Who It's For
Not just for buyers.
For everyone who deals with strata documents.
Whether you're deciding to buy, trying to understand the strata you already own, or serving on a council that needs years of history at its fingertips — SearchStrata turns dense strata documents into clear, sourced answers.
For Home Buyers
Know what you're buying before you commit
A strata package can run hundreds of pages of minutes, financials, bylaws, and reports. You usually get a short window to review it — and the costly surprises are buried deep. SearchStrata reads all of it for you.
What gets missed
- ⚠Special levies and looming repair costs hidden in old meeting minutes
- ⚠An underfunded contingency reserve fund you'd inherit on day one
- ⚠Litigation, insurance gaps, and bylaw restrictions that affect your plans
Surface the red flags fast
Get a plain-language summary of financial health, special levies, building condition, insurance, and litigation — with citations to the exact pages.
Ask anything, get sourced answers
“Are pets allowed?” “Is a special levy coming?” “How much are fees going up?” Ask in plain English and get answers backed by the documents.
Decide with confidence
Run a ready-made buyer checklist or build your own, then compare properties side by side before you write an offer.
For Current Homeowners
Finally understand your own strata
You already own your unit — but the documents that govern your fees, your renovations, and your rights are dense and easy to ignore. SearchStrata turns your strata's paperwork into clear answers, so you're not caught off guard at the next AGM.
What gets missed
- ⚠Fee increases and special levies you didn't see coming
- ⚠Bylaws and rules about pets, rentals, and renovations you're not sure apply to you
- ⚠A contingency reserve fund and depreciation report you've never actually read
Make sense of your fees and levies
Understand where your strata fees go, how healthy the reserve fund is, and whether a special assessment is on the horizon — in minutes, not an evening of reading.
Know the rules before you act
Planning a renovation, a rental, or a new pet? Ask SearchStrata what your bylaws and rules actually say, with the relevant clause cited so you can act with confidence.
Walk into the AGM prepared
Catch up on recent minutes and decisions before the meeting, so you can ask the right questions and vote with the full picture in front of you.
For Strata Councils
Years of strata history, searchable in seconds
Council members are volunteers — and the institutional memory of a strata lives across years of minutes, contracts, and reports that nobody has time to re-read. SearchStrata gives your council a single place to ask questions and get sourced answers from the entire document history.
What gets missed
- ⚠“What did we decide about this last time?” buried somewhere in old minutes
- ⚠New council members with no easy way to get up to speed on the building's history
- ⚠Owner questions, AGM prep, and contractor disputes that all require digging through the archive
Search the entire archive at once
Upload years of minutes, financials, bylaws, and reports, then ask a question and get an answer drawn from all of it — with citations to the exact meeting and page.
Onboard new council members instantly
Hand new members a tool that can explain past decisions, ongoing projects, and the building's track record, instead of a banker's box of PDFs.
Prepare for meetings and answer owners
Pull the history behind a recurring repair, confirm what a past resolution actually said, and respond to owner questions with documented, defensible answers.
Common Questions
- Do I have to be buying a property to use SearchStrata?
- No. While many buyers use SearchStrata for due diligence, current homeowners use it to understand their own strata's fees, bylaws, and reserve fund, and strata councils use it to search years of documents and past decisions. Anyone who needs to make sense of strata documents can use it.
- Can a strata council use SearchStrata for the whole building's document history?
- Yes. Councils can upload years of minutes, financials, bylaws, contracts, and reports, then ask questions across the entire archive and get answers with citations to the exact meeting and page. It's an easy way to preserve institutional memory and onboard new council members.
- I already own my unit. What would I get out of it?
- As an owner you can quickly understand where your strata fees go, whether the contingency reserve fund is healthy, whether a special levy is likely, and what your bylaws say about pets, rentals, and renovations — all without reading hundreds of pages yourself.
- Does it work for both BC strata and Alberta condo documents?
- Yes. SearchStrata is built for Canadian strata and condominium documents, with support for BC and Alberta packages including minutes, financial statements, bylaws, depreciation reports, and insurance certificates.
One tool, whatever your role in the strata
Buyers, owners, and councils all rely on the same dense documents. SearchStrata makes them readable for everyone — start free today.