The Original Lawsuit was filed on 18th May 2017 and include many misleading allegations, that there were no Firebreaks in the building, No Sprinkler in the Garbage Chute and other important items including Catch basins filled with debris, missing door closure Mechanisms and even missing Elevator Licence. 130, or so, petty items lifted verbatim from the 2015 Performance Audit. This itself was 4 years after the NSCC72 Condominium was registered and occupied by residents. After 4 years of wear & Tear many items were simple maintenance issues. In any event most, if not all, alleged deficiencies did not exist in May 2017 when the Lawsuit was filed but the Board and their advisers did not know or care.
BUT NOW IN 2025 THERE ARE MORE ALLEDGED DEFECTS THAT ARE TOTALLY STATUTE BARRED UNDER THE LAWS OF CANADA!
According to the Lawsuit filed in 2017, Mansions on George, at 323 George Street, Cobourg (NSCC72) was “not fit for Human Habitation.”
But it gets worse………see latest EXPERTS report below. Apparently repairs to Mansions on George (NSCC72) are now expected to cost $11,763,546.00. Yes, that right, ELEVEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX DOLLARS plus presumably 13% HST of $1,52,260.98 totaling $13,292,806.98.
Repairs on existing residential Condominiums are not exempt from HST.
According to EXPERT calculations UNIT COST AVERAGES $336,101. 31 (+ HST of $43,693.17 each ) totaling $ 379,794.48 for all of the 35 Condominiums in Mansions on George. That is going to be a huge Special Assessment for the owners/residents to swallow see next tab.
THIRTEEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED and NINETY TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED and SIX DOLLARS. as calculated by NSCC72 Architect and Engineering experts who must be right .
There will be more to add soon. Please see details of expected assessments for each unit in next tab on this website.
Just an incredible situation that has developed for over 15 years seemingly due to lack of maintenance since Mansions on George was registered as NSCC72 in 2011.
This is, of course, on top of the hundreds of thousands of dollars of waste on Experts & Lawyers etc. since the NSCC72 Statute Barred lawsuit was launched in May 2017. This $13,292,806.98 should have been spent on repairs, if necessary, over the last FIFTEEN YEARS!
Please read the report below or print off and peruse at your leisure. This Condominium seems to be a complete disaster.
Please now proceed to read the Fresh as Amended Statement of Claim dated May 25th 2022 which repeats the original (2017) allegations and includes other Claims.
There is no proof that these alleged Deficiencies existed when the condominium (NSCC72) was registered in 2011. The Statute of Limitations, which is 2 years in Canada, runs from then as the owners knew, or should have known, of these purported defects.