For townhome strata councils
How Sentinel helps townhomes age on purpose.
Townhome stratas do not fail suddenly. They fail slowly, across per-unit envelopes, roofs, and shared drainage your council was never trained to read. Sentinel is the independent technical partner that catches deterioration early, scopes work clearly, and engages the right professionals before small issues become special levies.
Most townhome stratas are managed reactively.
Council volunteers are expected to make technical decisions about building systems they were never trained on. Small issues develop over time, often unnoticed, until they reach a point where repairs become urgent and expensive. Emergency repairs lead to higher contractor pricing, rushed decisions, and special levies.
Sentinel exists to give your council an independent technical partner whose job is to know what is happening inside the building before it becomes a crisis, and to ensure the right professionals are engaged when action is needed.
How Sentinel helps townhomes.
Initial Asset Assessment
A comprehensive baseline of your building's condition across seven key areas. The foundation for everything that follows, and a clear picture of where your building stands today.
Quarterly inspections
Recurring walkthroughs that catch deterioration early. Each inspection updates a single building record your council and manager can reference, with conditions compared against prior quarters.
Clear, evidence-based reporting
Reports your council will actually read. Deficiencies ranked by severity, with photos, locations, and recommended next steps. Plain language for council, full technical detail underneath.
Coordinated trades and engineers
When work is needed, Sentinel diagnoses the issue, scopes the work, sources vetted professionals, and oversees execution. Council approves the scope. We manage the rest.
The cheapest repair is the one you catch early.
Most building failures accumulate quietly between inspections. Quarterly oversight catches deterioration while repairs are still minor, contained, and plannable, instead of urgent, disruptive, and levy-driven.
Envelope example
Act early
Targeted sealant renewal
Planned, scoped, no disruption to residents
Wait
Full envelope rehabilitation
Scaffolding, special levies, multi-year disruption
Bring Sentinel to your next council meeting.
We present at strata council and AGM meetings across Greater Vancouver, the Lower Mainland, and the Fraser Valley, complimentary and without obligation. Council members get a clear-eyed view of how their building is aging and where their budget is most exposed, with no pressure to retain.
- Lead time
- Typically 2 to 3 weeks from request
- Obligation
- None, fully complimentary
- Coverage
- Greater Vancouver, Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley in person. BC-wide virtual.
- Materials
- Slide deck + sample report leave-behind
Next step
Bring Sentinel to your next council meeting.
We present at strata council and AGM meetings across Greater Vancouver, the Lower Mainland, and the Fraser Valley. No obligation, no pressure to retain. Just a clear-eyed view of your building.