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  1. ?Memorial garden? disrupts needed repairs

    Garage work disrupts memorial garden Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: Our strata is undertaking a major renovation to our parking garage. The landscaping over the garage has been allowed to grow out of control for over 25 years and we now have serious leaking and some problems with the structure.  We have run into a […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    11-08-2016
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  2. Forms can help dispute claims

    FINANCES: Stratas must disclose details on Form F Payment Certificate Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: In order for us to sell our condo, our strata recently forced us to pay $1,500 in fines for an alteration that we did not make to the exterior of our condo; it was made by a previous owner and […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    03-08-2016
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  3. New Civil Resolution Tribunal makes it simpler to settle strata disputes

    Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: We are a 65-unit bare-land strata in the Okanagan. Generally, everyone gets along well, but we have had an owner move in who has decided he can do whatever he wants. His neighbours on both sides are constantly his targets and noise, constant construction and blocked access occur daily. We […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    21-07-2016
    Strata Information

  4. Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) can order repair, payment

    OWNER WON?T PAY: Without bylaws, strata has no authority to maintain or fix the lot Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony:  What happens when an owner refuses to repair water damages to their strata lot?  Last year an owner had a pipe break in his strata lot resulting in $8,000 damages to the drywall and carpets. […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    14-07-2016
    Strata Information

  5. Bylaws need to be filed

    Condo Smarts: Failure to file bylaw changes causes ? Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: As the new president of our strata council, one of my tasks was to get a handle on our bylaws so everyone could understand what was in effect and what no longer applied. Our strata has filed 14 bylaw amendments since […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    07-07-2016
    Strata Information

  6. Flying the flag on unit may not be allowed

    Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: Every year when we have Canada Day, our strata council goes through the same problem with the same owners. They start a petition to amend the bylaws to allow owners to install flagpoles on their units. Every year we have the meeting, and every year the amendment gets defeated. We […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    30-06-2016
    Strata Information

  7. Management contracts can be negotiated

    Change is allowed: Everything open for discussion unless there is a specific real estate or strata condition Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: Our 200-unit strata is searching for a new management company and one of our requests was for the companies to provide us with a proposed contract for services and fees. In every proposal […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    23-06-2016
    Strata Information

  8. Strata?s guest-suite income triggers various taxes

    other Dear Tony: Our strata council is getting mixed information from our owners, our accountant and our property manager. The accountant said we have to file a tax return, the property manager said it is not necessary because we don’t pay taxes, and our owners don’t want us to file anything to avoid being on the tax […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    16-06-2016
    Strata Information

  9. Strata council doesn?t need confidentiality agreement

    Tony Gioventuother Dear Tony: Our strata manager and council president have insisted that every council member has to sign a confidentiality agreement or resign from council. We were told this is a requirement of the act, but a few council members have challenged the intention of this policy and now everyone is back-pedalling. It does […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    07-06-2016
    Strata Information

  10. Who decides the consequences when someone violates the strata bylaws

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    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    11-02-2016
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