3660 Vanness Ave, Vancouver · Renfrew-Collingwood
See the whole Renfrew-Collingwood risk profile →3660 Vanness Ave has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 2 times (2021–2022), surfacing 7 distinct issues across 6 categories. The dominant theme is water, envelope & structural, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated high. Owners prevailed in 1 of 2 decisions; total awards on record: $1,549.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The applicants challenged a $1,682.21 assessment from the strata corporation for costs related to investigating and repairing water damage that originated from a shower in their strata lot in July 2019. The tribunal record is incomplete and does not indicate the final ruling on liability for these expenses.
Following police damage to the owner's entrance during an emergency call in April 2015, the strata corporation levied chargebacks of $1,548.98 in August 2015. The tribunal determined the strata exceeded the two-year limitation period for pursuing these charges and mandated their cancellation along with fee reimbursement.
Across 98 buildings, this manager has 27 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 1.6 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.