Comments on: Life in a leaky condo http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html Bubble? What Bubble? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:53:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: DonkeyXote http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26162 DonkeyXote Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:04:29 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26162 DonkeyXote: Anonymous beat me to it. I fail to see how waking up earlier warrants more sympathy. Many people work out of their home as well, and construction can be very distracting. Is it only people that wake up at 6:00 am and go to work in a shop or office that deserve sympathy? Obviously you guys didn't bother reading his blog.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26162">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> DonkeyXote: Anonymous beat me to it. I fail to see how waking up earlier warrants more sympathy. Many people work out of their home as well, and construction can be very distracting. Is it only people that wake up at 6:00 am and go to work in a shop or office that deserve sympathy?

Obviously you guys didn’t bother reading his blog.

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]]> By: Deliverator http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26107 Deliverator Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:43:46 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26107 I rented a leaky condo for two years. I got the place for below market rent, with the understanding that the repairs would take only six-seven months. The first six months there were construction free, and great. The next year and a half... less so. Banging from 7-5 every day, six days a week. One time I was woken up with drywall dropping on my face from the hammering that was taking place on the wall directly outside. I woke up several times with a construction worker heaving out my bedroom window and stepping inside to work on the frame. (I was told they would have to get permission in advance to enter the place, but that didn't seem to apply if they were coming through the windows.) Why they had to remove and replace each window umpteen times, I'll never know, but I get a chuckle every time I remember the foreman looking at this same window that had been in and out several times: "Who does work like this?!" I'd never do it again.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26107">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I rented a leaky condo for two years. I got the place for below market rent, with the understanding that the repairs would take only six-seven months.

The first six months there were construction free, and great. The next year and a half… less so. Banging from 7-5 every day, six days a week. One time I was woken up with drywall dropping on my face from the hammering that was taking place on the wall directly outside.

I woke up several times with a construction worker heaving out my bedroom window and stepping inside to work on the frame. (I was told they would have to get permission in advance to enter the place, but that didn’t seem to apply if they were coming through the windows.) Why they had to remove and replace each window umpteen times, I’ll never know, but I get a chuckle every time I remember the foreman looking at this same window that had been in and out several times: “Who does work like this?!”

I’d never do it again.

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]]> By: Drachen http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26099 Drachen Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:49:36 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26099 <b>Just Kidding</b> "I’ve posted this on Chipman’s blog and he has banned the comment, has anyone else been banned?" Oh yeah, he really does not want to hear the other side of the story. He wasn't too bad when he could still pretend there wasn't going to be a serious crash, but now he's un<i>bear</i>able (Oh god I'm funny, aren't I funny?).<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26099">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Just Kidding

“I’ve posted this on Chipman’s blog and he has banned the comment, has anyone else been banned?”

Oh yeah, he really does not want to hear the other side of the story. He wasn’t too bad when he could still pretend there wasn’t going to be a serious crash, but now he’s unbearable (Oh god I’m funny, aren’t I funny?).

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]]> By: Good Poiint Arit http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26097 Good Poiint Arit Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:16:57 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26097 Arit: shhh, don't put ideas in peoples heads: "The easiest “vengeance” is typical: Whenever visiting the library, friends or office depot, log into the website and post venom. This causes many sites to close posting from anons, and then they lose popularity. It is a lose-lose situation for the blog owner." Of course if you have a wireless laptop you can log on from all over the neighbourhood or if you live in a high rise you can log on under so many names, as well.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26097">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Arit:
shhh, don’t put ideas in peoples heads:

“The easiest “vengeance” is typical: Whenever visiting the library, friends or office depot, log into the website and post venom. This causes many sites to close posting from anons, and then they lose popularity. It is a lose-lose situation for the blog owner.”

Of course if you have a wireless laptop you can log on from all over the neighbourhood or if you live in a high rise you can log on under so many names, as well.

