Toronto Rodeo Drive Condominiums | 105.46m | 32s | Lanterra | Hariri Pontarini

Today.
IMG_4737D.jpeg
IMG_4736D.jpeg
 
The drawing at left is from Rodeo Drive Condos official website (https://rodeodrivecondos.com/suites/), The right photo is one of the units currently in leasing market. Can you all see the difference of the positioning of the balcony door? How can you put in a sofa or couch in the room without blocking the door? Just curious, would any buyer accept this condition without a fight?
RDC P2 - Whilshire.jpg
 
Lanterra will have covered themselves in their APS and Condo Docs. It's up to the unit owner / lessor to be clear about what layout they are actually representing in their advertisement, then up to the lessee to accept it or not.
 
For the buyers, it is an obvious deviation from the purchase agreement. Would it be subject to a TARION complaint? More importantly, WHY would the builder make such an alternation other than an avoidable mistake?
 
wwy said:
The drawing at left is from Rodeo Drive Condos official website (https://rodeodrivecondos.com/suites/), The right photo is one of the units currently in leasing market. Can you all see the difference of the positioning of the balcony door? How can you put in a sofa or couch in the room without blocking the door? Just curious, would any buyer accept this condition without a fight?
View attachment 488548
Click to expand...
wwy said:
For the buyers, it is an obvious deviation from the purchase agreement. Would it be subject to a TARION complaint? More importantly, WHY would the builder make such an alternation other than an avoidable mistake?
Click to expand...

I can pretty much guarantee that somewhere in the purchase agreement it says something along the lines of:

"floorplans are approximate and are subject to change without notice" and "actual square footage may vary slightly from number listed on floorplan"
 
ben.thebean1 said:
I can pretty much guarantee that somewhere in the purchase agreement it says something along the lines of:

"floorplans are approximate and are subject to change without notice" and "actual square footage may vary slightly from number listed on floorplan"
Click to expand...
True, but still the question is "WHY". Would a developer do this just to frustrate the buyers because it can? In fact, builders always avoid any changes to the blackline drawing after purchase agreements are signed. In this case, moving the balcony door is not a code issue; nor would it provide any cost saving,. It can only be seen as a mistake by the installer. It leads to the next question what kind of quality control was in place by Lanterra?
 
wwy said:
True, but still the question is "WHY". Would a developer do this just to frustrate the buyers because it can? In fact, builders always avoid any changes to the blackline drawing after purchase agreements are signed. In this case, moving the balcony door is not a code issue; nor would it provide any cost saving,. It can only be seen as a mistake by the installer. It leads to the next question what kind of quality control was in place by Lanterra?
Click to expand...
It would not have been a mistake in terms of every floor above and below this unit has it in the as-drawn position, but this one doesn't. Somewhere along the way, plans changed for some reason, and the only way to find that out would be to go through the right people at Lanterra (that could take some time, or might never be answered) as to why.

Anyway, if the door that slides in that pair of glass panels pictured above is the one that's closer to the wall, then the arrangement as show in the suggested furniture layout should still allow you to walk out to the balcony between the couch and the corner chair.

42
 
You must log in or register to post here.

Back
Top