A Blog For Condo Buyers and Sellers
It seems that more and more condo developments in downtown Vancouver may be adding childcare spaces. There is one specifically that will be opening next year, Atelier on Robson. I think this is great for a city that is in desperate need of more spaces for childcare. I find it interesting in the Georgia Straight [...]
Why is it that the government is always discouraging people from being in business, taking initiative etc. In the case of rental housing, looks like the city wants to tell property owners that if they evict a tenant to make improvements they must let them re-occupy once the improvements are done at the same rent. [...]
OK, This is a departure from what I usually talk about, but why not. Buying a condo is just the first step, then you have to make it your own. Many people have trouble knowing how to work with the space they have, as well as how to do it with a budget. As most [...]
Photo Courtesy of:someToast You know how you feel when you score that perfect parking spot in front of the store or restaurant. Well for many condo buyers it is the same thing when they purchase a condo and the spot they get is right by the elevator, or the entrance etc. Whatever the case is, [...]
Photo Courtesy of:thingermejig” With the environment being on everyone’s mind, and condo ownership rising in most major cities, more should be done to make it easier for residents to recycle, or maybe people just need to step up! With the numbers living in condos, this could go a long way to helping the environment. Any [...]
This just never goes away, sorry to be writing about it again, but again I stumbled across an interesting article on this topic. The Globe and Mail Article Dark Clouds Keep Rolling in on BC’s leaky condos Points to several current situations where owners may be on the hook for up to $150,000 per unit, [...]
Seems like I am talking about leaky condos a lot these days, not sure why. I came across an interesting article today that puts a different spin on who should be paying for the repairs. Of course until now it has always been the owner that pays the tab, maybe in the odd instance the [...]
By now I am sure we all know what a leaky condo is, and we all know it will cost money to fix. Unfortunately the average person will never be able to fully understand what work needs to be done and what work does not need to be done in order to fix a building. [...]
With Strata ownership comes rules and regulations, lots of them in fact. The issue is what rules are needed and what are not, what crosses the line and what does not. As I have said in other posts, although rules are not always to peoples liking, if you are going to have 150 people living [...]
Seems this is an issue that will not go away. I think almost everyone knows what a leaky condo is, but do they really. In the Realty Times Article “British Columbia’s Leaky Condo Crisis Just Won’t go Away there are many good points brought up. The bottom line is still Buyer beware, there are still [...]
