Treat every amenity as a cost line rather than a status symbol. An elevator carries an annual service contract, mandatory inspections and, eventually, a modernization that can run into six figures for the corporation. The Condominium Property Act, 1993 requires the corporation to plan for common element replacement, and the reserve fund study is where that plan is written down.
Buyers in Saskatoon price fees hard, particularly downsizers coming out of a house with no monthly fee at all. A unit with a high fee that includes heat, water, insurance and a heated parking stall can be better value than a cheaper fee that covers almost nothing, and in a prairie winter a heated underground stall is a genuine amenity rather than a nice extra.
So compare fee against inclusions and reserve health before assuming a serviced building commands a premium. Where an elevator does clearly pay is accessibility, since a unit above the ground floor without one is difficult to sell to exactly the buyer most likely to want it. Joel Dyck prices those tradeoffs from the corporation's documents and from comparable sales in similar buildings.