Strata Real Estate

What you should know about strata insurance

Dear Condo Smarts: Our tenant of 10 years moved out in October 2012 and a new tenant moved in on…

12 years ago

Strata council cannot ignore special needs

Dear Condo Smarts: Our strata council has received an application from an owner to make alterations to her strata lot…

12 years ago

Highly charged parking issue for strata council

Dear Condo Smarts: We have just purchased an electric vehicle. We live in a mid-sized condo in Victoria that was…

12 years ago

Condo Smarts: How to ensure gas lines are kept in good repair

Dear Condo Smarts: A few weeks ago, you wrote an article about who was responsible for the water delivery lines…

12 years ago

Borrowing money for repairs tricky for strata

Dear Condo Smarts: Our strata corporation is a 54-unit apartment building in  Surrey. It is 37 years old and due…

12 years ago

Plumbing the depths of water-pipe problems

Dear Condo Smarts: We are in an 86-unit townhouse development that was built around 1985. Our buildings and clubhouse are…

12 years ago

Condo life is rife with conflict

VANCOUVER — The biggest flaw in the act that governs the lives of close to a million British Columbians is that…

12 years ago

Condo Smarts column: A strata council spends reserve fund on a non-emergency

What happens when a strata council spends all of the contingency funds on an unauthorized project, and then members of…

12 years ago

First strata council must obtain documentation

Dear Condo Smarts: Our strata corporation is three years old and we are starting the process of having the depreciation…

12 years ago

How to tell if you’re exempt from rental bylaw

Dear Condo Smarts: When we bought our condo from the developer in 2007, we were advised by the sales person…

12 years ago