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]]> By: crabman http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26096 crabman Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:15:40 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26096 I know a guy who bought an investment property in that building in 2005. He was renting it out as an executive apartment (high priced, furnished, short-term rental). I can't imagine he can still charge high prices with all the construction going on there. So 3 years in, he is looking at equity disappearing, a $118k assessment and no rental income? Ouch!<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26096">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I know a guy who bought an investment property in that building in 2005. He was renting it out as an executive apartment (high priced, furnished, short-term rental). I can’t imagine he can still charge high prices with all the construction going on there. So 3 years in, he is looking at equity disappearing, a $118k assessment and no rental income? Ouch!

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]]> By: Just Kidding http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26095 Just Kidding Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:06:24 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26095 Thanks annon, the pimps and pumpers need to be challenged, they have profited from the mess they have created, and they would love to go on unchallenged.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26095">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Thanks annon, the pimps and pumpers need to be challenged, they have profited from the mess they have created, and they would love to go on unchallenged.

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]]> By: pricedoutfornow http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26093 pricedoutfornow Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:55:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26093 I, for one, can't believe the mentality has changed so drastically. Met with three different clients today who all had the same opinion- "prices are going down, it all got out of hand, too many speculators." A few years ago it would have been "Real estate never goes down! Prices are going to the moon!" Oh how times have changed.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26093">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I, for one, can’t believe the mentality has changed so drastically. Met with three different clients today who all had the same opinion- “prices are going down, it all got out of hand, too many speculators.” A few years ago it would have been “Real estate never goes down! Prices are going to the moon!”
Oh how times have changed.

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]]> By: DEFAULT NAME http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26092 DEFAULT NAME Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:42:24 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26092 Sun, May 4, 08 at 12:01 AM I've written several comments about the journlistic integrity of this article and none of them have been posted, yet some moron calling himself Krissh (comment 7) said incomes have tripled in ten years and you'll publish that? [Moderator's note: The rules of this forum are simple - don't curse, don't be racist, don't be sexist, and don't say anything about anyone that could be considered libelous - including employees of the newspaper. By all means, disagree with what's in the piece, but as is said over the comment posting box above... 'keep it clean.']<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26092">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Sun, May 4, 08 at 12:01 AM
I’ve written several comments about the journlistic integrity of this article and none of them have been posted, yet some moron calling himself Krissh (comment 7) said incomes have tripled in ten years and you’ll publish that? [Moderator's note: The rules of this forum are simple - don't curse, don't be racist, don't be sexist, and don't say anything about anyone that could be considered libelous - including employees of the newspaper. By all means, disagree with what's in the piece, but as is said over the comment posting box above... 'keep it clean.']

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]]> By: Just Kidding http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26091 Just Kidding Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:41:04 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26091 could somebody please post the above message on the spinmasters blog? Thanks<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26091">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> could somebody please post the above message on the spinmasters blog?

Thanks

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]]> By: Just Kidding http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26090 Just Kidding Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:57:03 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26090 Hi Blueskies, I drove by the Rupert property listed by, retarded Aaron, of Chipman fame, and I noticed the” gorgeous Italian” house had a “new price”, sticker. I ‘m banned from the Chipman blog, so could you ask him if the price change is for a price increase or decrease? I would imagine that with the Olympic fever heading for a crescendo, and the fact this is the best place on earth, and we are running out of land, the price of that fine piece of architecture must have gone up. What a stylish beauty !!!<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26090">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Hi Blueskies,
I drove by the Rupert property listed by, retarded Aaron, of Chipman fame, and I noticed the” gorgeous Italian” house had a “new price”, sticker.
I ‘m banned from the Chipman blog, so could you ask him if the price change is for a price increase or decrease?
I would imagine that with the Olympic fever heading for a crescendo, and the fact this is the best place on earth, and we are running out of land, the price of that fine piece of architecture must have gone up.

What a stylish beauty !!!

