Strata Real Estate

Know the rules governing strata surplus funds

Dear Condo Smarts: Our strata corporation is 144 units in Burnaby. Our annual budget is $750,000 this year, and with close…

13 years ago

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…

13 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…

13 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…

13 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…

13 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…

14 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…

14 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…

14 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…

14 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…

14 years ago