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Condo developer hit with $29 million class-action suit

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First there were the multi-million lawsuits over falling glass and faulty balconies, then came the class-action suit against a North York condo developer for allegedly failing to deliver a promised subway connection.

Now a frustrated Toronto condo owner has launched a $29 million class-action suit over a relatively small, but potentially dangerous, issue — wildly fluctuating water temperatures in a Charles St. highrise project that are being blamed on the installation of improper water valves.

In a lawsuit filed late last week, Etienne de Muelenaere alleges that Great Gulf, the developer of his 44-storey X Condominium building, is “negligent” and in breach of contract because the wrong water valves were installed in some 417 units.

After Great Gulf failed to act quickly to fix the problem — the lawsuit says some residents have been scalded — he spent $4,000 to have tiles in his two bathrooms cracked and the valves replaced.
http://www.thestar.com/business/rea...per_hit_with_29_million_classaction_suit.html

It's amazing how little power the consumer has against a developer. What if it's an issue impacting only his unit? He's supposed to finance a lawsuit against the developer to get them to do anything? Seems like a rig gamed where developers can pass off garbage product on consumers with little to no recourse.
 
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That bad?

I've lived in this building since initial occupancy and there have been numerous teething problems with some building equipment, but that seems to be par for the course in most new buildings these days. Weak water pressure delivered by the city has been a continuous concern, now that they are installing larger diameter pipes on Charles Street hopefully this will be solved.

I'd say the biggest let down would be the high rise elevators being completely unreliable. It seems that after many stop-gap repairs by ThyssenKrupp Elevators, they figured out that some of the major components used were of sub-par quality. Major work was done to replace some of these components and the elevators seem to be rather reliable now. (knock on wood)
 

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