I am surprised this company has been around as long as it has been - customer service is lacking here and they specialize in setting up strata's with long term deals which extract as much $$$ from strata council as possible, with as little effort as possible from month to month. I get there is only so much a property manager can do for day to day service; however, Assertive needs to step up their game.
When Jim responds, he does make an effort to answer questions/concerns as best he can, but unfortunately he is generally unresponsive or doesn't take the time to fully address owner's concerns. Assertive typically deflects all queries back to strata council and takes little responsibility .....for anything.
Just a couple of examples: we pay for landscaping and snow/ice removal in our strata dues and Assertive is supposed to organize the company to be on site at regular intervals, but when asked about safety of owners/residents during this year's winter season as the snow/ice started building up, there was no response from Assertive and strata had to go out and do the work we are paying Assertive to ensure we have done by a company that we are paying to keep the sidewalks clear; also, we had some work done to our property recently which required external construction contractors and the project management was non-existent - no schedule provided, non-existent communication, unclear/shady financials, etc. etc., which was pretty annoying because it took about 6 months to do a 1 month job according to another contractor we have had to engage to finish the work since the first company hired by Assertive was useless (we have reason to believe Assertive hired a buddy to do the work initially and Jim did little to rectify the situation - which doesn't put a lot of comfort in owner's minds when the company hired to manage our strata account doesn't have our best interests in mind).
Overall, disappointed with this firm's ability to manage our property effectively and they do not provide good value of service - sorry but i suggest your strata find another company and replace Assertive sooner than later. read more