Denial Ain't a River

Peter is a skilled tile setter who recently plunged into the Vancouver condo market. He was eager to buy, renovate and get out while the market was still hot.

He found an apartment with lots of potential in a great building, moved in and grabbed the first available seat on the strata council.

At his first council meeting, the secretary reported he had some staining in a corner of his living room. Another chap complained about a large brown patch on some drywall in his living room. After some animated discussion, followed by an inspection, all reluctantly agreed that the discoloration in both units was probably due to water damage.

Peter offered to call one of his contactor friends in the home building trade, but the others seemed cool to the idea. They minimized the problem, saying further investigation wasn’t necessary Then they decided that each owner should be responsible for his own "patching up". When Peter protested that signs of water penetration should not be ignored, he was firmly over-ruled.

The next day he learned he’d been bounced from his council seat and he realized he had to take matters into his own hands – he’d heard too many dreadful stories about the consequences of condo owners not taking action in similar situations.

He arranged for a condo consultant to come to a meeting and stress the importance to owners and the strata council of their repair obligations.

The consultant gave them some basic information, an extensive list of resources and advice about where to start. Everyone was apprehensive about what might lie ahead, but maybe some of their fear could be replaced with knowledge.

……..

The strata council will be meeting separately. Peter is hopeful they will decide to hire a professional to evaluate their building envelope and suggest maintenance and repair strategies.

He is anxious to protect his investment.

He would rather pay big bucks now than bigger bucks later.

He wants to avoid the courts.

Lynne Taylor
www.stratacouncilpower.info
seminars and consultations
for strata councils & condo owners

I have a similar

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I have a similar situation.The complex was not built properly to begin with, maintenance ignored for many years and band-aid and cosmetic work was done by an unqualified caretaker.The engineering recommendations were ignored about envelope problems and recurring mold issues. The Management Company wrote a glowing testiomonial on their website,saying how they had increased the values by hiring this unqualified caretaker and doing this shoddy work instead of the work that needed doing. Indeed the values went up by the illusion portrayed to new purchasers of a functioning maintenance plan. There was also a large number of council members selling(wonder what they knew that wasn't revealed in the minutes)

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