We've been hearing frequently from other buyers that the Mattamy Design center overcharges for Crown Moldings and Baseboard upgrade features (But I've also heard that the quality is good!). Another example being potlights cost between $230 to $250 a light (installed price). Is there anyone out there that has an old price list of last years Hawthorne Village feature/upgrades?? We've begged/pleaded for this information from Mattamy but they are pretty admant about not giving detailed pricing on upgrade/features at the design center until AFTER you've purchased. It sounds like it will be cheaper to get outside contractors to do crown molding, baseboard, trim, paint board etc. But we're not sure how much cheaper??? It seams convenient to have the builder do that for you instead of having to hunt around for a contractor and have another vendor to worry about. If anyone has feature/upgrade price lists from Mattamy on their home (please let us know which model) or experience in dealing with Mattamy on feature/upgrades please email us! we'd like to know your comments.

P.s. there is another weblog by the "TechnoMagician" (Tim Aiello) who has a great comment discussion thread talking about mattamy. The link is http://www.kosmo.com/blogs/TimsBlog/2002/10/21.html. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select the "click to view or enter a comment" link.