Submissions by the Association of
Etobicoke Condominium Corporations
In 1996, the Association of Etobicoke Condominium Corporations, formed
in 1974, asked their member condo corporations to submit a list of
construction problems to them so the Association could submit the
collected findings
to the Ontario Residential Condominium Study Group.
Eleven condo towers and five townhouse corporations sent replies that
were collected and sent to the Study Group in May 1967.
I have just received (February 2015) a copy of these submissions.
The first condominium in Toronto, YCC #1 submitted a report on their
construction deficiencies as did YCC #80 and fourteen others in between.
I was surprised and disappointed to read that most had similar
problems. They included:
• leaking roofs.
• leaking and damaged underground parking garages.
• leaking and burst water pipes.
• leaking building envelopes.
• poor quality caulking.
• electrical problems including poor quality switches, outlets and fuse
boxes.
• poor heating systems
• inadequate sound proofing
• poorly build roadways.
• poor drainage.
• poor workmanship.
One builder left his garbage including bricks up on top of the roof.
Another building had no straight walls and uneven floors. Roadways
would collapse when the garbage trucks came on the site.
It is obvious that a lot of work went into these submissions. All were
typed on typewriters as personal computers were unavailable back then.
It was also interesting to hear that this association was successful in
lobbying the City of Etobicoke to have changes made that helped condo
owners in their municipality including getting a Fire Route by-law
passed.
Here is the association's submission.
Attached to this report were 27 pages describing construction
deficiencies that were submitted to the association by the sixteen
participating condo corporations.
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