188 Keefer St, Vancouver · Downtown Vancouver
See the whole Downtown Vancouver risk profile →Chinatown House has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 1 times (2019–2019), surfacing 3 distinct issues across 3 categories. The dominant theme is water, envelope & structural, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated high. Owners prevailed in 0 of 1 decisions; total awards on record: $113.
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.
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 owner challenged repair bills for plumbing damage caused by water leaking from their unit to the one below. The tribunal determined the leak originated from a shared waste pipe rather than the owner's fixtures, ruling the strata corporation must reimburse $669.90 in charges plus fees.
Across 8 buildings, this manager has 1 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 0.18 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.