What is the test for disclosing that a home was built in 1998?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Luminary Holding Corp. v Fyfe, 2021 BCSC 167 (CanLII):
Of course, there are limits to what must be disclosed. In Nixon v. MacIver, 2016 BCCA 8, the listing stated that the house purchased by the plaintiffs had been built in “1998 approximate”. However, an older cabin had been incorporated as a second story. The court accepted that there had been no misrepresentation, and applied the principle of caveat emptor.
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