Comments on: VISOA report on BC Strata deficiencies

By: Moldcity

Moldcity — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:12:29 +0000

you could write a good horror novel about the typical strata council or co-op board.

Not exactly about stratas, but there’s always J.G. Ballards Highrise:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Rise

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By: bdk

bdk — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:00:57 +0000

My Bad, I'm fried tonight. I meant Lord of the Flies.

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By: blueskies

blueskies — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:50:58 +0000

The Lord of the Flies” is more appropriate. yes! strata councils bring out the worst in people, and the worst kind of people love to participate you could write a good horror novel about the typical strata council or co-op board.

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By: patriotz

patriotz — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:44:55 +0000

You are going to get a lot of people mad at you by calling LOTR a "children's book". Anyway I think you had the wrong book in mind. I think "The Lord of the Flies" is more appropriate.

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By: bdk

bdk — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:38:30 +0000

Stratas are a lot like the childrens book "the lord of the rings" Imagine having Krissh on a strata!

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By: Strataman

Strataman — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:57:55 +0000

That is a terrific report, unfortunately the Vancouver Strata Association who would in my opinion fill the negatives in the report to a tee!!!! haven’t even come close to that analysis. I would strongly suggest that in the next 5 years we will see the “strata owner” being sharply degraded as an “naive” foolish buyer. I go to dozens of meetings where trying to get the interest of the owner is a lost cause. The general (+90% of owners) involvement is “I have granite counter tops why should I be active”, they are the ultimate “idiots”. (My quotations). The IQ of Strata councils borders on the absurd, yet the really really stupid people are that 90% of owners who let strata elections run by acclamation! I would never buy as I know the ins and outs of this set-up and as legislation now stands you are an idiot to buy at any price! Take your Mercedes to a discount oil change outfit and NEVER take it to the dealer for service and that is exactly you a Vancouver West End Condo owner.

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By: Clarke

Clarke — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:56:42 +0000

These all seem like pretty reasonable recommendations, but I would not hold my breath on many changes being implemented. The fact that the local media has ignored this and focused on "boosterism" might be explained by noting who seems to purchase the majority of the advertising space. The idea that your condo is actually a collective investment and is subject to communal decision making is something a lot of people have a hard time getting their heads around. I lived in a condo, and was on the strata council when we went through the leak issue and it was not a low stress experience.

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