Past, Present, and Future

For geotechnical stability, unit 409 is, and always has been, situated in an area where a tree cutting permit is required from Coquitlam. Trees in the hundreds were planted not just for property values and owner enjoyment, but pursuant to restrictive covenants that run with the land. The building envelope contract set out very strong terms for tree protection and preservation, and in this regard the corresponding budget included adequate remedial funding provisions to restore the original landscaping. In fact, only ONE (1) of the seven (7) significant trees cut down around unit 409 was cut down during the building envelope project. The rest of them were cut down before and after said project.

It was mainly large birch and pine trees that were included in the approximate count of 150 trees that were cut down, and it is easy to take a walk about and count how many are left. Without these trees it looks like the rain is not being absorbed into the earth and/or the water table is lower so that trees that were not cut down have been dying. The subsequent destruction of the landscaping was extremely unexpected, reckless, and vast. It was such a shock we didn't know what hit us.

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Trying to sound the alarm with the strata council has been like shouting into an empty room. Instead of triggering a complaint to the city, police report, and a claim under the strata corporation's directors and officers liability insurance protection, our stated concerns have been harshly and arbitrarily attacked by Mr. Mac, and called "harassment" and "special" interests not shared by the rest of this "community".

Is it true that it is not just him, but everyone else also, who does not care that in 1988, right after Sunridge Estates was built, unit 409 sunk about 6 inches in the northeast corner from unstable land? Since 2004-2006, when its surrounding trees were cut down, our property has not only been severely devalued, but it has been sinking again as the roots of the lost trees decompose, and it had to be reinforced again with more supporting beams under the back of the building in 2008.

Approximately 300 trees were planted by the strata corporation's original landscape architect when Sunridge Estates was built, creating a rare and beautiful urban forest. Over half of them have now been cut down or destroyed by what I consider to be very destructive landscaping practices, and the problem that is ridiculed in the minutes with suggestions of autopsies rather than remedies.

In 2009 grass was planted in the 200 series.
Fresh Topsoil, and Beautiful Green Grass!

In 2010 dandelions in the 400 series, with roots up to a foot long, went to seed for the 4th consecutive year; there was no new landscaping to worry about then - but now there is.

Just how blatant and costly must destruction of common property, and common assets, be for owners to care?