kan7103
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The other two elevators are not going to be used for moving. I spoke with chris about this. The first elevator is the only one that has access to the loading dock.
Interim occupancy is the term for occupancy. Closing is when the building gets registered. You occupy your unit on interim occupancy and they begin paying a rent to the developer until the building is registered. This is when you mortgage kicks in. In the meantime you are playing your maintenance fee, property taxes, hydro, and a portion of the interest for the remaining cost of your unit. Look it up on the tarion website it's all explained there.
As for the booking of the elevators all the people who have book likely got the same interim occupancy date and at that point it's first come first serve, they decided to act on the information they were given in order to set up there move. Nothing wrong with that.
and in terms of elevator function all elevators have the ability to be put on service. It's part of their basic functions. Move in elevators are designated as such because they are usually loaded from the rear and then don't interfere with normal operation of the lobby/building. Plus they are usually connected to the loading area somehow.
Interim occupancy is the term for occupancy. Closing is when the building gets registered. You occupy your unit on interim occupancy and they begin paying a rent to the developer until the building is registered. This is when you mortgage kicks in. In the meantime you are playing your maintenance fee, property taxes, hydro, and a portion of the interest for the remaining cost of your unit. Look it up on the tarion website it's all explained there.
As for the booking of the elevators all the people who have book likely got the same interim occupancy date and at that point it's first come first serve, they decided to act on the information they were given in order to set up there move. Nothing wrong with that.
and in terms of elevator function all elevators have the ability to be put on service. It's part of their basic functions. Move in elevators are designated as such because they are usually loaded from the rear and then don't interfere with normal operation of the lobby/building. Plus they are usually connected to the loading area somehow.
Oh I know the difference between interim and closing, I'm extremely well versed in this process, I've had two and a half years to do plenty of research on how this all works but thanks for filling in those who might not know the difference between the two.
Regardless of the type of occupancy, typically, the builder would have owners move in from lower to higher floors, in that order. I've never quite heard of this free for all, book every elevator time slot regardless of what floor you're on. This should have been done in an organized manner. If people were that anxious to move in, they should have requested early occupancy.
Kan, you bring up a good point too. If closing is the 27th yet we're unable to move in because of the elevator bookings, how is that fair for us to make a month of mortgage/property tax/maintanence fees payment. This is all just very poorly planned.
Kan, also, seeing how we already discussed shades, we skipped another important aspect of the unit, lighting!
I'm sure you noticed that there are no light fixtures except for the one in the bathroom (Reign, you'll see this during your PDI)
I recently checked out some fixtures but the endless options has me very confused, not quite sure what I want.
I'm thinking a long, rectangular chandelier/pendant fixture for the dining room area.
Not sure about the hallway and bedroom still...
I actually found an amazing place for light fixtures. It's a show room and they have an amazing selection of brand name and knock off lights. We ordered three already and now I found out that we will need two more lights for our unit. It's called sescolite and I went to the location in Burlington. For three lights, one a chandelier for the dinning room table we paid just over 300. One of those was a nice fancy light for the bedroom.
Thanks for letting me know about the tax stuff!
I also booked my elevator times. I remember at the hotel session, they said that occupancy would be first come first serve and not floor by floor. I don't know why that is, seems like it is very disorganized.
They shouldn't have said anything about final closing being on the 27th because I think a lot of people, including myself, were expecting that to be true. I hope we hear something soon, because I'm in the process of getting my mortgage sorted (another thing they told us to do as quickly as possible at the hotel session).
Thanks for the suggestion!
I spent about 30 minutes just checking their selection out online, wow, so many options, I honestly don't even know where to start.
I see they have a store near Yorkdale, may have to check out.
Yes, I also called on Monday and booked the elevator too, such a mad scramble.
I'm sure they will close in or around the 27th, it's in their best interest to do so, they don't collect one penny until that day occurs.
Hey,
Had my PDI this morning, and I am very impressed with the way everything has come together. I was surprised, in a good way, how spacious and well put together everything was in the unit. I chose smokey glass and definitely don't regret it.
Like yourselves, I didn't find too many issues. There were a few scratches and the laminate wass raised higher in one corner of the unit, but as long as they fix it I'm happy.
I apologize, I didn't take any good pictures. Everything is pretty standard to what you guys have as well. We did well with purchasing in this building guys and girls. I'm feeling good.
P.s. I didn't know that our units include an alarm system. Pretty good addition.
Chris also said this morning that he has heard that the building may be registered in about 2 to 4 weeks after occupancy. We will just have to wait and see. But like "ilikemilk" stated previously, for some reason the city of Toronto is a bit of a difficult city to work with for builders. So I guess it will happen when it happens.