1844 W 7th Ave, Vancouver · Kitsilano
See the whole Kitsilano risk profile →Crestview Manor has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 2 times (2021–2025), surfacing 7 distinct issues across 6 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: $262.
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.
Deferred repairs and general upkeep. Minor on their own, but alongside structural cases they reinforce a picture of a building falling behind.
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.
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.
Noise, pets, smoking, short-term rentals. Day-to-day quality-of-life conflict — lower financial stakes, but a useful window into how neighbours and the council handle disputes.
Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.
A strata lot owner alleged that neighboring residents' barbecue activities breached strata bylaws and created health problems from smoke. The tribunal concluded there was insufficient objective proof of nuisance or health risks, rejected the owner's claims, and found the strata corporation had properly investigated and offered reasonable solutions.
The strata corporation billed the owner $3,630.38 for water damage repairs and asbestos removal following a toilet valve failure that affected the unit below. The tribunal determined the owner was not liable as the damaged materials were not common property and proper procedures were not followed before imposing the charges.
Across 74 buildings, this manager has 23 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 6.23 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.