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]]> By: Mold City http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26088 Mold City Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:55:03 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26088 <b>Six months in a leaky condo</b> <blockquote>When I bought a presale, I wanted to be wealthy That's the life for me, living by the sea Spirit of investor, condos are worth their weight in gold The lust of a speculator, will acknowledge no fear I remember you by, thunderclap in the sky Lightning flash, tempers flare, join the strata if you dare I just spent six months in a leaky condo All my equity is gone oh Vancouverite, rugged individual ignore the fundamentals, its the best place in the world The shouting of the bloggers, didn't stop the bubble here So why should it stop me, I'll go bankrupt but stay free Ah c'mon all you lads, lets forget and forgive I'd like to stay dry, but this building leaks like a sieve I just spent six months in a leaky condo Six months in a leaky condo Ship-wrecked market can be cruel Don't be fooled by the boom The tarp on my walls Will protect and prevail I just spent six months in a leaky suite and all the hallways smell like feet</blockquote> With apologies to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yav3C4nKAY" rel="nofollow">Split Enz</a>.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26088">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Six months in a leaky condo

When I bought a presale, I wanted to be wealthy
That’s the life for me, living by the sea
Spirit of investor, condos are worth their weight in gold
The lust of a speculator, will acknowledge no fear
I remember you by, thunderclap in the sky
Lightning flash, tempers flare, join the strata if you dare
I just spent six months in a leaky condo
All my equity is gone oh

Vancouverite, rugged individual
ignore the fundamentals, its the best place in the world
The shouting of the bloggers, didn’t stop the bubble here
So why should it stop me, I’ll go bankrupt but stay free
Ah c’mon all you lads, lets forget and forgive
I’d like to stay dry, but this building leaks like a sieve
I just spent six months in a leaky condo
Six months in a leaky condo

Ship-wrecked market can be cruel
Don’t be fooled by the boom
The tarp on my walls
Will protect and prevail
I just spent six months in a leaky suite
and all the hallways smell like feet

With apologies to Split Enz.

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]]> By: blueskies http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26086 blueskies Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:02:25 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26086 <i>I have a feeling the market is going to take off like crazy.</i> just lie down until the feeling goes away.....<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26086">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I have a feeling the market is going to take off like crazy.

just lie down until the feeling goes away…..

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]]> By: Just Kidding http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26085 Just Kidding Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:27:51 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26085 I have a feeling the market is going to take off like crazy. Prices will increase single digit this year, and next, and as we get closer to the olympics, there will be a spurt of bidding wars. Just kidding I've posted this on Chipman's blog and he has banned the comment, has anyone else been banned?<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26085">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I have a feeling the market is going to take off like crazy.
Prices will increase single digit this year, and next, and as we get closer to the olympics, there will be a spurt of bidding wars.

Just kidding

I’ve posted this on Chipman’s blog and he has banned the comment, has anyone else been banned?

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]]> By: RJB http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26078 RJB Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:47:33 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26078 John, I live in the West End and it really sucks. None of the old buildings are leaking so I never get to hear grinding and banging. It's so quiet and peaceful, I think I am really missing out on the fun.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26078">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> John,

I live in the West End and it really sucks. None of the old buildings are leaking so I never get to hear grinding and banging. It’s so quiet and peaceful, I think I am really missing out on the fun.

