Brentwood Tower Three — Local services in Burnaby

Beautiful interior and wonderful location but what idiot decided it was a good idea to build a new condo with no AC? My unit is at a perpetual 30-37 degrees, even on cool nights.

The ventilation is awful, which is only exacerbated by the fact that smoking is permitted in the building, so enjoy smelling people's cancerous smoke in the hallways.

The elevators are frequently down and the lineups to take an elevator last for 20-30 minutes on bad days. The entrance to the staircase is locked by the way, which is 100% a fire hazard and major inconvenience when elevators are down.

Throwing out the trash is a hassle because you need to go on a 5 minute walk through the underground parking area to get to the garbage disposal while 30 year old condos have...

lived here since it opened

i feel really bad for those who bought in this building

no a/c and it gets HOT in the summer, especially bad if you only have windows on one side so you have no airflow even if you have the windows open you impressed by the 5 elevators? its not enough, sometimes you have to wait upwards of 20-30 minutes in the morning to get into an elevator its a mall, so it gets really busy outside constant construction noises from other towers going up and you can hear the skytrain screeching at every departure/arrival

dont really mind 3. and 4. but 1. and 2. are brutal

i'd recommend finding a...

Living under the management of AWM Alliance has been a highly dissatisfying experience. Their management fee includes ambiguous charges and they have even threatened to alter outdated strata bylaws. Adding to the confusion, they have included strange expenses, such as a yearly cost of nearly ten thousand dollars for "printing documents", despite the fact that everything has been digitized for quite some time.

Additionally, the strata manager has complete control over the selection of maintenance contractors and even the building manager. This results in a mismanagement of strata fees, rendering the entire system...