1283 howe St, Vancouver · Downtown Vancouver
See the whole Downtown Vancouver risk profile →1283 howe St has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 2 times (2022–2024), surfacing 5 distinct issues across 3 categories. The dominant theme is governance & council conduct, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated high. Owners prevailed in 1 of 2 decisions; total awards on record: $100,535.
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.
Special assessments and fee disputes hit owners directly — a single levy can run tens of thousands per unit. A pattern here means the building’s finances have been contested. Ask for the reserve-fund study and the levy history before you offer.
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.
Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.
A recent strata lot purchaser disputed liability for retroactive fee adjustments and a special levy covering pre-purchase deficits. The tribunal ruled against the applicant, determining that strata owners are obligated to pay all approved fees and levies irrespective of their purchase date.
A guest of a tenant damaged a sprinkler system in April 2021, resulting in flooding that required over $300,000 in common area repairs. The strata corporation's insurer paid for restoration work but imposed a $100,000 deductible. The tribunal ruled the respondent strata lot owner must reimburse $100,535 covering the deductible plus costs.
Across 106 buildings, this manager has 47 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 2.58 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.