Junction Triangle

Phase 3 only had 2 layout, for upper and lower units. End units were slightly wider, of course. I did check Phase 4 brochure and for the 2 bedroodrooms with media nook, lower units, very comparable to our Phase. Maybe a few inches more or less in various areas. But bear in mind that the floor plan of the nice brochure is just a guideline so the finished product will not have the exactly the same measurement. If you look at your agreement of purchase and sale, the schedule of the floor plan leaves out all the measurements.

I was very careful about buying anything new before occupancy and I am very happy that I planned it that way. Unlike a good number of residents who had to get rid of some of their stuff, all my pieces fit the place perfectly. Measure, measure, measure, measure. Not only if it will fit the place but will it make its way in through doors, staircases, hallway. Consider the height, width, length of each item. I even went as far as holding off on buying when I saw items that were quite substantial in size, took the measurements home, took measurements of where it was going to go and where it was going to pass through the unit and then cleared with the store's "expert" if the furniture would fit through doors, staircase. If they said yes and I had doubts I made a deal that if the furniture does not fit, they need to reimburse me and not charge me for delivery.

Contact the police to get the facts straight from them. From what I have heard and seen as a resident of the latest phase, these incidents only occur initially until the residents/corporation put in place a security system. But then the corporation will not exist until final closing which could take several months. My advice, knock on every door of your phase and get everybody to pitch in to hire a security patrol right away to patrol your underground parking ONLY. If each phase starting from yours will do this, the intruders will get the message loud and clear --- Davenport Village is no longer a good place for them to go to.

I wish the residents of the older phases warned us about their initial theft incidents as well. You know, doing the neighbourly thing as I am doing here to all of you Phase 4 owners.

I also have a lower unit. Last year, I came home to a very silent A/C after the sweep of pre-summer maintenance. I was so thrilled of finally being able to fully enjoy the main level of my home. No more deafening sound of the HVAC and it was also quiet when winter came around. The problem with this though is that it comprises the performance. Our downstairs never got nice and toasty but I preferred layering up over having to go through all over again with the HVAC noise. However, when we had a technician checked our HVAC recently for another issue, he told us that he will adjust the fan speed so that the A/C will nicely cool our place. Having turned on the A/C since last month, the noise is truly driving me crazy as well. I will have to re-adjust the fan speed to slow to regain my sanity.

Wait, so the furnace units are NOT your typical furnaces? I'm already getting an on demand water heater installed but maybe I need to be looking into other options at this point in terms of furnace upgrades? Yikes!!!

Does anyone have the link for the Max Air furnace installed in these units? I would like to view them beforehand.

When the AC unit turns on it is still loud as the fan must be at full speed. But when the AC unit turns off, the fan speed drops to the level you want it to.... but it is still circulating cool air.... so it will take longer for the temperature to increase and delay the starting of the AC unit and full speed fan again. I recently had it installed. I don't think it is making my unit colder, but the AC Unit seems to be running less which makes it quieter more often. Luckily I'm in an upper unit so the noise doesn't impact our everyday living spaces. I am considering changing the sliding doors on the mechanical room to something that will provide more sound protection for when we are upstairs in the loft.
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It was done by one of the AC technicians (forgot his name) that was sent to our unit to investigate heating & cooling performance. He recommended it to me last year... I happen to see him this year and said I want it done. It cost $220.00 to have the relay installed. He said if a few people get together to have it done at the same time, the cost will be less as the travel time component could be divided up.

Once your phase has been registered, I think all of the corporations of the various phases should get together to ensure that we collectively can make such a demand. We cannot be made hostage to the developer's exclusive arrangement with Rogers. If we all work together, we should all be able to get Bell in. It's a matter of determining what it is that Bell will need to do in order to set up their connections. With the pending of other phases to be completed, especially the 2 high rise, I would think Bell would welcome working closely with all of us to ensure that we have the freedom to choose their service.

Thanks for sharing! Maybe you can tell them that you have other people interested and maybe we could get a combined deal as I believe you had mentioned in previous posts. Please let us know what happened from your meeting with them and I will advise once I finish my PDI.

Unfortunately we all bought into a complex where security cameras are not part of the builder's plan. Something to learn especially if you are a first-time home buyer. Ask the right questions to know exactly what you will be getting. Once the phase has been registered (turned over to the owners) and board has been elected, then we can immediately request that installing security cameras to be high priority. If there is no money for this to form part of the first year budget, then we can all look into pooling additional money to pay for the cost of installing. But before cameras are installed, we must immediately hire security guard to patrol the underground parking as this is the only place that gets targetted based on past incidents with the earlier phases. Contact the police station close by to get this information to confirm. As soon as we move in, we must make sure that we communicate with all the residents to get this already started. Obviously the camera installation will have to wait until we actually own our units so its the hiring of the security guard that we must immediately work on.