[Exewau]

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[Davis137]

I hate to say it, but that looks like an absolutely miserable place to be working this time of year...at least it's nice to see progress start finally...

[Exewau]

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[Exewau]

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Rebar showing above grade, view looking west from Metro parking lot.

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Looking west towards Island Park Drive, with 111 West in the background

[Exewau]

More rebar, and more concrete.

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[Davis137]

Cool, it's starting to look like a building already, instead of a mudhole...

[derocque]

To WAIP purchasers, has anyone had any contact with the developer regarding completion date or heard anything about appointments for colour selection/etc.?

[Exewau]

To WAIP purchasers, has anyone had any contact with the developer regarding completion date or heard anything about appointments for colour selection/etc.?

Both builder and sales agent have been noticeably silent.

Looking at the status of other similar projects it is hard to believe that they will be ready for September occupancy.

[derocque]

Both builder and sales agent have been noticeably silent.

Looking at the status of other similar projects it is hard to believe that they will be ready for September occupancy.

Thx for the confirmation, Exewau... wanted to make sure that it wasn't just me. Looking forward to your next set of construction pics...

[Davis137]

Drove past here last night, and it's cool to see the crane up where the little strip mall used to be...

[Exewau]

More concrete, more rebar, some of the support pillars are now almost up to grade level.

The western foundation wall is almost finished, still working on north and south walls, eastern wall is still dirt and bedrock.


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Looks like its getting pretty tight to work around all the pillars, they must have to have eyes in the back of their heads to avoid accidents

[Exewau]

Western foundation wall completed, more progress on north and south walls.

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[Davis137]

Progress looks to be picking up...I'm sure as it get's milder, it will increase even more...

[Exewau]

North and south walls completed, east wall almost done.

Looks like the western side of hole (nearest Bella's) being prepped for pouring the floor.

The eastern side is noticeably lower, wonder if they are going to raise it once the east wall is completed.

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[Exewau]

All 4 pit walls completed, floor of west half of pit poured, scaffolding and platforms on site

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[Exewau]

Checking out other buildings I realize what I thought were scaffolding and platforms last week are actually supports for the forms that are used for the ground floor slab.

On the east side of the hole which was still down at bedrock, they have used double height supports to bring the forms up to the same level

It's interesting to see how they are going to connect the slab with the existing vertical columns, the forms have been brought flush with the columns, and I guess they are going to tie in with rebar and then pour concrete.

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[Exewau]

Lots of rebar, first pour of slab in north-west corner

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[Davis137]

Looks like some steady progress now...

[Exewau]

Entrance to parking garage:

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[Davis137]

Wow, it's almost completely at grade...things have definately sped up on this project since winter ended...

[Exewau]

Despite the rain this week, the ground floor slab is poured, and they have started on the first floor columns.

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[Davis137]

Interesting that the forms and retaining equipment are all labeled Wellington...it's awesome to finally see some of this location going skyward, after looking at pictures of a snowy, muddy hole in the ground until the last month or less...

[Exewau]

First floor forms almost complete

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[Exewau]

It's no Photoshop but what the heck.......


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[Exewau]

Looks like the first floor forms are complete, couldn't see if they have started to pour yet.

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[Davis137]

Nice little footprint...will look nice next to the Metro...

[Exewau]

First floor slab is poured, starting on forms for second floor:

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[Exewau]

Up to second floor:

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[Exewau]

:rolleyes:

Just received official notice from the builder - tentative occupancy date is now March 5th 2012

[Exewau]

Up to third floor, building is starting to have a presence on the street now:

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[Davis137]

Cool to see the 3rd floor poured already...won't take long to top this thing out!

[Exewau]

4th floor supports done, started forms for 4th floor at west side of building:

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[Davis137]

This one is certainly going up quickly now!

[Exewau]

Fourth floor poured, vertical supports for fifth floor started.

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[Davis137]

I really like the footprint and scale of this building. It's definately not out of context with the neighbourhood...

