Since the last Legally Speaking on this topic,1 the Supreme Court of British Columbia has awarded significant damages against two owner-builders for poor construction…
Posts tagged with “Construction”
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Waterfront properties with private docks are looking attractive at this time of the year, particularly with the weather we’ve been enjoying this summer…
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An owner who sold a building lot took back an option to repurchase it if the buyer did not construct a dwelling house upon it by a fixed date…
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A building scheme generally gives a developer the right to approve the plans for homes to be constructed upon the newly created lots…
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One of the decisions referred to in Column #269 discussed whether changes made during the course of construction to the plans of condominiums, which had been presold before construction…
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A taxpayer bought a home and occupied it as his principal residence for 18 months and then rented one-third of it for 46 months. He then sold the home for a gain of $52,000, which the Minister of National Revenue…
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The plans were for a home with unusual design features to be constructed by a competent contractor experienced in the construction of standard design homes only…
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It’s been a hot summer and not just in the forests. The stack of listings you had in June have sold, disappearing as rapidly as pancakes at a loggers’ breakfast…
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You have listed for sale a house, to be described in the ad as a handyman’s special, which is located on a heavily-trafficked road in the middle of two blocks of mixed residential tenancy and low profit non-conforming…
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Column #69 which discussed a Builders Lien clause resulted in questions which indicate that there is some confusion as to when liens may be filed and lien holdbacks may be paid out…
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I recently reviewed a proposed contract for the purchase of a lot and a home to be constructed by the owner/builder…
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We import more than fruit, vegetables, movies and the Beach Boys from California; now we may be importing their law…
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A recent case illustrates the liability which may attach to both a limited company and the employee of the limited company, resulting from the actions of the employees…
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You own seventeen acres of vacant land in West Vancouver for which you have obtained approval of a plan of subdivision which requires the dedication of a road along the northern boundary of your property…