Rondosa
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Thought I would pipe up here, as I posted in the other thread.
I (and my fiance) are purchasers of Twenty Gothic.
To be honest, I don't buy into a condo for it's exterior finish. I buy into it because it's where I want to live. Also, because it offers units that I'd want to own. While I do agree that the exterior finish could have been better (I wonder why it isn't darker as most of the older places around here have darker wood and brick exteriors) but overall I don't think it's too bad. I personally agree that the condos over by the Kingsway and Bloor are much more offensive in terms of surrounding area. I also think that the front of the building, on Gothic Ave, will be much nicer then the parking structure you see from Bloor/Parkview Gardens. I just hope Twenty Gothic ages well.
I've been in the west end most of my life, but specifically in High Park for a couple of years now and I absolutely love it. The location of this condo is perfect for me...I'm across from the Park (which I run, bike, swim in, and when the folks are in town, I take the dogs for a nice romp in the off leash area), I'm 3 minutues from my gym, I'm 30 secons to the TTC, I'm 5 minutes to the lake, 15 mins (good traffic) from downtown, and a 10 min walk to BWV. I honestly couldn't think of a better area for us - we're both really active people and love to walk everywhere...
As for my unit, I have a first floor unit on the west end of the building. I'm especially excited for my 350sq ft terrace, with a natural gas line for the BBQ and lots of open air space. Our closing is February (late) of 2009...delayed from June of 2008 but I've come to terms with this already
We opted for a few upgrades (smooth ceilings, three way switch in the bedroom, slight change in floor plan to increase size of closet, moving some outlets around, some appliance upgrades etc) but overall were quite happy with the standard finishes.
Anyway, that's my 2cents.
If anyone else here is an owner, and is on facebook, join Kyle and I here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18886099594. Now that Monarch moved our date up, we're so early compared to our wedding date that our condo will be a bit empty until we collect some gifts from the shower/wedding!
Kristina
PS - A few people have made some comments about the subway line right beneath the condo so I thought I'd share some info. This was also a concern for me but what Monarch has done is installed some unique and HUGE vibration plates, sort of like what you'd imagine they use in earthquake prone areas. It allows the building to move separately from the base, or so I'm told. I used to live in a three floor walk up just one block over from this building, and it was built in the '20s, and the vibrations and noise were only really bad in the basement underground units. So with the sophisticated nature of the engineering t reduce NVH, I would hope that Twenty Gothic remains rattle free
I (and my fiance) are purchasers of Twenty Gothic.
To be honest, I don't buy into a condo for it's exterior finish. I buy into it because it's where I want to live. Also, because it offers units that I'd want to own. While I do agree that the exterior finish could have been better (I wonder why it isn't darker as most of the older places around here have darker wood and brick exteriors) but overall I don't think it's too bad. I personally agree that the condos over by the Kingsway and Bloor are much more offensive in terms of surrounding area. I also think that the front of the building, on Gothic Ave, will be much nicer then the parking structure you see from Bloor/Parkview Gardens. I just hope Twenty Gothic ages well.
I've been in the west end most of my life, but specifically in High Park for a couple of years now and I absolutely love it. The location of this condo is perfect for me...I'm across from the Park (which I run, bike, swim in, and when the folks are in town, I take the dogs for a nice romp in the off leash area), I'm 3 minutues from my gym, I'm 30 secons to the TTC, I'm 5 minutes to the lake, 15 mins (good traffic) from downtown, and a 10 min walk to BWV. I honestly couldn't think of a better area for us - we're both really active people and love to walk everywhere...
As for my unit, I have a first floor unit on the west end of the building. I'm especially excited for my 350sq ft terrace, with a natural gas line for the BBQ and lots of open air space. Our closing is February (late) of 2009...delayed from June of 2008 but I've come to terms with this already
We opted for a few upgrades (smooth ceilings, three way switch in the bedroom, slight change in floor plan to increase size of closet
, moving some outlets around, some appliance upgrades etc) but overall were quite happy with the standard finishes.Anyway, that's my 2cents.
If anyone else here is an owner, and is on facebook, join Kyle and I here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18886099594. Now that Monarch moved our date up, we're so early compared to our wedding date that our condo will be a bit empty until we collect some gifts from the shower/wedding!
Kristina
PS - A few people have made some comments about the subway line right beneath the condo so I thought I'd share some info. This was also a concern for me but what Monarch has done is installed some unique and HUGE vibration plates, sort of like what you'd imagine they use in earthquake prone areas. It allows the building to move separately from the base, or so I'm told. I used to live in a three floor walk up just one block over from this building, and it was built in the '20s, and the vibrations and noise were only really bad in the basement underground units. So with the sophisticated nature of the engineering t reduce NVH, I would hope that Twenty Gothic remains rattle free
