1438 W 7th Ave, Vancouver · Fairview
See the whole Fairview risk profile →Diamond Robinson has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 2 times (2022–2022), surfacing 8 distinct issues across 4 categories. The dominant theme is water, envelope & structural, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated high. Owners prevailed in 2 of 2 decisions; total awards on record: $7,402.
Each category below explains what that pattern means for a buyer, with the building’s own decisions as evidence.
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.
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.
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.
A car belonging to a business tenant's employee ignited in the underground parking area, resulting in fire and smoke damage to common areas. The tribunal ruled the strata lot owner must pay the strata corporation $6,876.88 for cleanup costs plus interest and fees, holding the owner liable under strata bylaws for tenant-related damage.
The owner disputed the strata corporation's refusal to address structural deficiencies including envelope, window, and balcony issues identified in engineering assessments. The tribunal determined the strata violated statutory maintenance duties despite owner vote opposition to repair funding, mandating completion of necessary work or dissolution consideration within set deadlines.
Across 9 buildings, this manager has 2 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 0.59 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.