I owned in the Copperwood before the issues appeared and my bestie owns there now. My other friend owns in the Sandlewood building in Bridgeland where they successfully sued and collected a judgement.
This is the second time they are repairing the decks and envelope at the Sandlewood building that I know of. I know each building is operated separately and my friend's unit has one 12k assessment planned. But it is the exact same repair they did 5 years ago. Frustrating.
Sandlewood f'ed off to foreign lands a few years ago and continue to build in other countries. They're scum for sure. The city is not really responsible for inspections or building envelope issues. They require engineers and other professional trades to sign off on most building components and then the City just rubber stamps it. The finer points of building can't really be inspected either. You have to rely on trades to actually build properly.
I suspect the major issues with the decks at Sandlewood is that they structured the decks separately from the main building. So the main building moves and settles but the decks do not. They stay were they were originally put and the building sinks so they slope towards the building causing water issues.
It's sad but it's one of hundreds of poorly built condos and I don't really think it's that bad. You start running into lifespan issues after like 5 years now so getting 10 to 15 is maybe not terrible.
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