315 Renfrew St, Vancouver · Hastings-Sunrise
See the whole Hastings-Sunrise risk profile →315 Renfrew St has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 2 times (2023–2024), surfacing 6 distinct issues across 5 categories. The dominant theme is governance & council conduct, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated high. Owners prevailed in 0 of 2 decisions; total awards on record: $113.
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.
Noise, pets, smoking, short-term rentals. Day-to-day quality-of-life conflict — lower financial stakes, but a useful window into how neighbours and the council handle disputes.
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 respondent contested a $200 penalty and directive to remove decorative items including a windchime and hanging lights from their balcony, arguing no bylaw violations occurred. The tribunal decision text is incomplete, preventing determination of the final outcome.
The strata corporation pursued bylaw enforcement against the owner for property maintenance issues including hoarding conditions, utility overuse, cluttered outdoor areas, and pest problems. The tribunal required the owner to remediate the unit and allow inspections while rejecting monetary penalties due to procedural defects.
Across 77 buildings, this manager has 29 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 1.9 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.