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View Poll Results: How do you feel about building 6 storey wood frame condos?
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Old Posted Nov 3, 2014, 6:23 PM
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The article also pointed out that the oldest condos will need to be demolished & replaced after 50 or 60 years because of poor maintenance, but because the building is strata-owned, a small group of condo owners can refuse to sell and move - preventing the building demolition.
It doesn't take much imagination to get a building condemned. In the US the preferred technique is to just shut off the water, the city or county will usually condemn the same day.
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