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Posts tagged with “Strata Properties”
Second-hand smoke can be a source of conflict and aggravation in shared living spaces like strata buildings. Don’t let this issue go unnoticed and talk it through with your clients.
REALTORS® need to be aware of the impact the changes in the Building and Strata Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 for existing owners, buyers, and sellers.
What happens to licensees who don’t recommend legal advice on matters beyond their expertise?…
Featuring a conversation with Shawn Fehr, Chair of the Board of the Insurance Brokers Association of BC.
A year ago in Legally Speaking No. 509, I described two Supreme Court of British Columbia cases that addressed whether a strata corporation must first pass an 80% vote…
In its newest report (the “Report”), the British Columbia Law Institute’s formidable committee of strata experts (the “Committee”) recommends more changes to the Strata Property Act (the “Act”)…
A recent Civil Resolution Tribunal decision highlights some important practice points for licensees in transactions involving strata…
Many strata owners do not know they may be personally liable to reimburse their strata corporation for its insurance deductible…
Strata age restriction bylaws are alive and well…
Where strata owners choose to terminate their strata development, two recent cases clarify when a strata council might list the project…
Under the Strata Property Act1 (Act), a strata corporation may pass by-laws prohibiting or restricting the rental of strata units…
Strata developers often use long-term leases to generate revenue from the sale of leasehold interests in parking stalls and storage lockers. A recent case1 reminds licensees about the importance of the lease…
Since late 2013, the provincial government has brought into force various changes affecting strata properties. It seems a good time to review these notable developments…
Discover some of the legal complexities and remedies available in BC for dealing with disruptive behavior in strata-titled properties.
Licensees often mistakenly misrepresent the parking included with a strata unit sale, as a result of relying upon the seller for that information…
Though many licensees are not aware of it, in a phased strata project the developer must contribute to the cost of common facilities until the final phase is deposited…
The majority of all new housing starts involve strata properties. In a dozen municipalities, strata properties now make up more than half of all taxable properties…
Since its adoption, the Strata Property Act has permitted residential strata corporations to adopt rental restriction bylaws.
An anticipated result of the current economic situation has been in increase in litigation concerning condominium unit pre-sales…
Many licensees own condominiums; some also serve on strata councils…
A strata corporation may sue one or more owners as representative of all owners, except those who are being sued, on a matter affecting the common property…
Section 164 of the Strata Property Act (SPA) gives the Supreme Court of BC the authority, upon application by a strata owner or tenant, “to prevent or remedy a significantly unfair action or threatened action by…
The message some licensees took from the two cases discussed in Legally Speaking 371 was that a strata corporation can’t enforce a bylaw restricting the installation of hardwood floors…
A licensee’s client took title to a unit with a floating wood floor, in a strata corporation whose bylaws required strata council approval before installation…
Section 164 of the Strata Property Act gives a strata unit owner or tenant the right to challenge an action completed or threatened, or a decision of a strata council…
In one case, the conditional clause in a Contract of Purchase and Sale required the buyer to satisfy himself as to the tax implications of Canadian/USA/international law upon his purchase of Canadian property…
Reasons for Judgment were published on February 7, 2001, in the first case I have seen that examines the Strata Property Act (SPA) to settle a dispute as to whether the townhouse owners had to contribute to the cost…
An owner-developer now has the opportunity until the first annual general meeting to amend the strata plan to designate parking stalls as limited common property for the use of strata lot owners and, in addition, to…
BCREA published in 1999, a very useful cpe seminar manual, called Strata Property Law for REALTORS, on strata property law and in particular, the Strata Property Act which becomes law on July 1, 2000…