LOL
https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/receipts/
ANNNYWAY, enough of semantics.
Finally good actual discussion.
I'm no monster, While I sympathize with having to move especially as a 90-year-old, or your business that's existed for 30+ years it's no excuse to ignore the law and make stuff up. Unlike some people Ill actually read your comment in its entirety.
Lets drill down article by article
1. This one is just weird, the reporting doesn't have the full story and intentionally leaves things out. I recommend reading more about this in the discussion threads from June 40 pages back in this very same
thread. The daughter got her appraiser and Metrolinx obviously disagreed, note the big difference in square footage, on a lot that small it raises questions about the validity of it. Remember what I said about receipts? Where is her Appraisal? Why does Global only have Metrolinx's appraisers in the article. Feels a bit 1-sided don't you think?
2. If your only response to this is "MX is extorting them" then you haven't paid attention to the property market in the last 2 years. Again, where are his appraisers? Also note later in the article he accepted the 3rd offer
3. Wait what does this prove? This one isn't even about market value at all, just residents pissed that they're being expropriated flat out.
4. This one is literally blogto trash. A picture probably from reddit with 0 context behind it, with the owner seemingly just complaining about MX. Nothing about market appraisals at all.
5. Is this a leased business? or an owned business, not really clear. In any case check this out
So Metrolinx offers to give you a fully paid for move, but you're like "nuh uh I want this one specifically" even though getting it will cost $200,000 in renovations? Naw I'm not sympathetic to that. Metrolinx even offered to give them the money, but they had to sign on the dotted line to be out by a specific date? Good for you, brand spankin new business all paid for.... wait you're not signing? WTF
6. There really much detail here, it derails into a completely separate topic entirely. The only thing I will note, is that he is a business renter, and that MX probably has provided him a location to move his business as he questions his customers now driving to him.
7. This one's probably the most valid criticism here. Metrolinx is paying only for the business frontage and not the apartments above it? Somethings weird, there has to be more to the story. Still wouldn't call that offer not fair market value.
There's a big difference between disputing the appraisal value and disputing what exactly they're appraising. This is complicated law but that's what the court OLT is for. Someone has to be right, and someone has to be wrong.
That flair is completely satirical due to the amount of people who constantly think I'm a paid Therme and MX shill. God, I wish I was lol.
Now all that said: lets go over your last point and disprove it, remember, most expropriation is private and confidential
The law does not say they *need* to offer an inconvenience fee. Metrolinx is under no obligation to do so, though in some cases they offer extra cash for signing an agreement amicably. See
this article:
By Law, Metrolinx owes almost exclusively for an appraiser. I dont think they owe for lawyers fees or realtor fees. I could be wrong though.
They definitely do owe travel costs and apperently build-out costs too as definitely discussed in the articles above.
TLDR: Look, if your point is that Metrolinx isn't going above and beyond, therefore not giving fair offers, I don't know what to tell you. Thats not how this works, the law is the law.
