Setting Up a Strata Email Account: A Practical Guide for BC Councils
Thinking about a dedicated email address for your BC strata? Here's how to set it up, who should have access, and how to work with your property manager.
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Plain-spoken writing on looking after a building — what works, what quietly breaks, and why it’s rarely the spreadsheet’s fault.
Just Joined Your Strata Council? Here's What to Ask in Your First 30 Days
Just elected to a BC strata council? Nobody hands you a manual. Here are the questions to ask about your building, your money, and your records before your first real decision.
Read articleHow to Use Your Strata's Depreciation Report | BC Guide
Your BC strata paid $5,000–$30,000 for a depreciation report. Most get filed and forgotten. Here's how to turn it into a maintenance plan, and the voting rule that makes it pay for itself.
Read articleWhen Strata Business Lives in Personal Inboxes, It Leaves With the Person
BC strata councils run building business through personal email, then lose paint codes, warranty details, and vendor threads the moment someone rotates off. Here's the problem, the Strata Property Act angle, and a better workflow.
Read articleThe Data Your Strata Corporation Should Always Control
Under BC's Strata Property Act, your strata corporation, not the management company, is responsible for its records. Here's the gap between what the law requires and what your building actually needs to remember.
Read articleWhy strata councils keep falling back on Excel (and what it's costing them)
The spreadsheet is the obvious tool for tracking a BC strata's maintenance and history, until the file goes stale in a handover. Here's where Excel quietly fails councils, and why it isn't the spreadsheet's fault.
Read articleStrata Council Turnover in BC: Why Buildings Lose History
Annual turnover doesn't cause your strata's knowledge problems. It reveals them. Why BC's record rules don't protect continuity, and what councils can do about it.
Read articleWhy strata councils need their own maintenance history
BC strata councils that rely solely on their property management company for building records risk losing years of maintenance history. Here's why owning your own records matters.
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