Building IT and property technology in Courtenay, BC

Building IT for property teams in Courtenay

Courtenay is a growing city in the Comox Valley. PropertyIT works with property managers, strata managers, landlords and owners in Courtenay on the systems inside their buildings: networks, door access, cameras, tenant Wi-Fi and the software that runs the rent roll. We are a sub-brand of SAZ.ca and Sedighi.ca, an IT services and consulting firm and not a reseller, so the design follows the building and not a vendor quota. Most work is done remotely from Vancouver, with local technicians coordinated for anything that needs hands on a ladder.

Camera footage, access logs and the law in Courtenay

Door and camera systems create records about people. BC's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) and, for cross-border activity, PIPEDA applies to how a Courtenay property collects, uses and keeps that information. We set written purposes for each camera group, limit retention, restrict export rights, post notices and log every release to police, insurers or residents. The result is a security system that can be defended if anyone asks how it is used.

Pricing for Courtenay properties, stated plainly

Costs in Courtenay follow scope, not postal code. Starting prices: managed IT $89 to $199 per user each month, projects from $2,500, vCIO from $1,500 per month and security assessments from $1,900. Suite count, number of sites, regulated data and after-hours coverage move a quote within those ranges. We add 5% GST, apply a 10% launch discount and never use lock-in terms.

Who we serve in Courtenay

PropertyIT supports proptech vendors, commercial landlords and building owners in Courtenay, along with the owners and operators around them. Each has its own pressures. Managers need dependable systems for month-end, strata councils need records that survive turnover and landlords need buildings that lease. We apply one operating model, with sector-specific scoping, to all of them.

Services most requested in Courtenay

Carrier options, uplinks and failover for Courtenay buildings

Carrier choice at a Courtenay address depends on what is already in the ground, and Vancouver Island is known for ferry-dependent logistics, a handful of dominant carriers and long repair lead times for hardware shipped from the mainland. We record the circuit ID, the demarcation point and the contract renewal date for each building, then specify failover that fits the property. A single fibre line with LTE backup is often enough for a mid-sized rental; a commercial tower should have diverse entrances and written carrier escalation contacts.

What the building stock means for IT in Courtenay

Properties across Vancouver Island range from walk-up rentals and strata townhomes to mid-rise condominiums and commercial towers, and the local economy leans on government and public-sector work in the capital region, tourism and hospitality, forestry, marine industries and a growing tech scene. Each type of building has its own technology profile. Older rentals have patchy cabling and no telecom room. Newer towers carry dozens of vendor systems on one riser. Commercial space needs tenant-ready connectivity. Before proposing anything in Courtenay, we identify which of these profiles your portfolio matches.

Services property teams in Courtenay ask for first

The most requested engagements for Courtenay properties are Portfolio Cybersecurity, Strata Council Technology and Maintenance & Work-Order Systems. They tend to arrive in a sequence: a network survey after a failure, an access and camera audit after an incident, software support when a platform change is looming. Each can be bought alone as a fixed-scope project, or folded into a continuing support agreement once you are comfortable with the way we work.

Continuity planning for Courtenay properties

Buildings on Vancouver Island face ferry disruptions, winter windstorms that take out power and a subduction-zone earthquake risk that makes off-island backup essential. A property team cannot control any of those, but it can decide what keeps working when they arrive: door access on battery, camera footage uploaded offsite, tenant notices sent from a cloud system and rent records restored from a clean backup. We write that plan for each Courtenay building, test it, and keep the emergency contacts somewhere that does not depend on the building being online.