So, this is where I live now. Since last spring. Decent home. The layout is almost perfect given what the space is, though the closet space is brutal (as it is in most of these new builds, I reckon) and of course doesn't quite work for the furniture I have, especially not with my music production set up that takes up tooooo much space. The location's good as I can't live without easy access to trains and with the conveniently-located supermarket, hardware, and post office/pharmacy across the way. The pubs are brutal (I started dreaming of at least mild gentrification within a week of moving in) so I stopped drinking, which is healthy anyway.
The neighbours are mostly excellent....deffo a thousand times better than the dorm-like bordel that was 150 Sudbury Street when I lived there a couple of years ago.
My locker is located on a residential floor as opposed to the garage where contents invariably get dirty as all hell. Lucky for me as it is the only storage room of many that is not in the garage.
A parking stall was included with every unit at purchase which is great for me as I finally don't have to worry about parking my unfortunately mandatory work vehicle for the first time ever.
Management is now decent after a changeover from FirstService (who were useless here and at 150 Sudbury).
The builder however.....same old rubbish. I work in custom construction and the sloppy work here would have us sacked in our industry. The emergency electrification system is a joke...a bad joke. In the event of a power outage there's a generator that runs lights in all common areas and runs the lifts. Power to units is not provided in this case, but truly astonishing and vexing is the fact that all entrances/exits including resident parking access do not get power in this event. All fob controls remain without power and the garage secondary gate (seperating visitor and resident parking) remains without as well. I got locked out of the building last time. Bloody joke, the wiring.
I have lived in multi-unit residential almost everywhere I have lived except on 4 occasions (out of 16 places of residence) and this is by far the only one where I can hear my neighbours clearly. No sound damping in the flooring. No sound damping in the walls. I can hear my upstairs neighbour walking around, their dog scurrying, their bed creaking during fun time. My adjacent neighbours provide TV sound, loud voices and dog barking. First time ever I've experienced it like this and I've lived in all sorts: new condo, old condo, new purpose-rental, old purpose-rental, walk-ups, duplex, etc.
Davies + Smith, you build an inferior product and I'm so glad I'm just a renter and am not paying interest on a mortgage for this sub-standard subdivision-grade rubbish.
That being said, your build isn't as shit as that perpetrated by Urbancorp (please stay bankrupt forever), so I'll give you that.
PS: I'd love to know who built The Residences of the World Trade Ctr at 10 Queens Quay West/10 Yonge Street. If all condos were built to that standard, we'd all be alright. That's also by far the best place I've ever lived.