Darlington Arms

In-house web site: http://darlingtonarmscondos.com

This is an eight-story concrete building (no P.T. cables) with brick cladding erected in 1970 and condo converted and renovated in 1998. There are 40 suites in a mix of one-bedroom and two-bedroom layouts. Among these are four two-level penthouse suites, two of which each have a large roof-top deck. There is a mix of indoor titled parking below grade and fenced/gated at-grade assigned parking around back on top of the garage. There are titled storage lockers and additional assigned common-property lockers on the basement level. Most suites have parquet hardwood floors, in-suite laundry, and many suites have a view of downtown. The single-level two-bedroom suites have a unique design that allows for windows in three directions. There are two bicycle storage rooms off the lobby. The single elevator serves all floors including the basement storage and parking level.

Exterior windows and doors here are common property for maintenance and future replacement. Owners have voted to live with the original windows, but if any owner wants to replace theirs the reserve fund will pay half that cost. If the building ever does comprehensive replacement, though, those owners would also contribute equally at that time.

The Darlington Arms adoped new Bylaws early in 2009 that include a ban on dogs living in or visiting the building. The Bylaws have a schedule of the non-titled parking and storage spaces, so those suite owners have a documented right of exclusive use of those.

I've made this building my home since 1998, chair the Condo Board, own several of the suites, and we pride ourselves on the building's good maintenance. We have a Guidebook (see documents below) that details every imaginable fact about the building and its operation. The Condo Plan allocates suite unit factors in proportion to floor areas, gives titled parking stalls a UF of three, and titled lockers a UF of one.  I have the Plan on file.