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VerifiedHello! My name is Debra (formerly known as Legal Ease). Thank you for your question. I'm reviewing it now, and will post back again shortly.
I'm sorry to hear this difficult situation.
What are you supposed to share a bathroom or kitchen with them?
What is this a fixed term lease?
OK. That is good to know. That means that you are covered by the residential tenancy act. They are breaching the lease in a material way if they told you that you were leasing the entire basement and now the boyfriend says that you don't get the second bedroom.
So you have strong grounds for suing to get back what you paid them.
What you can do is send them a letter by Registered Mail. In the letter set out the facts and demand that they reimburse you by a deadline that you set.
Tell them if they to comply you will commence legal proceedings and then will be seeking interest and your costs.
You can then sue them in Small Claims Court and self-represent. If it gets that far and you find you need some help as you go through the process you can always post on this site again and I can assist you further.
Does that help as a starting point?
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