1345 Burnaby St, Vancouver · West End
See the whole West End risk profile →Fiona Court has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 2 times (2020–2023), surfacing 8 distinct issues across 5 categories. The dominant theme is water, envelope & structural, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated high. Owners prevailed in 0 of 2 decisions; total awards on record: $521.
Each category below explains what that pattern means for a buyer, with the building’s own decisions as evidence.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 applicant owned two strata lots and sought $16,228 for repairs after building envelope work from 2019-2021, alleging inadequate restoration. The tribunal rejected the claims, determining the strata corporation properly followed engineering guidance and wasn't liable for unauthorized modifications. The strata's counter-application for costs also failed.
The strata corporation claimed $3,471.34 in legal expenses after the owner defaulted on a special levy payment and a lien was registered. The tribunal awarded only $478.43 plus interest and costs for $520.55 total, finding most legal costs inadequately documented and not proven necessary.
Across 26 buildings, this manager has 7 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 3.08 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.