Can a strata lot be used as a private dwelling home?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Meloché v. The Owners, Strata Plan BC 478, 2019 BCCRT 230 (CanLII):
24. In The Owners, Strata Plan VR812 v. Yu, 2017 BCCRT 82, a tribunal member determined that the use of a strata lot as an AirBnB rental was not use as a “private dwelling home”. In that case, there was a bylaw in place stating that a resident must not use a strata lot except as a private dwelling home. The strata in the instant case does not have such a bylaw.
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