[Exewau]

I really like the footprint and scale of this building. It's definately not out of context with the neighbourhood...

For sure - it complements the existing building opposite (The Piccadilly?), and I think the open space of the Metro parking lot to the east gives it room to "breathe"

[lagrammy]

For sure - it complements the existing building opposite (The Piccadilly?), and I think the open space of the Metro parking lot to the east gives it room to "breathe"

I like this one WAIP over The Piccadilly, for me it looks more high-end IMO

[McC]

"WAIP over The Piccadilly"?

[Exewau]

Was away on vacation last week, glad to see that they are getting ready to pour the roof!

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[Sven Casselman]

Thanks for the photos...that is really interesting to watch it progressively go up since I rarely get to see that sideof town

[Davis137]

Great to see that it's gone up so quickly...

[Ottawan]

I hope there's a coffee shop on the ground floor of this one. This is right at the centre of the largest Bridgehead/Starbucks-free zone in the Richmond/Wellington West corridor. If one moves in, expect to see me there next summer!

Edit: Unless I've made the desired jump to Centretown by then... Anyone know some good buildings with one-bedroom apartments for rent?

[S-Man]

The newly soon-to-be maybe refurbished in the future Bell Street Towers will give you a free month if you can prove you've ever had a fixed address!

[Jamaican-Phoenix]

I hope there's a coffee shop on the ground floor of this one. This is right at the centre of the largest Bridgehead/Starbucks-free zone in the Richmond/Wellington West corridor. If one moves in, expect to see me there next summer!

Edit: Unless I've made the desired jump to Centretown by then... Anyone know some good buildings with one-bedroom apartments for rent?

There's a Bridgehead a five minute walk away...

[Ottawan]

There's a Bridgehead a five minute walk away...

True, but that's three minutes further than on most parts of this stretch :D

(If you walk it and note the coffee shops, this is hardly an exaggeration)

[Exewau]

I hope there's a coffee shop on the ground floor of this one. This is right at the centre of the largest Bridgehead/Starbucks-free zone in the Richmond/Wellington West corridor. If one moves in, expect to see me there next summer!



Speaking as one of the purchasers I'm not sure what I'd like to go in the ground floor retail.

From a noise perspective (I'm on the second floor) it would be nice if they were "9-5" type operations.

The footprint is probably too small for a Shoppers, so I'm expecting smaller specialty places to go in.

The builders have started sub-dividing the retail areas from the lobby/elevators area with concrete blocks, so we may see some indication soon of the retail.

[Exewau]

Roof is poured and the forms are removed.

Started on the metal studs for the exterior cladding on the second floor.

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[Exewau]

More studs and insulation on the exterior

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[Exewau]

Not much progress, another level of insulation board installed:

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Metal plates on the studs poking through the insulation board - is this how they tie in the brickwork?

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[ThaLoveDocta]

Metal plates on the studs poking through the insulation board - is this how they tie in the brickwork?

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Yup, these are brick ties.

[Davis137]

Drove past this one yesterday...it has certainly changed the look/feel of Wellington in it's immediate area. This building, and the other ones further west along Richmond are slowly creating a mini street canyon, at least that's what it felt like to me driving along there, compared to when I used to live near there, and these buildings didn't exsist yet.

[gjhall]

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For those who think a street with buildings on both sides is a "canyon", a vehicle has been designed for all your urban driving needs.

[Admiral Nelson]

what's with the automatic redirect to youtube on this page? I had to hit stop in my browser to make this post.

[Dylan Leblanc]

The video was not posted properly and YouTube was hijacking people's web browser.

[Exewau]

The video was not posted properly and YouTube was hijacking people's web browser.

Thanks for cleaning this up!

[Exewau]

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[Exewau]

Exterior finishes almost done on North and East side of the building, windows are going in on the second floor.

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We went in to the Theberge Homes "Alta Vista Ridge" sales office on St Laurent Blvd last week to pick finishes and options which was an eye-opener.

