Articles for Stratas & HOAs

Optimizing the Value of Strata / HOA Properties through Strategic Planning & Preventative Maintenance.

For: Owners

Common Property: Understanding Your Maintenance Responsibilities

If you live in a Condo/Strata home, you have inherited certain maintenance responsibilities. You need to know what they are and what they entail.

For: Owners, Councils, Managers

The Calm After the Storm?: Don't Wait Till After the Storm to Reflect on Risk Planning

Finding infrastructure issues, and then developing long term plans to make sure these weaknesses don’t cause you grief, is good planning and the foundation of solid risk management.

For: Owners, Councils, Managers

Avoiding Negative Surprises: Out of Control Condo Fee Increases Can Be Avoided

Abnormal fee increases can be avoided using the Predictive Analysis method and tools that help boards and owners evaluate possible course of future actions.

For: Owners, Councils

Taking the "?" Out of the "What if?" for Strata Owners

The news over the years hasn't been kind to Strata owners. In British Columbia, the leaky condo crisis of the late 90's and early 2000's continues to leave its mark. IN 2021, the collapse of a condominium building in Miami Beach, Florida, captured the attention of the entire world. But why must we have to learn from our mistakes in such dramatic fashion? Could the leaky condi situation have been avoided? Could the building collapse in Florida have been prevented?

For: Owners

Selling Your Strata or Condo: Preparing for the Dreaded Home Inspection

Home Inspections need not be Dreaded. Your Strata home is probably the most expensive investment you’ll make in your lifetime. So selling it shouldn’t be a horrific experience that uncovers water leaks, pests, rot, and so on, possibly preventing the sale.

For: Owners

Home Inspection: Putting Steroids on This Required Part of Selling Your Home

Selling your home shouldn’t be an experience that uncovers water leaks, pests, rot, and so on, possibly preventing the sale. So why not avoid it? We have tools designed to not only inspect, but also to address any issues found so you can list with confidence.

For: Owners, Councils, Managers

You May Outlive Your Strata, But Not By Much: Maintaining Building Good Health

Good design and construction is a good start to a building's long life expectancy. Preventative actions and maintenance are the next steps.

For: Owners

Water Detectives: Using Technology to Find and Repair Water Ingress Issues

A friend of ours renovated his bathroom with new tiles. Two years later the entire wall of his bathroom collapsed suddenly. The next door neighbor had used a long nail to hang a picture and the nail nicked the cold-water pipe. A couple of years of dripping destroyed the wall and it fell on the person taking a shower. Nobody wants this kind of surprise! The paths that water can find into a building are numerous and most are invisible to the eye.

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