Going to reply again. My wife and I didn't check out tons of builders, but we saw a few. We'd decided on the Durham region after selling our house in Scarborough.
I really liked that Tribute makes an effort to have some variety house-to-house. I liked that they had policies dictating how many of a given model could be close together, brick / shingle colour, mixing that up, etc. Who knows - maybe other builders do it too, and I have no delusions of not living in the 'burbs, but we like the look of our neighbourhood.
I will say one thing that made me nervous as hell was waiting for the official move-in date. I'm self-employed, and like to control things, so it was a tad uncomfortable having such a big date (given we had our existing home selling and needing a roof over our heads). We moved in the same day as what was on the purchase agreement signed many months prior.
Good luck with the process.
Select Ajacians invited to the house-warming?