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It's that stupid "Hands Up" one. Groan.

I had my countertops in the kitchen and bathroom changed to stone last year. The supplier was SP Marble: S.P.MARBLE INC. 8 Bradwick Drive. Concord, Ontario, Canada, L4K 2T3 Tel: (905)738-3577, Fax: (905)738-5543. Web site: www.spmarble.com The bathroom countertop (standard depth, approx. 42"...

I think a lawyer will only review the contract to suggest amendments, but it's up to you to get them from the builder, who then has to draft the wording.

Excellent points. Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience though.

The back of the kitchen island is made of 3 different panels of wood and it looks obvious. That level of finishing should not be acceptable at $2 million. The master bathroom is nice - can't say I've ever seen a bidet in a condo before. But overall, there isn't much that's special about the...

Walls separating units are usually concrete. Interior walls (dividing rooms) are usually hollow with metal studs.

Excellent points. Torontonians need to get over obsessing with square footage because the numbers aren't important if the space isn't usable. With the anticipated supply of condos coming to market in the next 2-3 years, buyers are going to have their pick of units. You're better off getting a...

A den with a dimension of 4-feet-something doesn't qualify as a "room" - it's barely an alcove. The bedroom closets are also small - that small closet in the second bedroom is about the width of a toilet.

Target has a problem. Its name is Target Amid a frenzy of publicity that the popular U.S. department store Target is scouting for locations in Canada, a Target store has quietly opened its doors in an unlikely location – Nanaimo, B.C. Another Target is scheduled to open soon in Sudbury, Ont...

The B9 layout forces you to place your TV in the den, which isn't very wide. The living/dining room layout doesn't really allow for a TV - where the sofa is positioned faces the kitchen sink and/or fancoil unit.

Yes. Fran's will replace the old Penelope's location that closed here ages ago.

Perhaps a designed deterrent for people who throw their household garbage in street bins? Yes, I've seen this.

I love that the heat/AC unit is not in either the bedroom or living room. There are too many layouts that have this and it just eats up usable space.

Careful with that ceiling mount into a concrete ceiling. It could become an exercise in frustration.

There are also usually separate maintenance fees for parking spaces and storage units. If the total maintenance fee is divided by the unit's square footage, this could provide a skewed calculation of the maintenance fee on the unit itself.

I'm starting to get several of these a day... is service really that dysfunctional?

Upgrades are severely marked up by builders. They charge retail price and can get away with it because some work is impossible or extremely frustrating to do on your own after occupancy. The warranty issue is relative. If your builder has a reputation for resolving deficiencies effectively...

I saw a Volvo banner on this property today. Strangely, it's just an ad for Volvo, it doesn't actually say a Volvo dealership is coming here (I think). Did this site change hands again?

The article says he's made a six-figure salary for about 2 years now. Coupled with responsible spending, this isn't a stretch.

I could not agree more about the trend in kitchen designs. Linear kitchens have absolutely no base cabinet storage once the appliances and plumbing are taken into account. Perhaps it's part of the unrealistic "condo lifestyle" that sales offices are always trying to depict - no one really...