To upgrade from flat doors to colonial was $150 per door (Colonial doors RETAIL for less than $50 in Home Depot).

They also wanted $400 to put a piece of plywood between the steel studs for a flat screen TV wall mount, along with $150 each to move the electrical outlet and the cable outlet two feet up the wall

We ended up with a granite upgrade in the kitchen for $1000, went from oak to birch kitchen cabinets for $900, and a $900 pot and pan drawer in the kitchen island.

We decided against the appliance upgrades as the retail cost of the upgrade package is way less than the upgrade price, and they won"t even give us a credit if we don't take the appliances.

[McC]

wow going from oak (which takes a "thousand" years to grow) to birch, which is first growth and sprouts like a weed, is an "upgrade"? yeesh. Modern economies so mixed up.

UPDATE: it would almost be worth your while to pay them a small bribe NOT to install your kitchen, eh?

[Exewau]

Slightly different shots this time, did our drive-by after coming back from a birthday party in Gatineau.

Brickwork is complete on east side of building, more windows going in

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[WadiRum]

I bought a 2 bedrooms apt, on the 3rd floor, facing the parking and the street. I liked the layout of the living space and the wide windows.

What I don’t like now is that they left no space in between the building and the walkway for a bit of green something or flowers. Also, where are they going to have a garden? The backyard seems cramped. And where are they going to fit the hut tub when there is barely space for a garden?

I did not yet receive any appointment for our choice of finishes. Actually I am a bit worried about what exactly are the choices. When they sold the apartments they had no choices. The kitchen was ok but I personally would have liked something more modern, as I saw in the presentation centre for the 101 building. The strange part is that they had a photo posted at the entrance of the presentation centre with a very modern kitchen (shiny and green color). What was that one for? Exewau comments make me wonder what is going on....

Did anyone asked for an upgrade of the island size? I remember that the island they had in the presentation centre was longer than in the plan and considered an upgrade. I intend to go for this upgrade but after reading Exewau comments it looks that the guys are into making money.

Any other experiences in choice selection, maybe better than what so far has been posted?

Thanks

[Exewau]

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[Exewau]

Not posted pictures for a while as there doesn't seem to have been much progress.

Still a long way from getting the building "weather-tight", though there does seem to be some interior work going on.

There was some one in our apartment caulking windows at 6:30pm on a Sunday evening!!

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Not sure but this looks like drywall open to the elements on the west side of the building......

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[Exewau]

Still not finished the exterior, noticed that on some units they have put up temporary (I hope!) drywall to close in the unit so I assume they can work on the inside

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This is our unit - we can see through the windows some interior work is going on.

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[Cre47]

Outside look a bit of a disappointment with all the grey. As long as it brings more intensification at least, much to the dismay of Ken Gray and company.

[Exewau]

More temporary drywall on the lower floors

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[S-Man]

Yikes, it sure is grey. A personal snub to Ken Gray?
Having just returned from Quebec City, I have to ask: do developers have a no-red brick clause in this city? It works well there; the dark red brick, I mean.

[McC]

I walk past this place pretty regularly, and I cannot believe someone okay'd putting the rough-textured sandstone-coloured bricks right beneath those smooth sandstone-coloured bricks running up the side; just awful!

[Exewau]

Finally started framing the corner windows on the east side of the building.

West side still does not have bricks - wonder if the supplier ran out?

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[Davis137]

You know, I think the scale of this project is a great addition to the neighbourhood, and is not really out of touch with the buildings around it...

[citizen4829]

You know, I think the scale of this project is a great addition to the neighbourhood, and is not really out of touch with the buildings around it...

Perhaps you may wish to convince the homeowners living in the shadow of this building on Garrison ST, Rockhurst RD or Oakdale AVE that this building is not out of touch. :(

[gjhall]

Perhaps you may wish to convince the homeowners living in the shadow of this building on Garrison ST, Rockhurst RD or Oakdale AVE that this building is not out of touch. :(

Bring back the beloved heritage used car dealerships!

