1869 Spyglass Pl, Vancouver · Fairview
See the whole Fairview risk profile →Venice Court has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 2 times (2019–2022), surfacing 5 distinct issues across 4 categories. The dominant theme is governance & council conduct, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated high. Owners prevailed in 1 of 2 decisions; total awards on record: $3,491.
Each category below explains what that pattern means for a buyer, with the building’s own decisions as evidence.
How the corporation is actually run — records access, meetings, bylaw enforcement, transparency. Repeated governance cases signal a contentious or opaque council, and that colours every decision made about your money and your building.
Boundaries, parking, and renovation disputes — who controls and can alter shared space. Usually lower-stakes individually, but frequent cases show ongoing friction between owners and the board.
Water ingress, roof, and building-envelope failures are the most expensive problems a condo faces, and they’re what drive large special assessments. Structural cases on record are the strongest reason to commission an engineer’s review of the envelope.
Deferred repairs and general upkeep. Minor on their own, but alongside structural cases they reinforce a picture of a building falling behind.
Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.
The applicant contested modifications made to another unit's enclosed limited common property patio, claiming the work required a three-quarter majority vote as a significant alteration. The tribunal ruled against the claim, determining the patio modifications were not visually substantial and did not impact other residents' use and enjoyment of the property.
The applicant challenged a strata corporation's charge of $3,491.25 for water damage repairs to their ground floor unit caused by a blocked drain on an upper floor terrace. The tribunal determined the strata lacked authority to bill owners for unauthorized repairs and that drain upkeep was the strata's duty.
Across 170 buildings, this manager has 14 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 1.34 per 100 units. A manager’s portfolio-wide rate is a signal of how they run buildings generally, beyond this one address.
Sourced from published tribunal decisions and analysed by PropTrust. Not legal advice. Verify with the corporation and a licensed professional before purchase.