Developer refuses to compensate low-income West Kelowna mobile home owner, cites unpermitted repairs
Global News
In a letter sent to Sun, the developer, Kerr Properties out of Langley, stated that the renovations Sun undertook were unpermitted.
A dozen years ago, when George Sun bought his double-wide mobile home at Shady Acres in West Kelowna, B.C., it was in dire need of repairs.
“Some parts of the floor, it was ruined, so I break, use the hammer and break it by hand. I had friends help me lay the plywood, ” Sun said. “And painting and I changed all the windows.”
Sun used all his money and borrowed the remainder from friends to buy the badly neglected mobile home.
However, the 64-year-old man on low income is now at risk of losing it all because of those renovations.
“I’m so scared, I could not sleep day and night, sometimes two or three days in a row I did not sleep at all, ” Sun told Global News. “It hurts and is painful.”
The mobile home park he lives in is being redeveloped, and the development company is demanding Sun bring the home to current B.C. building code standards — even though it will be demolished — otherwise, he will receive nothing for it.
In a letter sent to Sun, the developer, Kerr Properties of Langley, stated that the renovations Sun undertook were unpermitted.
The developer has given Sun until July 31 to comply with the building code standards.
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