townhouse

Why do townhouses pay less in strata fees?

If you’ve ever lived in a townhouse strata lot, you may or may not have noticed that you pay slightly…

6 years ago

The 3 keys to Rental Property Management

Good Property Management basically boils down to 3 key components, and they all happen to start with the letter R.…

7 years ago

Fireplace flames

Dear Condo Smarts: Our strata corporation in Nanaimo is 23 years old. The homes are townhouses, all of which have…

11 years ago

How to divide up the costs of shared repairs

There are legal specifications regarding how strata fees and special levies should be applied to different sized units Dear Condo…

11 years ago

Plumbing the depths of water-pipe problems

Dear Condo Smarts: We are in an 86-unit townhouse development that was built around 1985. Our buildings and clubhouse are…

11 years ago

Condo Smarts column: A strata council spends reserve fund on a non-emergency

What happens when a strata council spends all of the contingency funds on an unauthorized project, and then members of…

12 years ago