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.
888 Bute St
888 Bute St, Vancouver · West End
See the whole West End risk profile →What this building’s record shows
888 Bute St has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 1 times (2022–2022), 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
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.
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.
The decisions
Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.
Who runs this building
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.