Steven Peros
Property Management Trends for the New Year

At this point in the year, it’s likely that you’ve prepared your property or even multiple properties for the winter. As seasoned property managers know, taking preventative measures doesn’t stop when the first snow hits. Regardless of how much time and effort you put into keeping your property in good condition throughout the milder season, there’s always more to do to protect it in the cold months. 

Property Management Trends for the New Year
Steven Peros
Important Winter Maintenance Tips for Property ...

At this point in the year, it’s likely that you’ve prepared your property or even multiple properties for the winter. As seasoned property managers know, taking preventative measures doesn’t stop when the first snow hits. Regardless of how much time and effort you put into keeping your property in good condition throughout the milder season, there’s always more to do to protect it in the cold months. 

Important Winter Maintenance Tips for Property Managers
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Tarion - New Homeowner Information Package

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Getting ready to move into your new home is an exciting and busy time. However, it is important that you set aside some of that time to carefully read through this Homeowner Information Package and become familiar with its contents. It describes your home’s statutory
warranties and the responsibilities of both you and your builder, and explains how Tarion will handle a statutory warranty claim. 

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Can Condominiums Be Liable For Dog Attacks on Common Elements?

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All this to say that, pursuant to the Occupiers’ Liability Act, a Condominium Corporation could be found liable for damages resulting from a dog attack on common elements if the corporation has failed to take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of other individuals on the property. So, what is a Condominium Corporation to do?

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Five easy ways to enhance security at your condo or townhouse complex

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Typically, security is a topic that only gets attention and consideration after an event has taken place. A strong understanding of the potential risks, before they occur is a key element in developing a professional property management system that focusing on prevention over reaction.

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Bill 106 (Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015)

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Many are surprised to learn that given the high values of properties that are being managed throughout Ontario and budgets that regularly top millions of dollars a year per corporation that condo managers and management firms have never been subject to any mandatory qualifications or regulation.

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Bill 106 - Holding AGM's

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If Bill 106 is adopted as drafted, Corporations would be required to undertake specific, time sensitive milestones, and can rely on changes to help complete their AGMs, a task that has been difficult for some Corporations in meeting quorum.

Can a Condo’s Declaration Prohibit Short-term Rentals to Unrelated Students?

With the rise of condominium ownership in Ontario, many owners seek ways to maximize the income earning potential of their units by renting them out.  Many have taken liberty in the nomenclature of the Corporation’s Declaration, to include rentals to students.

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Employers Must Display Employment Standard Information

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Employers Must Display Employment Standard Information

Many condominiums have employees, such as superintendents or cleaning staff. In order that all employers understand their obligations under the Employment Standards Act, 2000, (ESA) and as important, that employees know their rights, all workspaces must conspicuously post an Employment Standards Poster.

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Does a condo renter have more rights than an condo owner when it comes to pets?

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The Residential and Tenancies Act, 2006 (RTA) is the governing legislation that applies to landlords and tenants in the province of Ontario.  It provides that “[a] provision in a tenancy agreement prohibiting the presence of animals in or about the residential complex is void.”, while at the same time, a landlord cannot prevent a tenant from having a pet.  Condominium Boards that find a tenant’s pet to be a nuisance can have that pet evicted.

Condo Insurance – What Is Covered?

Understanding how condominium insurance coverage is set-up, and how owners and boards can reduce risk, is the best protection in order to keep the corporation’s insurance record healthier.  Condominium corporations can also protect themselves by adopting a standard unit by-law and/or an insurance deductible by-law.

PDI – Pre Delivery Inspection For Your Condo Property

If you have ever purchased a new condominium or are about to embark on this journey, it is mandatory to conduct a pre-delivery inspection (“PDI”). PDIs are governed by the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act, which is administered and managed by Tarion. Each builder must conduct a PDI with the purchaser of a new home whether it be a house or a condominium unit.

Can my Condominium send the AGM Package by Email?

The industry has long held that delivery of any documents relating to the corporation, must be in the form specified by the owner, and in compliance with the Act. Translated, a hard copy, mailed to the registered owner at the unit address, unless the owner has provided an alternate mailing address.

What are the common causes of toilet problems?

When it comes to the common causes of toilet repair problems—there are a few worst offenders. These menacing toilet-clogging, bathroom-leaking, noisy issues prey on the vulnerability of your bathroom’s highest-traffic area, your toilet—an element that literally gets sat on multiple times a day.

 

Banish Condo Bathroom Mould For Good!

Pesky, frustrating and not the kind of thing anyone wants to wake up to, bathroom mould is one of the most common problems condo and homeowners face. 

The good news is, assuming it hasn’t gotten out of control, the mould is relatively easy to get rid of, and even easier to prevent – if you know what you’re doing.