Archive for June 2022
How To Help Boards Avoid Condo Envelope Upgrade Disasters
Your condo envelope offers long-term exterior protection contributing to heat retention and energy efficiency. When it comes time for upgrades, your envelope must provide durability, energy efficiency and improved appearance. Here we offer tips to avoid disasters for your envelope upgrade project. Reducing Thermal Bridges Thermal bridges impact a building’s energy efficiency as they allow…
Read MoreHow Renovation Agreement Reviews Can Help Reduce Noise Issues for Your Condo Board
Having noise issues in your condo? Suspended ceilings in residential buildings help absorb sounds and reduce vibrations. Unfortunately, Toronto condos usually have an eight-inch concrete slab instead. This creates a noise nightmare in many buildings. With the days of wall to wall broadloom long behind us, every little sound can travel further, and become louder,…
Read MoreHow To Mitigate Risk For Condo Water Damage
Water leaks originating from an owner’s unit can be catastrophic. Leaks can affect multiple units, as well as common areas. Although condo management provides plumbing maintenance and repairs, unit owners share the responsibility to mitigate risk in their own units. Here we look at how collaboration between owners and management can help mitigate risk for…
Read More6 Ways to Reduce Condo Maintenance Fees With an Experienced Management Company
Raising your condo maintenance fees is one of the toughest calls your condo board makes. If you are not working with a property management company, you lack the valuable insight that can actually reduce condo fees. Here are six cost saving opportunities you are missing without the guidance of an experienced property management company. Opportunity…
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