Khas Badminton

Made a reservation the other day but was running late so I called in advance to tell them we were going to be about 30 mins late. When we got there it, there were very few people there. and we started playing. after playing for 2.5 hrs we were told to get off the court because there was another party that is after us. we were tired so thought that was okay (thinking they will just charge the last half an hr like it was. HALF an hr) but they charged full hour. WTF, I can understand if I didnt call or if i made a reservation at a very busy time. but since when do people start charging when I’m not even there?! what’s the point of me making a reservation? Liked the large parking lot, and the #s of courts despite the stuffy air and uneven surface. but after this BS we are not coming back to this place.

Like most people have said on here, the best things about this place is the parking and the amount of courts — probably the biggest in the Lower Mainland.
A bigger problem is the way they treat their customers.
I find this really a problem with the lady that’s always there.
One time we came with a group of 7 so 4 were playing on a court while the other 3 hung up their racquets to wait for an available court. The lady tells the group of 3 to join a half court that is already filled with 2 people. So what? One of my friends has to sit and watch while their other 2 friends play?
Another time, more recently, we get a couple who wants to kick us off the court because they rented it. The couple were unwilling to let us finish our game. I decided to confirm with the front desk. I asked the guy the question and the lady takes over the conversation explaining to me like a 3 year what a court rental is. I told her I understand how it works but that we were in the middle of a game and at the time we were on the court, the drop in court numbers included the one we were currently on. I told her it’s a bad system just to kick people off their courts in the midst of a game. She ignored that comment and tried to reason with the couple. The couple refused and so we had to wait in the drop-​in line again. She did place us first in the line but still — how can it function that way? The drop in court numbers should be updated in advance so that no one has to get into this type of conflict.
I’ve been deeply disappointed by the attitude of the lady on more than one account. Yes making money is great but having your customers praise you is more valuable.

Clean and professional place to practice badminton. This place is the best of RICHMOND. Come to play drop in and enjoy the less crowded environment.

Brutal. The owners take no care for anything. The bathrooms wreak like an outhouse.

some courts have uneven floors but most of the courts are pretty good. Have played there since they opened (1.5 years), have played on some courts that have uneven surface but no one from our groups (2 courts of around 10 people) have injured themselves because of this.
I find the wall colours and the lighting to be very good. Birdies are very easy to see.
18 courts in total, 9 on each side, plenty of room around each court which is great as the owner did not try to cramp in more courts unlike most other badminton places in Richmond and that place on knight street bridge.
Washrooms/​showers can do some work as they don’t clean it as much as they need to but other badminton places are in worst or similar conditions.
It can get hot in summer (no A/​C) when it is hot outside but other than that the ventilation is pretty good most of the year (sept to may).
Lots of parking out front, on the streets

Our friends invited us to play here and have played for 2 Sundays now. Unbelievably, the washroom has been the same condition for the last 2weeks. Its so dirty. The mirror has water stains which hasn’t been cleaned for so long. The floor is slippery and smelly. no paper towels just a wimpy little hand dryer that doesn’t even dry your hands. Everything just so dirty to touch.
Now, back to the courts. The lighting is awful, the floor is not the best to play on. There’s no place to really sit while waiting foe a court. The air quality in here is bad, just stale air. Yikes.
People, if you don’t buy any of this, go check it out for yourself. If this was a restaurant, it would be shut down.

I’ve gone to play at Khas several times now because I like the fact that there are plenty of courts and the drop in prices are decent. However, some of the business tactics made by the owners are becoming a bit annoying. From kicking people off the courts in the middle of their game on the minute the drop in sessions ended to harassing people to join the upcoming tournaments. The most ridiculous one yet was not turning on the lights for half the gym because the other side was not completely filled up yet. The owners turned people away when they requested to have the lights turned on. That’s a bit ridiculous! They are trying to save a few dollars but can potentially anger their customers and lose their business. I wouldn’t recommend this place.

One of the larger badminton venues in the Vancouver area.
Parking is plentiful in the lot out front.
Not sure why people are complaining about the uneven floors, but this place is actually one of the better ones out there.
There are some 18(!) courts here — actually pretty insane. You almost can’t see the back wall when you walk in.
My one complaint (and a big one) about this place — the ventilation here is non-​existent. Stuffy would be the correct word. There is simply no HVAC system at all here?! During the summer, this place absolutely bakes. I thought my glasses were going to fog up. On this point alone, I have trouble recommending this place to others. Playing here can’t be too good for your health.

Been here several times — for both drop ins and hourly rental.
Pros–
–plenty of parking
–many courts
–not much people for drop in during day time
Cons–
–HORRIBLE ventilation and I mean HORRIBLE! One can stand there without moving and you will start sweating… so imagine if you are playing
–uneven floors like another reviewer has mentioned which is very dangerous.
— lighting too low, sometimes blinds you when doing clear shots (especially if one has high astigmatism
— unhonest business attitude: asked for credit card when booking a court which is fine. But charged the credit card without asking which is not good. What if i want to pay by cash? Asked for a refund so I can pay by cash and they say they cannot process refunds. What kind of business does not process refunds?
Summary
I would not recommend this place to my friends or families.

DANGEROUS INDOOR AIR QUALITY /​UNEVEN FLOORS!!!
Khas Badminton is a bit out of the way — located on the outskirts of Richmond — No 6 Road. The staff is friendly enough — they may know badminton, but they sure don’t know about health and safety… The lighting good. I want to like and recommend this place but I have to share my honest thoughts and observations.
FLOORS:
The problem is the floor. The courts themselves are spongy foam– covered with synthetic rubber. There are seriously uneven spots on each and every court — mini dips and raised places where one can easily twist their ankles on the SOFT AND UNEVEN FLOOR. Also hazards like exposed ends of long screw bolts on the floor anchoring the nets are just plain dangerous and not very considerate. Each court has 8 extended metal spikes roughly 4″ portruding upwards — ready to IMPALE anybody unfortunate enough to land on them!!!
DANGEROUS AIR QUALITY:
The worst and potentially dangerous thing about Khas is the carpeted floor –It’s newly installed and it’s the cheapest possible carpeting covering the length of the entire floor surface — tens of thousands of square feet! Who in their right mind would conceive of making an exercise area covered by vast amounts of cheap carpeting? Worst yet, who would want to play there regularly?
It’s easy to wonder what this cheap carpeting might also be covering in this converted warehouse if the floors are so bumpy and uneven. Cheap carpeting is almost certainly a health hazard — emitting both fibrous material and VOC’s Volatile Organic Compounds –continuously into the air — 24 hours a day! It’s a perpetual «new car smell» in there and absolutely not the place to breathe heavily and exercise. The night I was there, the fans were seemingly not on and doors were not open.
During a hot summer night, like the one I was there, it was like a blast furnace in a rubber factory. The heat, in my opinion, warms up the foam underneath the carpets and courts and potentially causes a release of harmful chemicals used in their manufacture (formaldehyde and others) into the air. With poor air flow — no fans or doors open, and people exercising — it’s a horrible and dangerous combination.
Formaldehyde off-​gassing from the carpeting happens in both hot and cold weather — more offgassing occurs when it’s hot — it still happens when it’s cold but a little slower. It’s invisible, it’s cancer causing to breathe in over the long term. In my opinion, you are sure to get a dose of this at Khas — a poorly ventilated gym, hot, with thousands of square feet of cheap carpeting — scary really. Sadly, those thinking they are getting exercise doing something healthy may indeed be getting lungfulls of deadly cancer causing chemicals — at an accelerated rate.
Unless they change the flooring (highly unlikely), I would highly recommend avoiding this place.