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1494 Harwood St

1494 Harwood St, Vancouver · West End

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Risk read
Elevated · Financial disputes & fees
1
decisions
20232023
span
3
issues
1/1
owner wins

What this building’s record shows

1494 Harwood St has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 1 times (20232023), surfacing 3 distinct issues across 2 categories. The dominant theme is financial disputes & fees, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated elevated. Owners prevailed in 1 of 1 decisions; total awards on record: $18,576.

Each category below explains what that pattern means for a buyer, with the building’s own decisions as evidence.

Financial disputes & fees

Elevated severity2 decisions

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.

Condo Fees · 1Reserve Fund · 1

Governance & council conduct

Elevated severity1 decision

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.

Governance Issues · 1

The decisions

Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.

2023 BCCRT 653
2023-08-03Owner won$18,576

A three-unit strata corporation had not conducted annual general meetings for over twelve years and lacked a required contingency reserve fund. The tribunal mandated compliance with statutory requirements, including holding an AGM with external facilitation within 60 days and collecting $18,576 from owners to establish financial stability.

Who runs this building

Fort Park Property Management

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.