B.C. family must pay $1.4 million to contractor who built their mansion, judge rules

A Richmond couple and their daughter must pay a contractor a combined total of nearly $1.4 million after a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled against them in a dispute over construction of two Metro Vancouver homes.

A Richmond couple and their daughter must pay a contractor a combined total of nearly $1.4 million after a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled against them in a dispute over construction of two Metro Vancouver homes.

Yu Na Song and Bo Wei hired Yongfeng Enterprises Ltd. to build them a house on No. 2 Road in Richmond in 2015, according to a ruling issued this week by Justice Simon R. Coval. 

Around the same time, Michelle Wei – the couple's daughter – signed a contract to purchase a vacant lot in West Vancouver, and hired Yongfeng to construct a home on it, according to the decision.

According to BC Assessment, the Richmond home boasts seven bedrooms and 11 bathrooms across more than 15,000 square feet of living space and more than an acre of land. The assessed value as of July 1, 2022, was $6,044,000. 

The West Vancouver house is more modest, with only 3,500 square feet of living space, though BC Assessment still lists the property as having seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms. The assessed value as of July 1, 2022, was $2,956,000. 

While Yongfeng substantially constructed both homes, Coval's decision indicates that Song and Bo Wei ordered the company to cease work on the Richmond property in July 2017.

Yongfeng – and its owners Feifei Ren and Shao Ming Wang – sued the Wei family, alleging $1.5 million in unpaid work and lost profits on the Richmond home.