**sigh** and don’t forget that if you do live in an older building the original parquetry floors are considered common property!! If they’re coming to the end of their lives the OC could be liable to pay for constant repairs. Our OC passed a by-law to remove the remaining horizontal floor on our 50yr old building from the common property register. Most owners had already replaced their old floors at their own expense. Sadly nothing lasts forever, even beautiful old floors.