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888 Bute St

888 Bute St, Vancouver · West End

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Risk read
Elevated · Governance & council conduct
1
decisions
20222022
span
2
issues
0/1
owner wins

What this building’s record shows

888 Bute St has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 1 times (20222022), surfacing 2 distinct issues across 2 categories. The dominant theme is governance & council conduct, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated elevated. Owners prevailed in 0 of 1 decisions; total awards on record: $125.

Each category below explains what that pattern means for a buyer, with the building’s own decisions as evidence.

Governance & council conduct

Elevated severity1 decision

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.

Governance Issues · 1

Common property & use

Elevated severity1 decision

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.

Boundary Issues · 1

The decisions

Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.

2022 BCCRT 1112
2022-10-11Corporation upheld$125

The owner placed metal planters on shared strata property without securing the mandatory three-quarters majority approval from owners as required by law. The tribunal determined this modification was substantial and directed removal within 90 days at the owner's cost, along with $125 in fees to the strata corporation.

Who runs this building

Firstservice Residential

Across 1,141 buildings, this manager has 304 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 1.2 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.