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Your depreciation report is finished. What happens next.
SENTiNEL does not replace your depreciation report provider. We help BC strata councils act on the report between five year updates, keep the building record current, and give the next update real data to work from.
Four ways SENTiNEL makes the report actually usable.
Interpret the priorities
Translate the depreciation report into a short, council readable list of what to address this year, next year, and over the cycle.
Maintain the record
Quarterly walkthroughs keep building condition current, so the five year update starts from a real record, not a single visit.
Align repairs to the plan
Scope, recommend professionals, and document work so completed repairs map cleanly back to the depreciation report items they address.
Hand off cleanly
Photo documented records and condition history are provided to your depreciation report provider at update time, on request.
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Read the report together
Council, property manager, and SENTiNEL review the current depreciation report and identify the items that need attention first.
02
Inspect against it
An Initial Asset Assessment, then quarterly walkthroughs, confirm current condition of those items and flag changes.
03
Document the record
Findings, photos, and recommended actions update one shared building record the next depreciation update can build on.
The report ends. The building keeps moving.
A depreciation report is a planning instrument, not a maintenance program. It tells the strata corporation what major components exist, roughly when they are expected to need renewal, and what funding scenarios look like. It does not tell anyone what happened to the roof last winter.
That gap is where most avoidable cost accumulates. Between updates, conditions change, contractors come and go, councils turn over, and the report slowly stops describing the building. By the time the next update is commissioned, the provider is working from the same cold start as last time.
SENTiNEL does not produce depreciation reports and does not review or certify the work of the provider who did. We take the report as an input, build an action plan from its priorities, and inspect against it on a quarterly cadence so the record stays warm.
Turning report items into a short list council can act on.
Separate urgent from scheduled
Report items are grouped by observed condition today, not by the estimated year in the funding table.
Verify current condition
An Initial Asset Assessment confirms whether flagged components have held, degraded, or already failed.
Assign the right professional
Items that require an engineer or a licensed specialist are named as such, so nothing is scoped by the wrong trade.
Keep the trail
Completed work is documented against the report item it addresses, which is what the next update needs.
Questions councils ask about depreciation reports.
- Does SENTiNEL write depreciation reports?
- No. Depreciation reports in BC are produced by qualified providers under the Strata Property Act. SENTiNEL works alongside that report, not in place of it.
- What does support look like in practice?
- We help council interpret the report priorities, keep the building record current between five year updates, document changes in condition, and align repairs with the capital plan.
- Will this make our next update easier?
- Yes. A current, photo documented building record gives your depreciation report provider real data to work from, instead of relying on a single point in time visit.
- Who reads the SENTiNEL record?
- Council, the property manager, and your depreciation report provider. Plain language for council, full technical detail underneath, one shared source of truth.
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