Prepare Strata, Access and Building-System Questions
A condo bathroom project must fit the unit, common systems and building rules. Assemble the alteration and logistics file before assuming access, shutdown or approval.
KEEP
Review strata records and responsibilities
Collect bylaws, rules, alteration forms, plans and prior unit records relevant to the work. Begin the room schedule with a date and its fixture, wet zone and building interface; attach the available evidence before making the layout, assembly or building-logistics decision. The next checkpoint is “Clarify common-property and service questions.” Keep approval authority explicit. Keep that action beside its observation. The renovation-scope reviewer can then distinguish the intake room schedule from bathroom closeout file material added during later pricing or investigation.
Keep approval authority explicit.
REMOVE
Clarify common-property and service questions
Review strata approvals, common-system questions, elevator and access bookings, shutdowns, neighbour notices and records in the context of the actual property rather than as a standard allowance. Condo work adds approval, booking, protection and shutdown records that are separate from the room's material selections. Record required drawings or reports; then keep approval authority explicit. Label each room photograph, drawing and prior record by fixture, wet zone and building interface and date. When a concealed service or wet-area question remains, record it in the room schedule; identify the renovation-scope reviewer review or bathroom closeout file document that could resolve it. A finding behind one finish cannot be projected across every wall, floor or shared building service.
Record required drawings or reports
Keep approval authority explicit
COORDINATE
Plan shutdowns, access and protection
Map elevator booking, loading, parking, corridor protection, water shutdowns, work hours and waste routes. Describe each fixture, assembly and building constraint separately, citing its supporting room photograph, measurement or dated document. Record fees, deposits or booking requirements from strata documents. A finding at one fixture, wet zone and building interface may alter the proposed layout, assembly or building-logistics decision; unobserved parts of the bathroom renovation stay outside the available evidence.
Record fees, deposits or booking requirements from strata documents.
DETAIL
Create resident and neighbour notices
“Create resident and neighbour notices” belongs on its own line in the room schedule. For the fixture, wet zone and building interface, pair the room photograph evidence with any concealed or untested bathroom renovation limits. Set daily cleaning and security rules. Record fees, deposits or booking requirements from strata documents. Cross-reference the renovation and wet-area response answer to its room photograph; include the room schedule drawing, a product document for the renovation and wet-area response, or a dated reply from the renovation-scope reviewer. Resolve rough-in, strata and wet-area reviews before walls or tile conceal the work and before fixtures are released for purchase.
Set daily cleaning and security rules
Record fees, deposits or booking requirements from strata documents
SELECT
Close the building record
Track approvals, inspection records, changes, photos before concealment and final product documents. Before proceeding, retain shutdown and completion confirmations. Give task ownership to the renovation-scope reviewer; place its checkpoint before the layout, assembly or building-logistics decision, then name the expected bathroom closeout file. This separates current room schedule evidence from the proposed renovation and wet-area response. Put manufacturer information and renovation-scope reviewer input in the bathroom closeout file; file authority questions under the relevant bathroom renovation decision.
Retain shutdown and completion confirmations.
VERIFY
Keep unit and strata records aligned
Resolve “Keep unit and strata records aligned” before ranking proposals. State the baseline fixture, wet zone and building interface, proposed renovation and wet-area response, exclusions, quantities and written change process. Document deficiencies and restoration. Retain shutdown and completion confirmations. Review each room photograph while it can still change the layout, assembly or building-logistics decision. Record a dated layout, assembly or building-logistics decision choice or assign the remaining concealed service or wet-area question. Track that uncertainty in the bathroom closeout file, outside the lump-sum total.
Document deficiencies and restoration
Retain shutdown and completion confirmations
FILE
Complete the condo work file record
Finish this condo work file as a room schedule: include its starting evidence, location map, proposed renovation and wet-area response and unresolved limits. For “Prepare Strata, Access and Building-System Questions,” justify each renovation and wet-area response inclusion and assign the next concealed service or wet-area question. In the room schedule, list the approvals, product records and bathroom closeout file expected. Continue with “Verify Plumbing, Electrical and Building Requirements”, “Specify the Existing Room and Every Proposed Change”, and “Map Plumbing, Electrical and Building Impacts” for related bathroom renovation decisions. Use the room schedule guide links for any wider renovation and wet-area response comparison. Keep each dated Burnaby, provincial or BC Housing reference with the trade, strata or wet-area question it informs.
Name the next layout, assembly or building-logistics decision, responsible renovation-scope reviewer and room schedule evidence still required
Retain dated official bathroom renovation sources and guide links within the bathroom closeout file