Maple Ridge Community Management Ltd. Maple Ridge, MRCM Condo owner claims Maple Ridge retaliated for fighting against a proposed condo fee increase of 22 per cent Mississauga Ontario

Maple Ridge Community Management in the news for questionable behaviour:

"An Ontario woman says a dispute with her condo board and property management company over minor garden infractions has left her emotionally devastated and contemplating moving out.

Jayne Pilot of Brampton was sitting by the pool at her condo complex with friends last July when she was handed an envelope containing a court summons.

"I was shocked," says Pilot. "I didn't understand what they were taking me to court for."

Maple Ridge Community Management, which manages the condo complex, also declined to be interviewed, citing "ongoing litigation." It would not clarify the nature of that litigation.

"Why would you take somebody to court over flower pots, solar lights, and one chair too many?"

She thinks the answer to that question is because, two years ago, Pilot led a successful fight against a proposed condo fee increase of 22 per cent, arguing that a mass re-roofing project was not necessary.

"I was able to get everybody together and they [condo board] saw that I could do that," says Pilot. "And I don't think they liked it."

Instead of following Ontario's Condo Act, which requires mediation as a first step, Pilot was taken to civil court. The judge said the condo rules must be "reasonable" and pointed out that the case should have been dealt with in mediation."

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