1111 Alberni St, Vancouver · West End
See the whole West End risk profile →1111 Alberni St has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 4 times (2022–2025), surfacing 4 distinct issues across 4 categories. The dominant theme is financial disputes & fees, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated high. Owners prevailed in 1 of 4 decisions; total awards on record: $7,724.
Each category below explains what that pattern means for a buyer, with the building’s own decisions as evidence.
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.
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.
A former strata council member contested $691.51 in charges that the strata corporation claimed were duplicate, unverified, or improperly documented expenses. The strata corporation withdrew the charges prior to the tribunal's determination. The tribunal found the matter resolved and awarded the applicant $225 in tribunal fees.
The applicant challenged $19,000 in penalties imposed by the strata corporation for conducting short-term rentals that violated the building's minimum 30-day rental requirement. The tribunal determined the rentals lasted only 20 days, confirming the bylaw breach, and required the applicant to cover the strata corporation's legal costs of $7,437.37 plus interest.
A corporate strata lot owner alleged the strata corporation inadequately maintained common property condensate riser pipes, leading to water damage in their unit during July 2020, and sought mandatory pipe flushing procedures. The tribunal rejected the application, determining the strata's approach was reasonable since engineering testimony confirmed routine preventive maintenance isn't standard practice for residential condensate systems and may harm delicate low-pressure piping.
The owner challenged a $1,911 fee for EV charging station installation, asserting payment was complete and requesting refunds plus power reconnection. The tribunal determined the owner could not demonstrate full payment of outstanding amounts, confirmed the strata corporation's authority to disconnect the charging equipment, and rejected all claims.
Across — buildings, this manager has — tribunal cases on record. 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.