Hi GA people....

I am planning to move from my present apartment after being a tenant
in "good standing" for over 4 years.

The problems arose this winter. The new landlord ( big property
management company ) hired a new  snow/ice removal company.

This new company does very little in the way of proper snow/ice removal.

In December 2005, I e-mailed the property manager, stating that the
conditions of the walkways and parking lot were hazardous due to ice
and snow.I stated that if this dangerous situation continued, I would
have no recourse except to move as soon as possible as I could not
afford to injure myself and spend time off work. Many mornings, I had
to dig my car out of deep snow myself, in order to get to work on
time. Keep in mind I'm not a "spring chicken " anymore :(

On January 17, 2006, my area experienced a severe freezing rain storm. 

When I got home from work at 4:30pm, the walkway and steps leading to
my apt. door were sheer ice. In fact, as I was in a foot cast at the
time ( from an in-home accident), I had to literally crawl up on all
fours to the door.

I phoned the superintendent and asked why the walkways were not
salted. She, in turn, YELLED at me and said the salters had been there
at noon.

Again,  I e-mailed the property manager that night about the hazardous
icy conditions and the super's response to my phone call. He left me a
message on my telephone the next day, apologizing.The next day all
the ice was gone and walkways cleared.

From then on until recently, we've had no snow, etc. so everything went smoothly.

Over the past weekend, we had a lot of snow again. When I returned
home from work on Monday evening, my designated parking spot was
covered in snow and I couldn't even drive into it without getting
stuck. I was forced to park in a visitor's spot, a long way from my
apt. door. The trek to my door was treacherous, as ice and snow
covered it all.

I've had it with this situation. Last night I e-mailed the property
manager a Notice to Vacate the premises effective April 1, 2006, due
to the ongoing hazardous conditions.I stated that the March 2006 rent
would be covered by my last month's rent deposit and asked him for a
good referance as I have always paid my rent on time and been a good
tenant all these years.

Being that I'm on a month to month rental basis, I DO know that the
Landlord/Tenant Act clearly states that a tenant must give 60 days
notice. Since I fall about 8 days short of this timeframe, the manager
is now saying he may not accept my Termination Notice.

As I don't want my "spotless" good credit rating tarnished, what other
recourse could I take?

I live in ON, Canada and have copies of all correspondence.

Thanks for any advice/help you can give me.

"a soon to be homeless", Steph53;)

Such a long story for such a short answer:  Just move out eight days
later than you planned or provide another notice with the required 60
day notice.

in quebec you are allowed to break your lease if the property becomes
uninhabitable.  unless your landlord can satisfy the court that he
will take care of the problem.  you need to use registered mail to
confirm that you did inform the landlord of a problem, then file a
complaint with the ministry who will investigate.  saying you told
them or keeping a copy of a letter you sent is not enough.  unless the
landlord is willing to admit in court that he was negligent   ;)

my personal advice would be to just tough it out, and make a formal
complaint using registered mail at the earliest opportunity.  since
it's not something like a huge hole in the wall i would also take
pictures or a home movie of the poor state of the sidewalks, since you
can't guarantee that the ice will still be there when the officials
come to check out your case.