buying a house

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does anyone know anything about tribute as a builder, I have heard good things but if anyone has experience with them.

quality, service after purchasing, finishes quality etc, I'm new at this buying house thing so any insight would be great

it's in Brooklin west villages
 
Don't buy a new house, unless maybe you're looking to turn it over and possibly make some money in a few years. If it's a house you wanna spend the next while living in, buy an existing one in an established neighbourhood. Thats my 2 cents.

Quality of workmanship in new residential developments is largely garbage. The contractors at all levels are under tight deadlines and even tighter budgets, and nobody really gives a damn about the final product. This shows in deficiencies and ultimately the builder's willingness to fix those deficiencies adequately in a timely manner.

When you buy new you reeeally don't know what you're getting.
 
Don't buy a new house, unless maybe you're looking to turn it over and possibly make some money in a few years. If it's a house you wanna spend the next while living in, buy an existing one in an established neighbourhood. Thats my 2 cents.

Quality of workmanship in new residential developments is largely garbage. The contractors at all levels are under tight deadlines and even tighter budgets, and nobody really gives a damn about the final product. This shows in deficiencies and ultimately the builder's willingness to fix those deficiencies adequately in a timely manner.

When you buy new you reeeally don't know what you're getting.
I think it largely depends on the builder, madamy and tribute seem to build quality homes. The house is on phase 7 and looking the neighbourhood and phases they already build it seems they are good quality and good finishing details, plus 40k on free upgrades, grass in the entire property plus trees in the front included, it looks like they want the neightbourhood to look good from the get go.
 
What area are you buying it in if you don't mind me asking. I'm in the market looking for one too.

We bought a matamy home and were very happy with the quality 6 yrs later. Some problems which they took care of really fast and in proper fashion. I would recommend them.

Builder prices are too high right now in the GTA and surrounding areas so not going to jump on them as of yet.
 
They all rush the work and have long deficiency lists. If you can stomach dealing with that after you move into your new house then it's fine, just be prepared for a possible hassle. The builder basically has the right and ability to change floorplans. The little sketch in the brochure of your new home is a rough representation and is subject to change at their whim. You also have no guarantees on what the final property will look like, which houses it'll be next to, if there is gonna be a power transformer or bus stop in front of your future yard, and so on.

It'll be less of a headache to buy an existing home, I guess that's all I'm trying to say. You take additional risk when you buy new.
 
What area are you buying it in if you don't mind me asking. I'm in the market looking for one too.

We bought a matamy home and were very happy with the quality 6 yrs later. Some problems which they took care of really fast and in proper fashion. I would recommend them.

Builder prices are too high right now in the GTA and surrounding areas so not going to jump on them as of yet.
I'm buying on the town of brooklin, the community is called Brooklin west villages. There are a few lots left. I'll look for the link and post in a couple of min
 
I'm buying on the town of brooklin, the community is called Brooklin west villages. There are a few lots left. I'll look for the link and post in a couple of min

Nice, east of Toronto the area is cheaper, but doesn't appreciate as much. I'm looking more north of T.dot. Best of luck with the purchase, you might want to be careful if you're dependent on the mortgage as a big part of the finance because interest rates will change to something higher by the time it's done building and closes.
 
They all rush the work and have long deficiency lists. If you can stomach dealing with that after you move into your new house then it's fine, just be prepared for a possible hassle. The builder basically has the right and ability to change floorplans. The little sketch in the brochure of your new home is a rough representation and is subject to change at their whim. You also have no guarantees on what the final property will look like, which houses it'll be next to, if there is gonna be a power transformer or bus stop in front of your future yard, and so on.

It'll be less of a headache to buy an existing home, I guess that's all I'm trying to say. You take additional risk when you buy new.
I know exactly what mine will look like, I walked inside one, the model home and a corner lot like mine of someone in the neighbourhood I asked if I could go in. I know what the houses that are going next to me will look like, they showed me each one of them. they have a policy that you can not have the same model home, same outside materials, same colors, you can only repeat every 5 houses. Coyly actually have any experience with this builder?
 
Nice, east of Toronto the area is cheaper, but doesn't appreciate as much. I'm looking more north of T.dot. Best of luck with the purchase, you might want to be careful if you're dependent on the mortgage as a big part of the finance because interest rates will change to something higher by the time it's done building and closes.
this area seems to be growing. My down payment is going to be a quarter of the value of the house so I am not that worried about the interests, we are also getting a pretty good rate under prime. But you are right, its always good to be carefull

here is the link, ifi was you I would still consider, they are stretching the 407 right to a couple of blocks away

http:// http://tributecommunities.com/index.cgi?d=showHomes&c=6
 
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Currently living in a tribute home in North Ajax, we bought the house when it was two years old and we've been here for about 4 years now.
No problems occurred, we ended up doing all the upgrades ourselves. Hardwood flooring upstairs and down stairs, finished 3 bedroom basement apartment, etc...
The house was really plain when we got it but a few personal touches can change that. The design however was beautiful, 9 foot ceilings and the layout made the house seem bigger.

Nothing bad to say about tribute. The best thing is what you get for 600,000$+ in Toronto can get you a mansion in the east end.
Great value and can't be beat. Also looking at investing in real estate and the value is always increasing. Can't go wrong imo.
 
this area seems to be growing. My down payment is going to be a quarter of the value of the house so I am not that worried about the interests, we are also getting a pretty good rate under prime. But you are right, its always good to be carefull

here is the link, ifi was you I would still consider, they are stretching the 407 right to a couple of blocks away

http://www.torontomls.net/PublicWeb/CL_CF.asp?link_no=38770563.062209&t=l&fm=F

Your link shows condos... I thought you were getting a house?

I have no idea about that area specifically so I won't comment it's just my experience from Ajax and whitby. It's too far from where I'll be working so I can't... I'd prefer to get something close to work.
 
obviously, you dont watch baseball. cuz you aint batting 300. ( good ) you be batting .000 ( and thats crap )


why should we copy and paste, and do all the hard work ?
 
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