A village built around ski condos and second homes
Sugar Mountain is a genuinely small village — a few hundred people call it home year-round — but the housing stock is a lot bigger than the population suggests, because most of it is condos, chalets, and second homes tied to the resort rather than full-time residences. That's a different kind of housing problem than a typical neighborhood: a lot of units sit empty for stretches between ski trips, holiday weeks, and rental turnovers, with nobody around to notice a leak, a loose board, or a door that's stopped sealing right.
On top of that, this is real mountain weather. Winters bring heavy snow loads, ice, and long cold seasons that push exterior wood, siding, gutters, and window and door seals harder than they'd ever see down in the valley. A condo or chalet that isn't checked on regularly can go from "small issue" to "expensive repair" over the course of one snowed-in month nobody was there to see.