A strata lot owner erected a pergola with fabric on their patio, prompting neighboring residents to complain about view blockage. The strata corporation demanded removal for bylaw violations. The tribunal determined the structure qualified as acceptable seasonal furniture with minimal view impact and ordered the strata corporation to permit it and cover costs.
Cararra By Portico
1485 W 6th Ave, Vancouver · Kitsilano
See the whole Kitsilano risk profile →What this building’s record shows
Cararra By Portico has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 1 times (2020–2020), surfacing 3 distinct issues across 2 categories. The dominant theme is common property & use, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated elevated. Owners prevailed in 1 of 1 decisions; total awards on record: $225.
Each category below explains what that pattern means for a buyer, with the building’s own decisions as evidence.
Common property & use
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.
Governance & council conduct
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.
The decisions
Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.
Who runs this building
Across 135 buildings, this manager has 24 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 1 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.