[Uhuniau]

Perhaps you may wish to convince the homeowners living in the shadow of this building on Garrison ST, Rockhurst RD or Oakdale AVE that this building is not out of touch. :(

Six whole floors worth of shadow. Next thing you know, the residents of Sunnymede will complain that this too-tall extrimification has plunged them into permanent darkness.

Isn't it amazing how Ottawa, alone of all places on the surface of the earth, doesn't rotate about the planet's axis?

[McC]

Bring back the beloved heritage used car dealerships!

this one was a mini-mall (with an Indian grocery/convenience store, and Istanbouli)

[S-Man]

The city's Official Plan calls for buildings of 4-6 stories along traditional mainstreets, and higher along arterial mainstreets. That predates the whole intensification effort.

[gjhall]

The city's Official Plan calls for buildings of 4-6 stories along traditional mainstreets, and higher along arterial mainstreets. That predates the whole intensification effort.

Those sound suspiciously like facts! No room for those in discussions of extremification.

[McC]

Those sound suspiciously like facts! No room for those in discussions of extremification.

<yawn> does every thread need to turn into repeats of this rant? this forum is getting pretty boring as a result.

[gjhall]

<yawn> does every thread need to turn into repeats of this rant? this forum is getting pretty boring as a result.

It repeats itself because comments like these repeat themselves:

"Perhaps you may wish to convince the homeowners living in the shadow of this building on Garrison ST, Rockhurst RD or Oakdale AVE that this building is not out of touch."

Followed by the facts, as such:
"The city's Official Plan calls for buildings of 4-6 stories along traditional mainstreets, and higher along arterial mainstreets. That predates the whole intensification effort."

Which naturally leads to levity and mocking of the original grievance...sorry if it's boring, but it's a two-say street.

[WadiRum]

The windows on the Metro side corner are now up, together with the first red and white "stripes" applied on the exterior wall. Love it, but not because I will move there in my first house :-)

Also, talking about more condos in the area, the land at the Island Park and Wellington intersection (in between The Wellington at Island Park condo and the 101 Richmond condo, on the opposide side) which currently has a car dealership for used cars, is up for sale.

Finally, I have seen signs around such as the "No to overdevelopment" so, I do understand that people may be concerned with the overdevelopment. However, in all these places where new condo"s are coming along there was nothing interesting going on before. Even the "mall" that was on the place of the Wellington & Island Park condo, was a place with two small shops and almost no clients. More condos in the area on the other hand, will fill-in nicely these spots and give a modern, nice and trendy look to the street. The Wellington street will look like The George Town in Washington. It is nice to walk from your house and stop to nice shopps and places like Thyme and Again. So, with more people coming, more shops I hope will come too.:tup: Plus, if there is space for other people to enjoy the area, why would they not be given same chance?:yes:

[Exewau]

WadiRum is spot on....

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Apparently the reason they have not done brickwork on the west side is that Bella's won't let them on their property to set up scaffolding etc.

[WadiRum]

I had the same thought about the owners of the restaurant not allowing the scafolding.

Why would they do so? Is it better for the restaurant to have a building on their side unfinished? Should they not be happier that more potential clients could come to their restaurant? Was it better before, with no condo? I can't see the logic in this one:(

I am not taking it personally but I cannot help thinking that it feels like we are not welcomed by some neighbours:shrug:. Well, no matter what, I'm moving in!:notacrook: And, bring some more with me:banana:

[S-Man]

Don't underestimate the pettiness and childishness of grown adults. The signs mights as well say 'Say no to any and all change' or 'Say no to anything that isn't a direct facsimile of what was here before'.

They were probably put there by Ken Grey and his merry (little) band of 'good citizens'. Good citizens, hardly, and certainly not good neighbours.

If Ken Grey lived in this building, he would likely drive his car to the grocery store across the street.

