When I moved into my place, my lease states I pay for 100% of my utilities. Landlord said there were 2 meters on our side of the duplex (upstairs and downstairs units). Turns out, there is only one. I told the landlord at the end of the first month (in person) that I wouldn't be taking responsibility for somebody else's utilities. He agreed and said it was fine. All was well and good for about 11 months until the power was shut off. It's been a lot of back and forth about calling the RTA and him asking me to just pay a percentage. At this point, I have no interest in dealing with his shit and they're now demanding I pay the outstanding balance for the past 2 and a half years. What are my options here? House will soon be renovated so I'm leaving in a few months anyways. I know this seems pretty, but I'm overall a pretty good tenant. Upstairs tenant hasn't paid rent in over a year and constantly trespasses on my part of the property and harasses us.

Just to add to the whole slumlord thing, we had to wait 8 months for a working fridge, our fence has been falling over since we moved in, and the landlord refuses and puts off any other maintenance. I have no interest in paying him another dime.