1633 Ontario St, Vancouver · Mount Pleasant
See the whole Mount Pleasant risk profile →Kayak has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 2 times (2019–2022), surfacing 4 distinct issues across 4 categories. The dominant theme is water, envelope & structural, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated high. Owners prevailed in 1 of 2 decisions; total awards on record: $225.
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.
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.
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 strata corporation enacted a bylaw capping rentals at 40% of units but modified it at the AGM to exclude existing owners. The tribunal ruled this modification constituted an improper substantial alteration and created unlawful discrimination between owners based on when they purchased, making the bylaw invalid.
The owner sought compensation after alleging the strata corporation inadequately maintained shared heating and cooling systems, resulting in moisture damage within their strata lot. The tribunal rejected the claim, determining the strata corporation had responded appropriately by investigating the moisture problems and obtaining professional assessments.
Across 14 buildings, this manager has 2 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 0.07 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.