[Exewau]

Why would they do so? Is it better for the restaurant to have a building on their side unfinished? Should they not be happier that more potential clients could come to their restaurant? Was it better before, with no condo? I can't see the logic in this one:(

I am not taking it personally but I cannot help thinking that it feels like we are not welcomed by some neighbours:shrug:. Well, no matter what, I'm moving in!:notacrook: And, bring some more with me:banana:

Agreed WadiRum, I had a run in with one of the Bella's staff who came out of the restaurant to yell at me early on during the excavation phase because I was on their property taking photographs of the dig.

I certainly won't be frequenting the place after I move in, according to the builders rep they have been against the development from Day 1

[WadiRum]

This does not sound good at all. I wonder how is Theberge going to solve this one? Maybe that explains why the windows on that side are disproportionately small comparing to the rest of the building, as if Theberge was planning to build another building.

I won't be a client at the resturant, nope. How can they yell at you Exewau when taking pictures? These people seem to be really bad Kharma. :yuck:

[McC]

Apparently the reason they have not done brickwork on the west side is that Bella's won't let them on their property to set up scaffolding etc.

sounds like rather poor planning on the builder's part; that, and a good reason not to let people build to the lot line... I'm pretty cheesed off that the builder has been allowed to close the sidewalk for weeks on end. As much as I'd rather not commend Ashcroft for anything, the sidewalk in front of 101 Richmond has been kept open throughout much more of the construction.

[Exewau]

Took the usual photos showing progress:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6412471973_e713a5bbd3_b.jpg

Or lack of it thanks to Bella's

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7025/6412471175_2506836011_b.jpg

Then I noticed the large gap between the brickwork and the window on our unit and all those above:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6412470421_85e0441de4_b.jpg

Is this normal - how are they going to provide a thermal break across the gap?

I looked at other windows that are installed and the frame is flush to the existing brickwork.

I'm going to e-mail this shot to the builder and see what they come back with - stay tuned!!

[WadiRum]

Thanks Exewau for keeping us posted.

This is Theberge's first condo so, I was hopping that they are going to rock it. Hope that the niche is there for a reason and did not just happen.

[O-Town Hockey]

There was a similar gap on the North East corner of Mondrian when it was under construction. They eventually filled it with insulation and completed it with a piece of pre-cast. I think it was planned, but you never know.

[ThaLoveDocta]

Then I noticed the large gap between the brickwork and the window on our unit and all those above:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6412470421_85e0441de4_b.jpg

Is this normal - how are they going to provide a thermal break across the gap?

I looked at other windows that are installed and the frame is flush to the existing brickwork.

I'm going to e-mail this shot to the builder and see what they come back with - stay tuned!!


It's a feature.
"High Ventilation Lofts"
"Nature where you need it most"

[McC]

Took the usual photos showing progress:

Then I noticed the large gap between the brickwork and the window on our unit and all those above:


maybe the developer hired the same klutzes who who were subcontracted to install the new windows at our house? :-P

[Exewau]

Not posted for a while, it's been a busy November, and the exterior has not changed much.

Our provisional occupancy date of March 5th has now gone "firm", as we were not advised by the builder within the 90 day notice period.

The gap between the window and brickwork has been filled with a piece of metal, and the temporary drywall closing off the rest of the unit has been removed.

There has been no progress on the brickwork at the Bella's end of the building, still only sheathing and partial insulation - not a good look!.

Hopefully we will be contacted soon for PDI.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6623940767_cd518622c0_b.jpg

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[amanfromnowhere]

wow... they started working on the west side of the building!

[Davis137]

Yes, but in a sneaky manner...without touching the ground on the other side of the fence...lol...

All in all, I like the look of this building, but I would have gone WITHOUT the red panels that adorn it in random spots. Maybe the finished product will look a little more seamless in presentation...

