Junction Triangle

Neither one of my bathrooms are caulked. I missed this too and you raise a very good point about moisture and water getting behind the walls. Has this person thought about running for the Phase 4 Condo Board at all? Its this type of tenacity, fearlessness and representation that would make this erudite person a successful Board Director. Hopefully you will stand up at the Call for Directors meeting after registration because I will have already casted my vote on the Board President. Well done Sir/Madam.

The postal station doesn't open til 9am and closes at 4pm.
It is not open on weekends.

These are facts and the builder has this completely wrong.

A more startling fact is that if you actually get to the post office during those hours, you will find out that our mail doesn't actually go there. It goes...NOWHERE. We have no mailing address which is registered with Canada Post. I was told that all of my mail would just be returned to the sender.

So....you know how you are supposed to update your drivers license within 1 month of moving? Well...I've had to completely break the law thanks to this builder. Oh, I also don't have home insurance because it can't be delivered to me. This is ridiculous!

A neighbour pointed out that absolutely NONE of our windows or patio doors are caulked. I was surprised to see this as I thought I was being thorough with my PDI. I'm unsure what to do now. I urge everyone to inspect that your windows themselves are working properly but also that all of the windows and doors are caulked. Winter's coming and we've already lost energy with heat/cold and moisture coming through but winter's coming and you don't want to leave this unaddressed. I also want to point out that whomever said they didn't have issues in their unit and everyone is just complaining on here, shame on you! Does something like this that affects EVERYONE sound like it should be easily overlooked? I bet you if you inspect your own windows and patio doors that neither yours are done. I hope you steep in your cold with your furnace cranked asking yourself if you spoke prematurely. For everyone else who hasn't moved in yet, get this checked for your PDI.

The quality of work here is a trocious! The more stuff is being pointed out to me, the more I'm realizing that I'm living with deficiencies that I don't need to be and IS covered by Tarion's warranty and realizing that the work has indeed been rushed and is is either imcomplete, needs to be redone or completely not even finished. The fact that the PDI guy has been hiding deficiencies in people's houses with his boots and paperwork to cover broken tiles, trim and cracks in granite countertops is a testament to how low the builder and his team will go to get things done and keep as little overhead to repair any deficiencies as they go. Worried how our units will fare in the winter. First item on everyone's agenda is to contact the builder and ask why our windows and doors haven't been caulked whether or not you've submitted your PDI or 30 day warranties!

Yes, this builder and the workmanship in our units is awful indeed. Fortunately for me, my father works in trades and has been able to help me fix some of the things the builder hasn't bothered to do in the past month that have been potentially dangerous. Everything from two leaks (because of improper installation and the wrong parts being used) to my dryer exhaust fan falling down (again, improper installation). Everyone is missing caulking on patio doors, I've been unable to open windows, I'll probably need to replace hardwood floors, as there are gaps between the boards already, improper grouting, improper caulking around the tub, cracked drywall, I feel like the mail will never be delivered, nor will I ever know exactly where the mystical place to pick it up is, just to mention a few. Not to mention, when the couple of things that were "fixed" ie, giving me bathroom mirrors, were done, my walls and ceiling were all scratched up with brown paint.

This is going to be a very long road indeed for all of us phase 4 residents. I wonder if there's anything we can do to stop this builder from doing this with his future phases. Isn't there anything we can do to ensure that he is legally bound to provide relative quality in what he produces? We're trying to build a community, but I'd like to get to know my neighbours over snacks and drinks on the patio, (which I can't cook because my oven doesn't work) not over complaints of our deficiencies! Cheers to you all and good luck!

Call the developer and maybe even the city.

I've deliberately not sent anything to this address as there are balls dropped constantly and didn't want to miss any mail. I'm not surprised that the care was not taken to address our rerouting mail. Just chalk it up to yet another pitfalls we have to live with. It will be so much better once we start seeing resolutions and improvements than constant issues and deficiencies.

Phase 4 has security so your residents will be safe. Also, based on earlier Phases, break ins stop once your corporation do all the necessary installation of cameras and additional security gadgets. Talk to Phase 3 residents or better still we have a resident only website. The board posted the link to this website. Send them an email and ask to talk to them. We all want to work together and help each other out to make our Village a safe place to live.

I just notice the cube van after this thread.
There is a 3 hr limit for parking on street.
I think you should contact parking enforcement or call 311 to let them know and have the truck tow away.
BUT..you might at the same time jeopardize other residents who is parking beyond 3 hours as well.

