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I am not sure why a house that was pre-built in Cambridge and brought to the site to be installed would not last as long as one being built on site from scratch?! Certain requirements have to be met either way...

Mine is pre-built as are more and more of Mattamy's. They are also planning on building a "factory" here in town in the next year or so so this will only increase. Whether we must be informed of this or not, I would not think is a requirement by law but as an informed buyer it is always good to ask.

oh no! you mean my house is going to crumble to the ground after 7 years???

[quote="Arshad"]Normally MATTAMY build homes on-site but I heard that MATTAMY is preparing homes in factory and transportin pre-built structures to the lot site without informing to customers (As far I know).

You have just joined this site and already you are complaining (look at all your posts)

It is a better quality home that is pre-built. Ever try to put up a roof evenly on a windy day? This makes the process faster....and by the way, your delayed not by Mattamy but by the town of Milton, permits are very slow for properties being built in this town because there are so many houses going up by so many builders the town cannot keep up. So get your facts straight "Arshad" ,relax and when your house is ready you'll be the first one to know. Hey you could be delayed another 180 days and you would have no recourse as long as they give you 90 day warning, and then another 180 days with no recourse. So read your agreement with your builder and talk it over with your lawyer, everything Mattamy is doing is above board....S*** happens!!

i'm sorry, i wasn't trying to be hostle - just my sad attempt at humour

the only part of Arshad's post that if found a bit out there was "houses will survive 7 years minimum " but, maybe his point was misunderstood...

as for pre-fab houses, i don't think there is any decline in quality, just less customizing allowed. also, houses built in a climate controlled enviroment may have thier atvantages... having said that, our house was build out there in mother nature and everything looks great!!!

take it easy you're not helping. i think we just get defessive about the quality of our homes... we are friendly, i promise

It's easier to have your buttons emotionally pushed online/in discussion forums than through face to face or voice communications.

Mentally you just react quicker, and their's less an emotional damper/social restraint on people's responces when typing it into a computer.

Add this to the fact it's easier to miscontrue motive or emotional context behind a posting, and you can sometimes have a power-keg reaction over small issues. Responces back and forth online tend to have a built-in 'escalation' factor risk that starts to kick in.

Please try to keep this in mind. People say things online, or express themselves a certain way online, that they probably wouldn't do, or do differently, in a face-to-face walking-down-the-street encounter.

<--- My effort to spread some love

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Arshad

Well since you already bought the house it seems your too late in looking for answers to your questions. You keep saying all your money is invested in your new house but you bought it without researching the facts that you are looking for. Why you would look for the answers after the fact is beyond me. The way your first post was brought up, it made it seem that our houses would be on the ground in 7 years. You may be an engineer but your vocabulary could use some work and how you come across (your other posts too) puts me on the defensive. So goodluck in your new home and I'm glad your adult enough to take criticisms without us hurting your feelings, because thats not the point we are trying to make.

as an engineer myself, and being married to one (omg-our poor kids), let me fill you in on a secret - poor writing skills are a prerequisite to the program. and i'm talking about those of us that speak english as a first language, too.
if it wasn't for spell checkers... no one would be able to read half of what i write

Arshad - so you were part of a focus group or something? that actually sounds interesting... what were some of the specific concerns brought up in the discussions?

Why would you think there is better money to be made on a site?

I work on construction sites every day and believe me, I would much rather be working inside someplace that is less affected by weather. The work would be more steady which means I would get paid more steady.

Every tried to pull cable or seal central vac pipe at -20C? Doesn't work.

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Why would you assume that they would pay less? In Cambridge where Mattamy was building homes in a factory the quality was far higher than on the homes that were built on site.

Marc

If the drywall job in our place is an example of the highly skilled trades that work on site... it might not be so bad to have it done in the factory....

On jobs that hire union trades.. A lot of places don't.

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LOL This is the first time I've ever viewed this topic and I really couldn't control myself...I just had to comment on it.....Its 2007 now, any news from phase 1 and 2? ....LOL

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