Condo owner not responsible for replacing glue-filled lock [Video]

A North Vancouver condo building has lost its bid to force the owner of one unit to pay for a replacement lock after a bizarre incident in which glue was “injected” into the locking mechanism.

The owners of Strata Plan LMS447 took Iakovos Seni to B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal after he refused to reimburse them for the $219.10 they paid a locksmith to fix the problem.

In British Columbia, a condominium owners’ association is known as a strata corporation.

Seni told the CRT his front door and its lock are part of the strata’s common property, meaning the strata is responsible for repairing and maintaining it, and he is not responsible for paying the locksmith charge.

In a decision issued Monday and posted on the CRT website, tribunal member Jeffrey Drozdiak agreed with Seni and dismissed the strata’s claims.