B.C. condo owner whose sink overflowed receives $30,000 judgment because strata failed to do proper maintenance
Owner Charlene Lal argued before B.C.’s civil resolution tribunal that the strata failed to do the maintenance required to prevent her kitchen sink from overflowing, damaging her suite and two others.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The strata told CRT vice-chair J. Garth Cambrey that Lal didn’t “establish the blockage occurred in the vertical portion of the drainpipe,” saying the blockage instead occurred in the horizontal kitchen drain line in Unit 206 that connects to the vertical pipe. But because the bylaws don’t state the strata is responsible for repairs to the interior of a unit “unless it had been negligent,” Lal had to show how “the strata owed her a duty of care, the strata breached the standard of care, she sustained damage and the damage was caused by the strata’s breach,” said Cambrey.Article content
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