Recent content by hodgkinsken

This house and the one attached to it each sold for $630k for a total of $1.26M for the property.

I pulled those charges directly from my closing statement. I had no additional levies or development charges. From what I've read the developer will only charge you those levies if they've increased between when you sign your deal and when they receive the building permits. I could be wrong.

Are you including land transfer tax in your 15k number? I closed in December and on a purchase price of approx $500k my closing costs were: 1) Tarion - 1,039.60 2) Utility connection - 2,000 (capped but original amount was 3,264.75) 3) Form Fee - 169.50 4) Discharge Fee - 226.00 5) LPIC -...

41 but doesn't change your argument

Its not that hard to find the Q4 2012 unadjusted numbers: http://www.torontorealestateboard.com/market_news/condo_report/2012/condo_report_Q4-2012.pdf So unadjusted to unadjusted 2012 - 3,830 2013 - 4,586 Still a 19.7% increase vs the 21% reported Whats even more interesting is that its...

So I got word from my lawyer that the building is registered and my final closing will be Dember 11th...less than 1 month of occupancy for this kid.

They're in the process of taking down the construction elevator. The guy I spoke with said 3-4 days. I wonder how long after that will the sidewalk be returned to pedestrians?

The blue there is just where cladding is missing. The blue I was talking about is on the back side of the building.

I'm one of the purchasers. Here's what I can say about everything so far: The Good 1 - The communication with the builder has been pretty great with me. An example...my PDI was delayed a few days (2 business days) at the request of the builder. When I spoke with the representative on the...

I had my PDI last week. I asked about the commercial spaces. One has been leased to a dentist and the other to a coffee shop. He wouldn't provide a name of the chain.

Its not as straight forward as that. If you do a quick search for amortization tables you will find your answer. Using the data you provided and an assumed interest rate of 5% and monthly payments the balance at the end of 2 years using 20 year amortization would be $93,872. Payment...

Well this is interesting. Letter from my builder: As of Monday June 17, 2013, the Labour Relations Board ordered residential construction site elevator maintenance workers back to work in the GTS and Simcoe County. To date, no workers have returned to our site, nor are we able to contact anyone...

And it looks like its coming to an end. I wonder how many new construction buildings will be delayed because of this. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/06/11/toronto-elevator-workers-strike.html Elevator repair work stoppage lifted by June 17 GTA's 800 lift mechanics to be back...

Impact on the TTC http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/05/13/toronto-ttc-elevator-strike.html The Toronto Transit Commission says they are adding buses and looking at their options for riders as the elevator workers strike continues. Some commuters rely on the 80 elevators...

Another one: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/05/12/elevator_technicians_strike_leaves_man_worried_for_elderly_mother.html Roy Leffell went to visit his mom at her old-age home on Mother’s Day and, like a good son, left with a feeling of disquiet. All four elevators in her wing of the...