We bought our timeshare in LOR in 1996. We have one week every year in Lakeside.
In Article V , 5.2 Method of Calculation of Annual Use Fees in our lease agreement , it states
" The Annual Use Fee shall be in an amount which includes the portion of the Operating costs and Replacement Reserve attributable from time to time to the Vacation Interval during which the Vacationer is entitled to use the Vacation Unit hereunder. The Annual Use Fee for each Vacation Interval, during which the Vacationer is entitled to use a Vacation Unit in the Lakeside Inn or Terrace Inn, which falls within the 1996 calendar year shall be $290.00. The Annual Use fee for each Vacation Interval which falls within each calendar year thereafter shall be increased annually by such percentage as may be necessary to offset any increase in Operating Costs and the Replacement Reserve over such costs for the 1996 calendar year, but in no event shall be increased by more than 10% per year cumulatively during the two year period commencing January 1, 1996, and thereafter in each year (the “Relevant Year”) commencing January 1, 1998 by more than the percentage by which the price index for the calendar year immediately preceding the Relevant Year as listed in the Consumer Price Index for Canada, All Items , published by Statistics Canada, or any like index established in substitution therefor exceeds the price index for the calendar year which is two calendar years immediately preceding the Relevant year, as listed in the Consumer Price Index for Canada, All Items or any like index established in substitution therefor."
I'm not sure if my interpretation of this legal wording is correct, (as I have not consulted a lawyer to interpret) but it sounds like they cannot legally increase maintenance fees more than the Consumer Price Index was either for the preceding year or the year before the preceding year. However LOR say that repairs and upgrades to the sewer system or electrical system are not included in the CPI clause and so they will increase our maintenance fees by the same amount as for those who have a lease without a CPI restriction.
It would probably take years to fight this in the courts.