The applicant pursued $18,445 in damages after water from a common property pipe leaked into their strata lot in September 2020. They argued the strata corporation should have replaced the piping system following previous leaks in 2016, 2017, and 2019. The tribunal ruled against the applicant, determining the strata had acted appropriately by promptly hiring plumbers for each incident.
Edgemont Place
1665 Nelson St, Vancouver · West End
See the whole West End risk profile →What this building’s record shows
Edgemont Place has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 1 times (2022–2022), surfacing 3 distinct issues across 3 categories. The dominant theme is water, envelope & structural, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated high. Owners prevailed in 0 of 1 decisions; total awards on record: $0.
Each category below explains what that pattern means for a buyer, with the building’s own decisions as evidence.
Water, envelope & structural
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.
Building systems & safety
Electrical, HVAC, elevators, and fire safety. Disputes here point to aging or contested infrastructure — confirm the status of major systems and whether any fire-safety orders are outstanding.
Maintenance & upkeep
Deferred repairs and general upkeep. Minor on their own, but alongside structural cases they reinforce a picture of a building falling behind.
The decisions
Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.
Who runs this building
Across 10 buildings, this manager has 2 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 0.4 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.