Pivot Point Properties Ltd.

Ring the Alarm!

Annual fire inspections, monthly fire drills, fire safety plan, fire directors, muster stations, evacuation plans, fire extinguishers. Yawn……Sounds boring right?

How about potentially life saving!

These are just a few of the components that make up or bring together your fire suppression system. Using the non emergency phone numbers, check with local fire departments or fire protection companies for safety tips and government requirements for the operation and inspection of your fire system.  

These ingredients are the catalyst that spark conversations into potentially fiery debates, breeding challenges for Strata Councils and Strata Property Management companies. The same elements that create rewarding tasks also tend to challenge our inner sanity when exploring viable solutions.

 Navigating people, pets & parking issues with consistency, composure and an anticipated end goal might help reduce hostility or feelings of targeted attacks.

As a Strata Manager, I find one great StratAgy to building community and encouraging unity in your strata corporation is interconnection. When you don’t see eye to eye, agree to disagree and move on!

 You can’t build positive culture through intimidation or manipulation! Relationships are built one parallel conversation at a time.  Consider having a social budget and a committee that organizes quarterly, biannual, or just an annual event.  Of course, with current events health measures are to be considered.

BBQ’s, Games Night, Sporting Matches, Book Club are some big hits! You’ll be surprised how it might adjust the vibe of your complex.

It’s Snowing!

Ever hear those words and spin into complete panic? Then this message is for you! It’s that time of year to start crafting the game plan in the event the snow starts falling.

Start by contacting your insurance provider as they may have tips to increase property safety during the winter season. Then consider your snow removal service options, if you have enough ice melt or salt and other supplies on hand.

Insufficient number of Strata Managers

In 2019 @ltsaofbc reported there were upwards of 32,000.00 active Strata Corporations in British Columbia and the @governmentofbc reports approximately 1,200.00 licensed Strata Managers.  That’s a whopping average of 29 strata properties per licensee. Taking into account that several corporations are self managed, some licensees mange few properties or none at all. The numbers are still astounding, even if each licensee averaged 17-20 buildings, that’s a hefty workload!  These statistics are old news and were concerns raised by industry leaders in 2018 & 2019. Have these valid concerns fallen flat and gone unnoticed?

Chances are your licensed strata representative is a multitasking superhuman.

Who is the best Strata Management Company? Does this identification even exist? If it does, the selection is relative to a multitude of factors and considerations.

In the 20 plus years working in this industry, I’ve heard comments such as, “ABC Management is the worst place in town”, 123 Management has the laziest strata managers”, “XYZ Management is sloppy and disorganized”! When will it end?

The constant degrading of our competitors is souring our industry and spreads like wildfire. This charring of our profession with spite and animosity waters down our services at the expense of ourselves and the clients we serve and isn't beneficial for anyone.

Each Strata Management Company has its unique set of strengths and weakness, while each licensee holds skillsets and/or personality traits that sets them apart from others.

A little competition keeps us alert, on our toes and sharpens the product we produce for the greater good of the general public.

Isn’t that the ultimate outcome? Peer confidence to help feed a strong professional industry and yield consumer trust!

Hello and welcome here!

I’m Chantal Okindo, Managing Broker of Pivot Point Properties, on a mission to help Strata Councils structure their strata corporation to be a desirable place to work or live.  As owner of a strata management company, one of my goals is to actively encourage Strata Councils to consistently promote favourable community living or beneficial working atmospheres. 

At Pivot Point Properties our slogan “pointing homeowners in the right direction” materialized from unilateral relationships with Strata Councils and the ability to promote positive interactions which infiltrate to all affiliated parties, helping cultivate a harmonious strata corporation. 

We are here to assist you in helping reshape the exchanges strata owners have with Council, each other, strata management companies and unrelated third parties.