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Originally Posted by supafamous
Yep, 2-4 unit housing are non conforming strata and the provincial gov't is the one that makes it really hard to do freehold multi-unit housing. This is why we don't see row houses in BC (unlike Toronto where they are everywhere) as it's pretty much not worth the effort.
I live in a triplex and my two neighbours don't care as much about the appearance of their homes so it can be a bit challenging to keep up on maintenance. For example to get our gutters cleaned both sides of the main building needed to be done and our neighbour didn't really want to do it at first. When we painted our fence we only painted to the part of the fence that was on our side of the building. Stuff like garbage and water fees are sent to us by the city as we were the first unit occupied so we then have to split the bill with the others and follow up. Same with building insurance - we get the quote and then get them to pay their part.
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Is it the same with a duplex in terms of utilities and insurance? If I own 1/2 of a duplex I can't just buy my own insurance but the other unit needs to be part of it too?