04-09-2023, 01:05 PM
(04-08-2023, 11:58 PM)CP42 Wrote:(04-08-2023, 05:42 PM)concernedowner Wrote: Yeah, I have no faith in them. Builders are awful. PDI inspector from Toronto said it was one of the worst built condos he’s seen. Makes me regret my choice but what can you do. I have a feeling the rest of the amenities will be crap as well :/
I’m sorry to hear about this. I can’t imagine how frustrating that would be. I’m just curious, what specifically did you notice that indicates the poor build quality?
Materials used are extremely cheap. My floor is already chipping everywhere. How is that possible?
(04-09-2023, 06:25 AM)ac3r Wrote: Heh. Lesson learned. Never, ever, ever, ever buy a home in the pre-construction phase. Or even if it's newly opened. With a few exceptions you should always let it marinate for a while - a year, minimum - before you buy. These things are just vertical suburbs that they slap the word "luxury" on and trick new buyers. In other words, they're usually complete trash. Even actual luxury buildings tend to suffer from problems. Many of the supertall skyscrapers on Billionaires Row in New York City have issues and those things make our condos look like slums.
And don't buy based on renders. Those aren't meant to show you how a building is actually going to look, you guys realize that, right? Lol all too often I read on this forum that "it looks nothing like the renders wtf?" You want to look at actual architectural drawings as well as obtain a materials list, then do your own due diligence. A render is just a visualization used to show an approximation of what something will likely look like - by plugging architectural files into 3D rendering software and pressing some buttons. They're not really intended to show you a completely realistic concept visualization. They're not even really meant as marketing tools but rather visualizations to show the developers, although they obviously get used in marketing as well.
I had no idea about that until I started reading this forum a year ago. And then I saw someone saying I hope station park looks like the renders and I googled 😂 so yes, lesson learned. I also had no idea how ridiculous the closing costs would be. I wish my realtor had explained everything better but oh well.