Plain-spoken writing on looking after a building — what works, what quietly breaks, and why it’s rarely the spreadsheet’s fault.
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 articleYour 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 articleBC 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 articleUnder 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 articleThe 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 articleAnnual 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 articleBC 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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