So what if the landlord closes my pool?

   A case went to the Rental Board a few weeks ago where tenants demanded a rent reduction because there was an outdoor pool at their building when they moved in and it was shut a few years ago.
   The five story building of 68 apartments in Hamstead is administered by Zavco Properties, speficically Gabriel Paliotti. He works with the director/administrator (possibly owner?) Zaav Aberman who has been running the joint since 1972.
   In 2003 the province told them they needed a full-time lifeguard because the pool was deeper than four feet. They claimed that they hired one but he just punched in and took off each time, leaving them in the lurch for a couple of fines, so they decided simply to shut the pool down. asking for a rent reduction were: Lynn & Zalman Yegereman, Alexandur Novikov, Conrad Shatner, who has lived there since 1977, (certainly not the Conrad Shatner? - Chimples) & Bella Gaertner
   The regisseur became irritated when the landlords said that one upside of the pool closing was that it saved $3,000 a year in water taxes. The regisseur said that this contradicted their claim that it wasn't an essential service. The judge said the landlords were incoherent and kept introducing irrelevant information.
   The tenants also complained that the adjoining courtyard was a mess. The rental board decided however not to order the landlord to reopen the pool. Tenants were given between $70-$120 a year in rent money back, which isn't a ton considering that they're paying $900 or so per apartment.