1855 Stainsbury Ave, Vancouver · Kensington-Cedar Cottage
See the whole Kensington-Cedar Cottage risk profile →1855 Stainsbury Ave has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 2 times (2023–2024), surfacing 4 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 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.
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.
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 experienced water damage when a roof deck membrane failed in the strata lot above hers. She claimed the strata corporation was negligent and sought damages. The tribunal rejected her case, determining the strata had acted appropriately by conducting professional assessments, obtaining repair estimates, and getting owner consent for $253,000 in deck work prior to the membrane failure.
A dispute arose between strata lot owners regarding parking matters within their strata corporation. The tribunal decision lacks substantive content including findings, analysis, or final orders, preventing determination of how the parking conflict was resolved.
Across 152 buildings, this manager has 64 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 2.97 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.