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Dear Tony: Our strata council president recently posted a notice in our building indicating there are 10 additional parking spaces available for sale at a rate of $15,000 from the strata . . .
Dear Tony: Our Victoria strata corporation has struggled with the decision process around how council is elected at the annual general meeting. We use the standard bylaws of the strata property act. . .
Dear Tony: What are the limitations that we can impose on an owner who is wanting to undertake alterations to their strata lot? We have an owner who has purchased a penthouse unit and has submitted. . .
Dear Tony: At a recent general meeting, our strata had a lengthy dispute over how quorum was calculated and whether we could continue our meeting near the end, as more than half the registrants had. . .
We did not have sufficient funds in our contingency in the event of an emergency, so we had to resort to a special general meeting and approving a special levy to all owners. Our strata council has reached an agreement with the family to pay for the deductible when the unit is sold this year, but in the interim, every owner was required to pay their share of the levy. This did raise a question that no one seems to have an answer for. If the unit sells and the $100,000 is paid back to the corporation, what happens to that money?