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]]> By: YLTNBoomerang http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26077 YLTNBoomerang Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:44:01 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26077 Oh the leaky fun! When I sold my first place in 2002 (I thought the market couldn't go up any more) I moved into my buddies wife's place that they couldn't sell after getting married (couldn't sell because it was under a tarp). The place was a 1 bdr, no den, about 900 sqft on 14th and Oak. they charged me $400/month as nobody would rent it in the semi-construction state. I stayed there a year until a pre-purchase townhouse I had completed then moved out (would have sold the townhouse but things kept going up???). Living in that place for $400/month was fine; paying market rent would not have been acceptable. The funniest thing about living there was the random construction workers I would wake up to looking in my window. I'm not very shy so I'd wave to them as I got up, ask how there day was etc (regardless of what I was wearing). What makes it funny is when I would have gf's stay over and watching them freak out in the morning as the construction guys were looking in - I'd get up (sometimes in the buff) say hello, and then close the blinds so she could get up in privacy. The construction guys loved it (it gave them a laugh), particularly when I dated this one girl that was a bit of an exhibitionist!!! Ahhh, the good ol' leaky condo. Would I do it again? I would; the long-term gf refuses...<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26077">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Oh the leaky fun! When I sold my first place in 2002 (I thought the market couldn’t go up any more) I moved into my buddies wife’s place that they couldn’t sell after getting married (couldn’t sell because it was under a tarp). The place was a 1 bdr, no den, about 900 sqft on 14th and Oak. they charged me $400/month as nobody would rent it in the semi-construction state. I stayed there a year until a pre-purchase townhouse I had completed then moved out (would have sold the townhouse but things kept going up???). Living in that place for $400/month was fine; paying market rent would not have been acceptable.

The funniest thing about living there was the random construction workers I would wake up to looking in my window. I’m not very shy so I’d wave to them as I got up, ask how there day was etc (regardless of what I was wearing). What makes it funny is when I would have gf’s stay over and watching them freak out in the morning as the construction guys were looking in – I’d get up (sometimes in the buff) say hello, and then close the blinds so she could get up in privacy. The construction guys loved it (it gave them a laugh), particularly when I dated this one girl that was a bit of an exhibitionist!!!

Ahhh, the good ol’ leaky condo. Would I do it again? I would; the long-term gf refuses…

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]]> By: john http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26076 john Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:29:19 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26076 Living in a leaky condo is a dream lifestyle. This is especially true in Yaletown where all the rich asians live. The best part is being right where the action is. The sounds of nail guns and grinding are exactly what I like to live with.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26076">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Living in a leaky condo is a dream lifestyle. This is especially true in Yaletown where all the rich asians live. The best part is being right where the action is. The sounds of nail guns and grinding are exactly what I like to live with.

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]]> By: romeojordan http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26075 romeojordan Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:24:41 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26075 Mr.Market, I know a similar realtor He/SHE medallion club....can't sell the spec property...000's of mtg payments per month but no income.... Sad state of affairs.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26075">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Mr.Market,
I know a similar realtor He/SHE medallion club….can’t sell the spec property…000′s of mtg payments per month but no income….
Sad state of affairs.

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]]> By: VH http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26074 VH Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:20:49 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26074 This is my first time - so if I've screwed up the link, sorry, but see rental rules below. This is from the BC Tenant Resource and Advocacy Centre. You may want to get in touch with them to clarify a specific situation but this is what it says: Breaking a lease If you need to break a lease, be aware that you may have to pay rent until your landlord rents the place out to someone else or until the term of your lease is over. This is what a lease means whether it is stated explicitly in the agreement or not. http://www.tenants.bc.ca/factsheets/TSG-web.htm#before My experience with breaking a lease is that I had a fee (about $200 - 6 years ago) deducted from my damage deposit and the balance returned. I contacted the Tenants Resource Centre and they told me that the fee is supposed to cover the costs to the landlord of finding new tenants (ie. putting ads in the paper). I was advised by the Tenant Resource centre that in practice this should be no more that $200 - 300 or I would have ample grounds for pursuing the balance in arbitration. I don't know what would have happened if the landlord would have been unable to find new tenants - which appears to be the most likely scenario in this case. I would recommend contacting the Tenants Resource Centre with any specific questions - I have found them to be quite helpful in the past.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26074">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> This is my first time – so if I’ve screwed up the link, sorry, but see rental rules below. This is from the BC Tenant Resource and Advocacy Centre. You may want to get in touch with them to clarify a specific situation but this is what it says:

