A dispute between a strata lot owner and their strata corporation involving rodent problems and issues related to patio door screens, likely concerning maintenance responsibilities and compliance with strata bylaws.
The Brownstone
2105 W 42nd Ave, Vancouver · Kerrisdale
See the whole Kerrisdale risk profile →What this building’s record shows
The Brownstone has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 3 times (2026–2026), surfacing 5 distinct issues across 4 categories. The dominant theme is maintenance & upkeep, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated elevated. Owners prevailed in 0 of 3 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.
Maintenance & upkeep
Deferred repairs and general upkeep. Minor on their own, but alongside structural cases they reinforce a picture of a building falling behind.
Governance & council conduct
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.
Common property & use
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.
Water, envelope & structural
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.
The decisions
Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.
An owner was fined $200 by their strata corporation for allegedly not following rodent prevention recommendations and keeping an untidy suite that attracted rodents. The owner disputed the fine and asked for reimbursement for a damaged patio door screen. The tribunal ruled in favor of the owner, ordering removal of the fine.
An applicant disputed a $200 penalty imposed for failing to comply with rodent prevention requirements and requested replacement of a patio door screen. The provided case documentation was incomplete, preventing determination of the tribunal's final ruling on these matters.
Who runs this building
Across 135 buildings, this manager has 24 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 1 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.