Condo Smarts: Allocating strata expenses when only some enjoy benefits (BC)

Q: Our strata corporation has an ongoing dispute about the fairness of cost allocations for utilities. In our building, only the penthouse units have gas fireplaces and gas cooking ranges and barbeque connections. The remainder of the owners believe this is unfair as we do not have any benefit from the utility in the same way, and we are subsidizing their benefits without any additional cost. Can we consider a method of calculating this differently?   Read the Q & A……………………..

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