Breaking a lease
If you need to break a lease, be aware that you may have to pay rent until your landlord rents the place out to someone else or until the term of your lease is over. This is what a lease means whether it is stated explicitly in the agreement or not.

http://www.tenants.bc.ca/facts.....htm#before

My experience with breaking a lease is that I had a fee (about $200 – 6 years ago) deducted from my damage deposit and the balance returned. I contacted the Tenants Resource Centre and they told me that the fee is supposed to cover the costs to the landlord of finding new tenants (ie. putting ads in the paper). I was advised by the Tenant Resource centre that in practice this should be no more that $200 – 300 or I would have ample grounds for pursuing the balance in arbitration.

I don’t know what would have happened if the landlord would have been unable to find new tenants – which appears to be the most likely scenario in this case. I would recommend contacting the Tenants Resource Centre with any specific questions – I have found them to be quite helpful in the past.

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]]> By: Mr. Market http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26073 Mr. Market Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:09:56 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26073 The wave of foreclosure will begin this winter when people like my friends start loosing income and savings begin to dwindle. This will be th winter of RE discontent.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26073">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> The wave of foreclosure will begin this winter when people like my friends start loosing income and savings begin to dwindle.

This will be th winter of RE discontent.

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]]> By: Mr. Market http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26072 Mr. Market Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:07:55 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26072 The Vancouver real estate market is toast. I have realtor friends who's income's have dropped drastically because they are not selling anything. They also own a bunch of cashflow negative investment units that they cannot unload and that are now threatening to suck their savings as their current income is in free fall. They are worried about bankruptcy. One guy has looks like he's lost 20 lbs over the summer due to worry.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26072">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> The Vancouver real estate market is toast. I have realtor friends who’s income’s have dropped drastically because they are not selling anything. They also own a bunch of cashflow negative investment units that they cannot unload and that are now threatening to suck their savings as their current income is in free fall. They are worried about bankruptcy.

One guy has looks like he’s lost 20 lbs over the summer due to worry.

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]]> By: Bubble Lad http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26071 Bubble Lad Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:04:45 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26071 I think someone needs to look into the rental rules. I was of the understanding that all rental properties in Vancouver where on a month by month basis. I don't think you are actually under any legal obligation to honour anything else. It looks like more of a "gentleman's agreement" (pardon the gender bias).<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26071">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I think someone needs to look into the rental rules. I was of the understanding that all rental properties in Vancouver where on a month by month basis. I don’t think you are actually under any legal obligation to honour anything else. It looks like more of a “gentleman’s agreement” (pardon the gender bias).

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]]> By: Lager not Logger http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26070 Lager not Logger Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:57:20 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26070 VHB, I suspect they would come after you for the lease - it would be a hassle, but they have the extra bills to worry about and a place that would be difficult to find tenants for. In remediation they'd probably get half the remaining lease back, but who knows? I agree though, at least they don't owe an extra $100k!<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26070">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> VHB, I suspect they would come after you for the lease – it would be a hassle, but they have the extra bills to worry about and a place that would be difficult to find tenants for. In remediation they’d probably get half the remaining lease back, but who knows?

I agree though, at least they don’t owe an extra $100k!

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]]> By: patriotz http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26069 patriotz Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:40:59 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26069 <i>Some people need a serious education on what can happen if we don’t handle this problem early.</i> "Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other." Ben Franklin<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26069">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Some people need a serious education on what can happen if we don’t handle this problem early.

“Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.”

Ben Franklin

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]]> By: Bubble Lad http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26068 Bubble Lad Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:27:34 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26068 I would never buy a condo at ANY price in Vancouver. What a nightmare. You'd have to have rocks in your head!<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26068">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I would never buy a condo at ANY price in Vancouver. What a nightmare. You’d have to have rocks in your head!

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]]> By: ted http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26066 ted Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:49:41 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/09/life-in-a-leaky-condo.html#comment-26066 Warren are you complaining about someone complaining?<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-26066">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Warren are you complaining about someone complaining?

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