Hi all, Looking Queensville pre-construction homes. Looking at builders: Lakeview Homes, Aspen Ridges, and Country Wide Homes. Looked online, not a whole of recent ones within 5 years. Any bad reviews that I found was older, 8 years+; and ...
Mar 29th, 2021 10:51 am
I am looking for some opinions. I have a property we purchased about 2 years ago in Muskoka. It is a detached house in a subdivision. It will be ready in 30 days. The initial plan was to rent the house. But I just learned that a similar house up the street just sold for almost double what we paid. I...
Mar 24th, 2021 6:32 pm
Hi, I recently got an email from Builder regarding tier 1 structural changes or upgrades. What changes are good to get it done from builder? Builders price is high and what are the changes can be done later for the reasonable price? I found a couple of them really appreciate if someone share their e...
Mar 18th, 2021 11:03 pm
I recently purchased a 3 story pre-construction town house in Oakville area. My designer appointment is coming up and want to know if I don't add pot lights with the builder, how hard it will be to add them after I take the possession. I ...
Mar 8th, 2021 4:34 pm
Hi, For the pre-construction homes it is really hard to get purchase appointment from the builder. I got to know that some real estate agents are booking purchase appointment and getting money (approx. $10k) from the buyer to come ...
Mar 6th, 2021 11:09 pm
We are looking to buy a new detached property in GTA in the next 2 to 3 years. There seems to be very few in supply, how do we get hold of such a property. I specifically want to buy something that is in early stages of construction or even construction not started. This will give me more than enoug...
Mar 2nd, 2021 6:11 pm
Hi everyone, I am new to Pre-construction. I would like to get one within York Region, but I always feel that as soon as registration opens, everything gets sold out. I have signed up on their online forms with various builders, but no ...
Feb 26th, 2021 10:03 am
Similar to another thread, thought I'd spark this one up to chat about upcoming pre-construction houses and townhouses of 2021 and beyond here. For buyers and realtors, what projects are you excited about or looking to buy?
Feb 16th, 2021 12:09 am
The “Working” Guide to the Purchase and Sale of Pre-Construction Condos and Condo Assignments Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. When performing any real estate transactions, always retain legal representation. I do not have any recommendations for ...
Feb 14th, 2021 5:48 pm
Hi, If we buy a detached pre-construction in a hot market like now, and if things go south 1) What are the chances bank will appraise lower than the purchase price (builder price) 2) If the bank appraises 100 or 200 K less than the purchase ...
Jan 21st, 2021 1:51 pm
Hey does anyone know the process of buying a pre-con home online/virtually? Is the process done through Skype or zoom or how does that work?
Jan 19th, 2021 8:23 pm
We can talk about all of the upcoming pre-construction condos of 2021 here. Upcoming are 8 Wellesley and 400 King West (which I am more excited about). I am hoping to see more drawn out payment structures and hopefully only 15% like we had seen ...
Jan 11th, 2021 8:29 pm
My family wants me to invest my savings in a high-end/luxury pre-con in Oakville. Developer is Fernbrook Homes. It's 1Bed+1Den I am fortunate enough to live rent-free so I can save up a lot, especially now since I work from home due to the pandemic. I have to put 36k down this year and the remaining...
Nov 26th, 2020 10:56 pm
... years, I'm trying to get a sense of which upgrades are worthwhile doing now. My builder just sent me the following price list (excluding HST) for pre-construction upgrades that I'm considering. Hoping for your input for each of the items on whether it's worth doing with the builder or not. My ...
Nov 20th, 2020 11:03 am
There's a new build that we've been eyeing in York region.. (phase 3 of an existing community)... it came out few months ago but I guess due to COVID they didn't sell out quickly like they had hoped for. I just spoke to the agent representing the builder after seeing they added extra incentives pack...
Nov 18th, 2020 12:00 pm
Hi all, I'm looking into buying a pre-construction (townhouse with maintenance cost for snow/garbage pickup). There's quite a few of them where they tear down old homes and build a few rows of towns. I'm seeing a lot of these builders are ...
Nov 10th, 2020 6:16 pm
I am in the process of preparing for the final review of the contract for purchasing a pre-construction detached house. I want to include the Earnest Money (Deposit) Back Contingency clause in the contract (clause means that the contract can be broken with no penalty ...
Nov 1st, 2020 2:49 pm
I bought a pre-construction condo in June near downtown Toronto in liberty village area and now I really really want to get rid of it based on the following considerations. The original intent was to rent it out as investing property, ...
Oct 12th, 2020 1:25 am
So they open a certain number of units first, everyone applies, only the selected can get the best units. then they gradually give some of the remaining units to various agents. what doesn't make sense to me is this: this floor plan (1D, only 5 units) attracted 50+ worksheets (applications), includi...
Oct 9th, 2020 1:47 pm
I was browsing some pre-construction homes and noticed that the Developer suggested that the Purchase and Sales Agreement should be reviewed by a lawyer prior to visiting the Sales Office. Is this the normal course of business? Getting ...
Sep 26th, 2020 4:17 pm