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Elan

1255 Seymour St, Vancouver · Downtown Vancouver

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Risk read
High · Governance & council conduct
1
decisions
20222022
span
3
issues
0/1
owner wins

What this building’s record shows

Elan has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 1 times (20222022), surfacing 3 distinct issues across 2 categories. The dominant theme is governance & council conduct, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated high. Owners prevailed in 0 of 1 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.

Governance & council conduct

Elevated severity2 decisions

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.

Governance Issues · 1Insurance Issues · 1

Water, envelope & structural

High severity1 decision

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.

Water Damage · 1

The decisions

Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.

2022 BCCRT 708
2022-06-17Corporation upheld

The owner alleged the strata corporation failed to conduct proper council hearings, deliver meeting records, cover water damage insurance costs, and caused distress. The tribunal rejected nearly all allegations, determining no statutory violations occurred with council procedures since the owner didn't respond to meeting invitations, and found no negligence in repair handling. Only requirement was providing specific meeting minutes from October 8, 2020 if that session took place.

Who runs this building

Firstservice Residential

Across 1,141 buildings, this manager has 304 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 1.2 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.