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Originally Posted by haymura
so i bought a condo in Richmond that has some rules that irritates me. I am very tempted to blow my steam with the strata management but id like to hear your side before i regret making a move.
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Blowing steam does no good. Fact is, you should have read ALL the strata bylaws BEFORE buying - the seller and/or property management are REQUIRED to provide them, as well as (I believe) the past year's worth of strata meeting minutes AND the minutes of the last AGM, to any potential buyers... so you have no excuse for not knowing the rules, and having the option not to buy if you can't live with them.
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1. visitor parkings are limited to 4 hours and must have a visitor pass tag which we were only issued one. (so what now if i have multiple visitors?)
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As others have noted, this is not uncommon, especially in urban areas where space is at a premium. Tell your visitors to park on the street, carpool, or take the bus.
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2. i just saw recently that people without insurance in their vehicle and parked in "their own" parking will be towed unless proper insurance has been put.
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This is common as well. In fact, this is almost universal. It's a liability issue - if, say, your car catches fire and burns down a building or someone else's car, the strata could be on the legal hook if your car isn't properly insured. Storage insurance is cheap; just do it.
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what bothers me the most is the 4 hour parking. Its not a mall or a business area so why have a limit? its like your putting a limit on how long a family or friend could visit you.
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Nobody's putting limits on how long you can have visitors; it's a limit on how long each tenant has to share limited visitor parking spaces.
Think of it from the other side: how would you feel if there were no such restrictions, and your visitors couldn't find parking because the other tenants' visitors always had the spaces filled up all the time? Rules like this are meant to give EVERYONE a fair chance.
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The worst part is, its in a heavy commercial area so there is no parking on the side street. so where the heck are people suppose to park, especially the ones planning to stay late or sleepover?
to add to that, what if a friend got too drunk after the party? am i suppose to just tell him "oh, you have to drive home now cuz its only a 4 hour limit for parking"
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No, you're supposed to tell him to plan properly BEFORE coming over, because you already know there's a four-hour limit. As in, "You won't be able to park your car here overnight if you need to crash on the couch, so you should probably carpool, or come in a cab or bus."
Again though, none of this should be a surprise to you: you should have read the strata bylaws BEFORE purchasing, and not bought there if you thought any of them were going to be a problem.
Beyond that, as Tool001 suggests, if you really want a chance to change the rules, join the strata council.