Contracts, Residential Tenancy Act, Insurance, Codes etc. 
• Ontario Law: Tenant Protection - Landlord & Student Tenant-Group, both must strictly comply with Lease & Laws of Ontario, By Laws, Codes.
• Ontario Law: Tenant Protection - Lease Covenants/Clauses which are not compliant w Ontario Laws, are deemed  a priori 'null & void'.
• McMaster University - Rental Accountability Program: Tenant Protection - Landlord Registered in the Program.
• Insurance: Tenant Protection - Landlord carries Commercial Student Rental Property Insurance: Broad Form, Replacement Cost.
• Code Safety: Tenant Protection - We are strictly compliant with Ontario Fire Code & Hamilton Fire Department Guidelines.
• Identity Theft: Tenant Protection - We do NOT require, review, record your confidential info - bank, credit card, SS, SIN etc.
• Human Rights: Tenant Protection - We do NOT discriminate on basis of color, creed, class, and sexual orientation.
• Privacy: Tenant Protection - We strictly comply with Personal Information Protection & Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
• Financial: Tenant Protection - We do not allow any predatory pricing practices e.g. price bidding, 'special' deposits etc.
  • Lessor pays for all routine - wear & tear repairs, annual warranty service, maintenance, replacements, upgrades at Property.
  • Lessee pays for 'loss' due to acts of Lessee et al e.g. damage, breakage, cleaning deficiency, abuse, misuse, accident, fines, injury, harm, fires etc.
• Group-Lease: Tenant Protection - YOU alone decide on your trusted housemates. NO uninvited people or random renters.
  • All Students in Group sign the Group Lease - bound together 'jointly & severally' as one legal Lessee/Tenant.
    • Parents do not sign the Group Lease - they are not the Lessee nor live at the Property.
• Due Diligence: Tenant Protection - Students carefully inspect the Property & read the Lease before executing Lease.
• Due Diligence: Tenant Protection - Students take 'possession & control' only > Acceptance Inspection Process & Agreement - Lease start.
• Student's Health, Safety and Security: Tenant Protection: Priority # 1 in our Group-Lease.
  • Service Protection: 24/7 Warranty Guarantee for Heating & Hot Water from  Direct Energy, Reliance.
  • Emergency & Repair Protection: Direct Contact List & Protocols for Sewer, Plumbing, Electricals, Appliances, Roof. 
  • Landlord Response Protection: E-Mail & Phone in 24-48 Hours or sooner for follow up.

Our Experience

We are a private company, not affiliated with McMaster University; we deliver off campus housing rentals for McMaster Students. We have over 40 years of experience as landlords. We are university graduates from the UK & USA, and parents of three university graduates (Queens & Imperial College - London, McGill, Berkley).

• Sam - 'Landlord' - is a professional electrical engineer educated at:
  
              Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T - Cambridge, Massachusetts)
             Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering (S.U.N.Y - Binghamton, New York).

For all warranty service, maintenance, and repairs we retain a select team of reputable and long established independent contractors. Students are provided with a 24/7 contact list and protocols for reaching these contractors in case of emergencies e.g. Reliance, Direct Energy.

Our Community

In Westdale, our company, sponsors a few select childrens groups such as SOS Children's Villages, Covenant House.

Our Mission

Business Mission: Good off campus student 5, 6, 7 bedroom houses for house rent lease by McMaster Students; #1 Priority - Health, Safety, Security of Tenants.

Business Practices: Pericles Partners Inc. (1994) believes in --- detailed lease contracts, 100% transparency, full disclosure, code compliance, due diligence by students, mutual commitments, good homes & proven superb services. Best Service & Prices.

Group Lease: Responsibilities & Liabilities

Our Student Housing Off Campus Rentals for Students at McMaster University are compliant w Laws of Ontario, Residential Tenancy Act, Insurance, Codes & Bylaws.

You alone choose who you live with i.e. trusted house mates - not worry about strangers or random renters. Landlord does not choose house mates.

• To protect everyone's interests - the students, community, and ourselves; we exclusively follow the Group-Lease.
• Group-Lease only - we do not sign individual leases for individuals nor rent out rooms.
• Group alone decides on groupmates & housemates: Group is responsible & liable for all actions & consequences.
• The GROUP [of students] is the legal Lessee a.k.a. 'the Tenant', and only the GROUP leases the leased Property.
  
  • Parents DO NOT sign Group-Lease: They are not the Lessee Group [Tenant] nor live there nor are responsible for it as a 'Group'.
• We comply with all provincial & local codes & by laws, and the Lease Contract requires that students also do so.
• Our Lease provides detailed information & links for students, about living responsibly as 1st time independent 'home owners'.
• Property is covered by a comprehensive Commercial Student-Rental Property Insurance Policy.

Around McMaster University our private Off Campus Housing for Student Rentals are: Modernized & Code Compliant homes - 'shared accommodations'. Houses

• We do not subdivide houses or cram students. 
• We do not rent out rooms in a House.
• Group alone decides who lives in their home.
  • NO Random housemates or tenants.
  • Landlord does NOT decide housemates.

Student Groups generally sign year-over-year leases & choose to stay with us for the entire term (off campus) of their study at McMaster University. Testimonials.

Leasing Process

Students at McMaster University - For our Off Campus Housing Rentals in Westdale:

 - Group must inspect our Property: SEE EVERYTHING.
 - Group must ask questions about the Property: ASK & KNOW EVERYTHING.
 - Group and Landlord only then decide if they jointly wish to move forward: CHOOSE FREELY.
 - Group reads & executes a 12 month group-lease w deposit & cheques: COMMIT JOINTLY LEGALLY.
 - Group Rep must formally Inspect & Accept Property at start of Lease Term: CONFIRM PROPERTY CONDITION.
 - Each Student must carry standard 'Student Contents & Liability' Insurance: COVER YOUR LEGAL LIABILITY.

Note: Current Lessee Group have the legal 1st Right to offer to sign a new Group-Lease, or bring in Lessee related parties - their friends who wish to lease the Property & may have already seen the Property or wish to; and we have to consider their offer 1st vis-a-vis all new Groups. Lessee related McMaster Students may see our Off Campus Student Housing Rentals whenever the Lessee permits.