All things New Homes ( subdivisions )

Just thought I'll start a thread here about new subdivions and all things about it. For those that have bought into this and those are yet to move in, who was your builder, what area, why did you choose them, and are you happy with it so far?


What advise do you have for people that are about to make the move, ways to improve the house, landscape ideas, back yard ideas, garage makeups, finishing up the basement, furnitures?

I think you get the idea now.....pls share

is it true that all new subdivisions come equipped with fiber optics and have ultra-fast hi-speed internet?

GTA new home buyers might be interested in this:


Source: http://www.jdpa.com/news/releases/pr...asp?ID=2005136


I have a Mattamy home and I've had some issues with some of the work done in the basement...I'd hate to think how bad some of the lower-rated builders are! (I do know there are some new home horror stories, though... )

Originally Posted by Kommander_KornFlakes

is it true that all new subdivisions come equipped with fiber optics and have ultra-fast hi-speed internet?

No. I moved into my home in early 2000, and DSL wasn't available until late 2004!

Thanks for that Rehan, Mattamy always seems to be the builder everyone raves about, and am not surprise they are right up there. Just like you said, new homes don't come with super high speed internet, it's an upgrade to get cat 5e installed from what have heard.

Like any other builder, mattamy is cheaper outside of the GTA.

My wife and I just bought an Aspen Ridge home in Thornhill Woods. Closing date is next June. I've heard good things about this builder, so I'm staying optomistic that a) we'll actually get the house when promised and b) that we'll have no major problems.

Anyone else have comments for Aspen Ridge?

Originally Posted by spdztr

My wife and I just bought an Aspen Ridge home in Thornhill Woods. Closing date is next June. I've heard good things about this builder, so I'm staying optomistic that a) we'll actually get the house when promised and b) that we'll have no major problems.

Anyone else have comments for Aspen Ridge?

Hmmm....that must have cost a bundle eh? There is a discussion on this, in the link below, but I can't access it from work

http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/mac...ll/message/136

Anyone have any experiences with empire communities homes?

Yeah, I joined the macleods landing group on yahoo just a few days ago, some very good info there, thanks.

ps:that link that you posted was actually my post.

Originally Posted by glaswegian

Hmmm....that must have cost a bundle eh? There is a discussion on this, in the link below, but I can't access it from work

http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/mac...ll/message/136

Anyone have any experiences with empire communities homes?

Building a new home in Calgary with Heartland Homes, possession date in Oct. No major issues to report.

I was on the forums at http://www.newhomesreviews.com/ but the forum seems to be down for a while now. Is there any other canadian new home forums around? If not, RFD should dedicate a section. I'm sure there are many people with lots of questions and people who have gone through the experiences to offer good advice and answers.

Originally Posted by T-Bone

Building a new home in Calgary with Heartland Homes, possession date in Oct. No major issues to report.

I was on the forums at http://www.newhomesreviews.com/ but the forum seems to be down for a while now. Is there any other canadian new home forums around? If not, RFD should dedicate a section. I'm sure there are many people with lots of questions and people who have gone through the experiences to offer good advice and answers.

Ah....that was the same forum I use to be on, it seems to have been down now, for months. Can anyone pls share any other similar forums with us? That is why I sort of started this one here.

How much does it cost to fence off the backyard, and where is the best place to get a deal, also decks and stone patios?

It seems that almost every type of search brings you to http://www.newhomesreviews.com/ but it's not just the forums that are down, there's practically no information there either.

As far as fencing a backyard goes, I've heard that it would cost about $1,500 from each of the surrounding neighbours. Again, this is just word of mouth, and I haven't costed that out yet - I have a few years to worry about it.

Originally Posted by glaswegian

How much does it cost to fence off the backyard, and where is the best place to get a deal, also decks and stone patios?

I just finished building my own fence. I built 69' on one side and 64' on the other. I used 5' boards and 1' lattice. The posts on the 69' side are 6"x6" (Neighbour insisted) and the other was normal 4"X4" posts. We used screws instead of nails. I didn't have to do the back because it's conservation area and the developer put up a 4' chainlink. I had someone come in and drill the holes and set the posts.

My total costs were about $1150 taxes included (GTA). Bought all the materials at Home Depot at 15% off. That works out to about $8.65/linear foot YMMV. Still need to buy materials for, and build, gates.

From the quotes my neighbours got, building ourselves worked out to be about half the price of having someone build it for us.

Originally Posted by Rehan

I have a Mattamy home and I've had some issues with some of the work done in the basement...I'd hate to think how bad some of the lower-rated builders are!

I was working in a project in Milton last year in this Mattamy construction site, the homes were awesome and cheap, going for about $167,000, I mentioned to this Mattamy employee that their houses were elegant and cheap, he looked at me weirdly and told me "If you only knew how we built these things, you wouldn't even offer $25,000 for one. They are built like sh*t".

Originally Posted by Kommander_KornFlakes

I was working in a project in Milton last year in this Mattamy construction site, the homes were awesome and cheap, going for about $167,000, I mentioned to this Mattamy employee that their houses were elegant and cheap, he looked at me weirdly and told me "If you only knew how we built these things, you wouldn't even offer $25,000 for one. They are built like sh*t".

Mattamy is garbage. The people that buy them don't know anything about construction, hence the high satisfaction rate. And they try to use siding wherever they can.

anyone have any experience with park royal homes in edmonton? i'm buying in parkland in the westend. prices seem reasonable except the saleslady is a cow. >.<

i built with jayman homes recently. not a great experience. anyone need details please msg me.