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  1. Strata fines never automatically imposed

    Review bank service agreement for consent to pay fees Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: Several years ago, our strata corporation adopted a bylaw requiring owners to provide payments by automatic bank withdrawal. At the time, several owners raised concerns about the strata corporation having access to their banks accounts, but were assured it was only […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    17-10-2019
    Strata Information

  2. Stratas obliged to ensure safe access for all residents

    Stratas obliged to ensure safe access for all Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: I live in a condo apartment building that was completed in 1995. We have 48 units over eight floors. Our family has lived in the building since day one, but our community is rapidly aging and we find ourselves facing some new […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    10-10-2019
    Strata Information

  3. Owners entitled to personal info collected by council

    Owners have right to information Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony:  Our strata council has been engaging in some bizarre activities lately in how it holds council meetings and reports decisions to the owners.  Our bylaws have an unusual condition that relates to in-camera minutes. The bylaw stipulates that in-camera minutes are recorded and kept in […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    03-10-2019
    Strata Information

  4. Condo Smarts: Walk strata to determine accuracy of plans

    Walk strata to determine accuracy of plans Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: We have an unusual problem in our strata corporation. We have several buildings and we are 308 units. Several owners have approached council with a complaint that their strata fees are not correct and want to know how to change them. We have […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    25-09-2019
    Strata Information

  5. Condo Smarts: Aging receivables should be routinely reviewed

    Aging receivables should be routinely reviewed Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: We are a mid-sized condo building of 55 units. Our units are mostly retired owner-occupied as we have a very desirable location. At our annual meeting, we routinely have at least 50 per cent or more of the owners in attendance. This year at […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    19-09-2019
    Strata Information

  6. All strata-lot owners should ensure they have adequate insurance

    Ensure strata lots have adequate insurance Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: You mention in your Sept. 5 article that discusses the $75,000 water damage incident to three units where the deductible is $100,000 that “each strata-lot owner will be responsible for the repairs to their own units.” Are you saying that the three impacted owners […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    11-09-2019
    Strata Information

  7. Big increases have hit strata insurance customers

    Delinquent repairs could lead to high insurance deductibles Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: Our strata corporation is an older wood-frame condo. In the past three years we have experienced a number of water claims on our insurance. Two claims this year were failures of pipes, and last year leaks were owner caused as a result […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    05-09-2019
    Strata Information

  8. Condo Smarts: Collective purchasing a perk to strata living

    Collective purchasing a perk to strata living Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: We live in a townhouse complex in Langley. There are 38 units in our development and we are oriented in duplexes, so 19 buildings. Each of our units was constructed with a heat pump that is located in between each of the duplexes […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    28-08-2019
    Strata Information

  9. Condo Smarts: Plan ahead to avoid special levies

    Plan ahead to avoid special levies Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: We sold our condo in Burnaby in February. At the time of the sale, we were instructed to pay for a special levy that was due over the next three years as a special levy to increase the contingency reserve fund. As part of […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    22-08-2019
    Strata Information

  10. Rules on strata surplus funds designed to protect owners

    Rules on surplus funds designed to protect owners Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: I sold my strata lot on June 3 and as a condition of the sale, the buyer agreed if there were any refunds from the $3.5 million special levy we paid in 2017, they would authorize the payment to be directed to […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    14-08-2019
    Strata Information

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