[WadiRum]

Our moving date is March 12th and it looks like it won't change :tup:

I am sorry to disagree with you Davis137 but I actually like the red touch. It is fun and brings personality to the building. How many condos with a red touch can you find in Ottawa?;)

As for the “sneaky” approach of the builder on the west side of the building, at least they found a solution to go around Bella’s “welcoming” approach.

Unfortunately, because of the cold weather and the narrow scaffolding there is no space for a tool to heat the wall before applying insulation. So, I assume the builder will finalize this side when the weather gets wormer, hopefully.

The one think I get less excited about is the heated ramp for underground parking entrance. This translates into plenty of electricity consumption and thus, in increased condo fees. The alternative I guess would have been salt and more salt.:yuck: So, something has to give.

[Exewau]

Not much external changes, we could see that the drywall was done in our unit, actually met the building owner Joey Theberge in the Metro parking lot who confirmed that everything was on schedule for the occupancy dates.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7168/6787036653_7e894225bd_b.jpg

Some units are still missing windows....

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7016/6787035855_916cd181d9_b.jpg


The Bella's side of the building is not so pretty......

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7153/6787035027_acd0303681_b.jpg

[Exewau]

Up on Kijiji, I think this is a corner unit on the Bella's side overlooking Wellington:

http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-real-estate-apartments-condos-2-bedroom-NEW-WESTBORO-CONDO-FOR-RENT-W0QQAdIdZ345475904

812 sq ft, 2 beds 1 bath, $1700 plus $150 parking, occupancy March 15th

[condo_dreams]

Up on Kijiji, I think this is a corner unit on the Bella's side overlooking Wellington:

http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-real-estate-apartments-condos-2-bedroom-NEW-WESTBORO-CONDO-FOR-RENT-W0QQAdIdZ345475904

812 sq ft, 2 beds 1 bath, $1700 plus $150 parking, occupancy March 15th

$1,700? That seems very reasonable for this neighbourhood. Looks nice to boot!

[WadiRum]

Thanks Exewau for posting the pictures.

My occupancy date (March 12) has not changed. But are they really going to finish the work so that people can move?

So far, it looks like there are plenty of things still left to be done. The hallway is not done and neither are the lockers. Balconies have no railing. The apartments without windows are used to upload materials inside the building so they may still be kept as is, I assume. For the side on Bella’s, from what I know, they need warm weather to be able to finish. The scaffolding they use on that side is so narrow that only allows a worker to use it. If the weather is cold they need to warm up the wall before applying bricks but there is no space on the scaffolding to accommodate both the worker and the heather. So, that wall is probable going to stay as is for the next months.

For our apartment, they are working on the kitchen based on what I see from outside. So, maybe they will be done in time. Hm, I will soon find out.

[Exewau]

We are still scheduled for March 5th, from what we can see of our unit (second floor north-east corner) they have finished off the interior trim, doors are hung and our kitchen cabinets are installed.

Like WadiRum I am also concerned about the functionality of the building, it still looks like a construction site, with scaffolding and materials everywhere, in particular on the entrance ramp to the parking.

If they expect us to start paying condo fees, property taxes and interest on the "phantom mortgage" from March 5th I am expecting to be able to live in the building as much as possible.

I can accept that the outdoor spaces won't be finished until the warmer weather, but the interior better be pretty much complete if they want to start charging me to live there. (cue the sound of my lawyer sharpening his pencil.......)

[Exewau]

Usual shots, something new though, there is a large slab hanging over the south-east corner of the building, with the Theberge Homes logo and "1433" cut out of it. I haven't seen any of the renderings with this, so not sure where it will end up.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6827324307_1ca1b595c9_b.jpg


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[Exewau]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7061/6787129092_37ea3d317a_b.jpg

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http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7037/6787127044_7817fce530_b.jpg

Final few windows in at the front, some balcony railings now installed, some progress on the Bella's side.

Our interim occupancy date is now March 12th for second floor unit, but haven't heard from the builder regarding PDI.

I think the "1433" slab is staying put on the roof