They've got A LOT to do until then and everyone's been pushed out. I hope 1) They don't rush your units. Current Homeowners have already experienced issues with incomplete work, shoddy and subpar craftmanship and deficiencies that don't get resolved in a timely fashion and 2) They give you ample time to push out your dates. If you're renting, make absolutely sure WELL BEFORE October 1st that you're still on schedule. Some people have been notified only weeks and in some instances, only days before they were to occupy that they'd be delayed. This puts the Homeowners in high anxiety trying to anticipate dates when the dates are not yet available but more importantly, the notices to Landlords for those renting would pose issues if they had to stay an extra month. Get to know the builder's contact numbers well and never hesistate to ask for updates. At this point, its your only safe guard that you can meet your own deadlines by not waiting for updates so close to your closing dates.

Good luck and let us know how it all went so we can know once the very last units have been occupied. This might give us an indication of how much time left we may have to "rent" to the builder because this amount not going to mortgages or can't be claimed for tax breaks definitely hurts the wallet.

I was under the impression it was a city park not one that is "part of" phase 4 as you say here. That is misleading. Phase 3 units facing the park were sold on the premise they were facing a park. So not sure what you mean.

I can see them not opening because alot of construction is still happening and that is the safety concern, along with no real entryway where the road that now leads into phase 4. So not sure it has much to do with registering as much as what you say is the liability issue.

Educate yourself of your rights and the developer's obligation to you. You have the Tarion 30-day form to complete and then the 1st year and then the 2nd year. If you missed the 30-day form, just the same, contact Falus to resolve this issue. If you need to call every week until it gets resolved, do it.

It is not unacceptable that you need to take out the sliding doors out just to change the filters.

Does anyone know if the nice concrete between blocks A and B will also be done between the other blocks??

I opted for the same but after visiting Weston and finding out that they don't do stairs, plus they sort of discourage me from putting hardwood on the stairs (I do love the look though), talked to my decorator and she discourage me also, I considered the cost and the fact I am not sure that I am going to like the townhouse, so I opted to put hardwood on the first and second floor, cork flooring on the third and the builder will instal the carpet in the stairs only, and keep my fingers crossed that I will like the townhouse......I might still do the stairs down the road so if you find a good contractor who does stairs let me know...

I also received a letter last week informing me that our move in date has been moved from Sept 3rd to the 18th. I’m located in the block that is facing (parallel to the train tracks).
After reading a bunch of posts about occupancy on this forum, there seems to be inconsistent experiences regarding occupancy. Has anyone taken any sort of action for not receiving proper notification for delay of occupancy? I know there have been those who have been able to move stuff into their units and are not currently paying the interim rent to the builder.
However there are people posting that that they were informed of their occupancy being extended on the day they went to pick up their keys, or a week before their occupancy.
Information about the builder’s responsibility with regards to occupancy can be found here;

http://www.tarion.com/Warranty-Protection/Understanding-Delayed-Closings...

I haven’t had a change to go through the actual purchase agreement to see if the builder has any amendments to the Tarion rules for occupancy (which I plan to review this weekend). Without actually stating all the points in the above link, my understanding is this, the builder has already extended the firm occupancy date as much as they can. So the firm occupancy date of, I believe Oct. 31 in our agreements, is the date that if they extend past that date purchasers are entitled to terminate their agreement. With regards to early occupancy, we are supposed to receive 90 days notice (which I did for my initial occupancy for Sept 3rd, when I received my notice at the beginning of June). Any changes to those dates are also to be provided 90 days in advance. If proper notification is not provided, purchasers are entitled to delayed occupancy compensation from the builder. Based on previous comments, this may have been in the form of being able to move things into the units without having to pay the interim rent to the builders. So, to the original poster (and myself) who has had their move in date changed from Sept 3rd to the 18th should be entitled to delayed occupancy compensation should they not meet their date of the 18th. Now if they do not meet the Sept 18th date on the actual date of the 18th, and extend the occupancy past Oct 1 (for the original poster and myself), we would be put in a situation where we may have already made arrangement to leave our current location by Sept month end and would be in without a place to live.
I apologize for the long winded post, but I just wanted to clarify how the builder has actually handled these delays with people in the first few blocks, or how the people in the first few blocks have chosen to handle this with the builder. As mentioned above, there seems to be some inconsistencies with people’s experience, some getting notifications and others not getting notifications. For those who actually haven’t done anything and have just accepted these delays, I suggest talking to your lawyer and going through your agreement with them to confirm what is outlined in your agreement.