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Does anybody know how much home inspections cost? Is there a different type of inspector I should be looking for if I rent? There is many fire hazards & things not being fixed in our place, no matter how many months we bug our landlord. Things that cause danger to our health for example. I know I could get the tenants board involved to get it all fixed but I'd prefer to just find out if the place we're in is unsuitable to live in altogether till serious problems get taken care of. I'm sick of my landlord breaking every rule about tenants rights that I'd rather just have an inspector check it out and have our lease forcibly broken so we can get out!  
 
Please only positive and helpful feedback. Can't handle anymore stress. (We know we could have gotten the tenants board involved but we're worried about the landlord coming to us a few months later with some excuse as to why we're being kicked out.)  
 
Anyone else having these troubles??

Well it makes no sense to pay for an inspector. If there are fire hazards a call to the fire chief should help clarify those. You want out but don't want to involve the tenant branch as the landlord may come back and give you an excuse why you're kicked out. You said you want out. I would go to the tenant board with a list compiled of all the things you see as wrong and see what they say.

be able to clarify and be a good enough word for the health hazards too? The reason we're worried about getting kicked out is because depending on the excuse he comes up with he could kick us out without notice, that's the reason we're worried about. We are needing someone to be able to check everything that's broken or causing health problems as well. The place we're in is basically falling apart.

the fire chief, public health and the city planning department will inspect if you report issues but honestly if you want out of your lease why dont you just tell the landlord that you are not happy with the condition of the place nor with his time line for fixing the issues so you would like to leave your lease early, likely the best way  
 
or as much as you dont want to go to the rtb and at least ask about these issues and what your rights are, you can do that without even saying who your landlord is then make the decision from there

We are planning on going to talk to the rtb board about our rights and options but we do also want to get someone who's word will mean something when we say its unsuitable to live in. We've tried talking to him time and time again about fixing everything that is his responsibility to have in good working condition but we either get ignored or flipped on. Plus if we say we're leaving cause everything's not getting fixed, we won't get our damage deposits back because they've been withholding them from everyone else who's moved out for no reason. Even though our landlord has no idea or proof of what the place looked like when we all moved in because they bought the property from the old landlord and never did an inspection...?

Also there is a procedure to follow with the landlord.  
 
https://www.gov.mb.ca/cca/rtb/gbook/s4maintenance_llordresponsibleforrepairs3.html  

DeMa said "We are planning on going to talk to the rtb board about our rights and options but we do also want to get someone who's word will mean something when we say its unsuitable to live in. We've tried talking to him time and time again about fixing everything that is his responsibility to have in good working condition but we either get ignored or flipped on. Plus if we say we're leaving cause everything's not getting fixed, we won't get our damage deposits back because they've been withholding them from everyone else who's moved out for no reason. Even though our landlord has no idea or proof of what the place looked like when we all moved in because they bought the property from the old landlord and never did an inspection...? "

with those circumstances i doubt hed be able to hold your damage deposit and if he does for a $30 fee you can appeal the decision, cheaper then paying an inspector, most issues are worked out before it gets to that tho  
 
how much is the damage deposit, last inspector i had cost $300 and that was a few years back so going that way may not be the most economical option  
 
ps after you talk to the landlord if he will not let you out of the lease and give your damage deposit back tell him you will be or have already been in contact with rtb and see if he changes his tune, trust me as a landlord they are a pain to deal with even if you are right so he might cave because its easier  
 
good luck