1888 York Ave, Vancouver · Kitsilano
See the whole Kitsilano risk profile →The Yorkville has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 2 times (2022–2024), surfacing 6 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 0 of 2 decisions; total awards on record: $0.
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.
Deferred repairs and general upkeep. Minor on their own, but alongside structural cases they reinforce a picture of a building falling behind.
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.
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.
Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.
The owner alleged the strata corporation treated her unfairly by not addressing water infiltration issues in her strata lot that persisted since 2014, particularly regarding balcony membrane replacement recommended by engineers. The tribunal ruled the strata corporation fulfilled its statutory repair duties and dismissed the unfairness claim.
The owner alleged the strata corporation failed to address ongoing water infiltration issues in her strata lot over a seven-year period and treated her unfairly by delaying permanent repairs after August 2019. The tribunal determined the strata corporation's approach was reasonable, including pursuing interim solutions while planning comprehensive building envelope work, and rejected the claims.
Across 170 buildings, this manager has 14 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 1.34 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.