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PostPosted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:40 pm 
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We are using Richard Furlong. He has already saved us money by removing a few clauses in the contract. He has done a lot of Mattamy closings and was also recommended by the bank we chose for our mortgage. Firm is called Furlong, Collins and Fitzpatrick cost 760. His number if interested is 905-878-8123 and he is located at 64 Ontario St in Milton. Hope this helps.


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I wouldn't nickle and dime it too too much....significant price differences, yes...but for your lawyer, you need service and advice too.

I personally recommend Furlong and Haber. :)

Jessica :)


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we used furlong, got a deal on our wills too at the same time

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Not a completely biased comment coming here...
but I have been in the field for several years , and am familiar with all of the lawyers listed above.

The Lawyers that have been in town for years and years... Greenwood, Furlong, Presse, Greives, etc... are all wonderful lawyers and I am sure you will be pleased with the service given by any of the above.

I would pick those over the person you listed as #2 ~ have heard much better comments about those individuals than him.


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We used Haber & Associated more than 2 year ago and he was good. We had no issues so he simply did the necessary paperwork, nothing fency to test him on.


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I would like to post our experience with Mr. Hedley Greaves.

First appointment:

We had to make it at 7:30am. It was a 15 minutes “consultation” meeting. He took our names, the lot information, and the mortgage pre approval document, and that was it. All that he said is “it seems like you guys are ok!”.

Second appointment (the closing date):

He called us to come and go over the purchasing agreement, the final mortgage agreement, and the closing cost. He was in a hurry, someone kept calling him on the phone (three times during our appointment). Hedley promised him that he will be 'there' in 10 minutes. He said this 5 minutes into our appointment with him!


Good thing we read our purchase agreement carefully! We noticed the following mistakes:

1-The Purchasing Agreement had spelling mistakes of both of our names (first and last names). You would think this is one of the most important documents that prove your ownership for the house, but no, he said that is not important (he just wanted us to leave).

2-After we corrected him on the above, he screwed up Francesca’s name and both our birthdates on the Deed for the house.

3-Ok, let’s say the names, birth dates are “not important”, the closing amount was not correct either. He had to confirm it with the Mattamy lawyer and the bank because he did not believe us that we have paid extra payments towards our upgrades (even though we showed him the receipts and the addendums from the design centre). To me it felt like he couldn't care less about us. Looking back on it, I am not surprised, he would be like that, especially when he is making alot of money from Mattamy clients and Mattamy posts his flyers in their sales office. I think I made my point here!

4-He was so rude in his conversation and did not help us with anything at all. He showed us the land layout without even knowing that the actual land that we got is mirrored from that layout that he got.

5-The bank monthly payments amount was wrong too. He was not aware that we adjusted that amount with a bank one month before the closing date. So, we had to correct the amounts on the contract with hand writing and sign beside each correction, which he was not too happy about. He said the correction is not important, but we insisted to do so because we know by now how meticulous he is!

Some other things I noticed about his office.

1-There is no computer in his office!
2-Piles and piles of dusty papers allover the place!
3-The only wall clock in his office was out of batteries (I think that was the case 5 yrs ago)
4-Not that it is important but I’ll say it anyways, He met us with the same noticeably ugly suite during the first AND second appointment

Overall, this was a horrible experience. I would never choose Hedley to be my lawyer ever again. I wouldn't want my enemies to have him as a lawyer. This B.S. (barely 30 minutes of his time) cost us $800, I never felt like I wasted that much money in my life. I think he mispelled his last name as well; it should match the kind of service that he provides to his clients.

Thanks "Mr. Grief"s,


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I would like to post our experience with Mr. Hedley Greaves.

First appointment:

We had to make it at 7:30am. It was a 15 minutes “consultation” meeting. He took our names, the lot information, and the mortgage pre approval document, and that was it. All that he said is “it seems like you guys are ok!”.

Second appointment (the closing date):

He called us to come and go over the purchasing agreement, the final mortgage agreement, and the closing cost. He was in a hurry, someone kept calling him on the phone (three times during our appointment). Hedley promised him that he will be 'there' in 10 minutes. He said this 5 minutes into our appointment with him!


Good thing we read our purchase agreement carefully! We noticed the following mistakes:

1-The Purchasing Agreement had spelling mistakes of both of our names (first and last names). You would think this is one of the most important documents that prove your ownership for the house, but no, he said that is not important (he just wanted us to leave).

2-After we corrected him on the above, he screwed up Francesca’s name and both our birthdates on the Deed for the house.

3-Ok, let’s say the names, birth dates are “not important”, the closing amount was not correct either. He had to confirm it with the Mattamy lawyer and the bank because he did not believe us that we have paid extra payments towards our upgrades (even though we showed him the receipts and the addendums from the design centre). To me it felt like he couldn't care less about us. Looking back on it, I am not surprised, he would be like that, especially when he is making alot of money from Mattamy clients and Mattamy posts his flyers in their sales office. I think I made my point here!

4-He was so rude in his conversation and did not help us with anything at all. He showed us the land layout without even knowing that the actual land that we got is mirrored from that layout that he got.

5-The bank monthly payments amount was wrong too. He was not aware that we adjusted that amount with a bank one month before the closing date. So, we had to correct the amounts on the contract with hand writing and sign beside each correction, which he was not too happy about. He said the correction is not important, but we insisted to do so because we know by now how meticulous he is!

Some other things I noticed about his office.

1-There is no computer in his office!
2-Piles and piles of dusty papers allover the place!
3-The only wall clock in his office was out of batteries (I think that was the case 5 yrs ago)
4-Not that it is important but I’ll say it anyways, He met us with the same noticeably ugly suite during the first AND second appointment

Overall, this was a horrible experience. I would never choose Hedley to be my lawyer ever again. I wouldn't want my enemies to have him as a lawyer. This B.S. (barely 30 minutes of his time) cost us $800, I never felt like I wasted that much money in my life. I think he mispelled his last name as well; it should match the kind of service that he provides to his clients.

Thanks "Mr. Grief"s,


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:50 pm 
We used Haber and we were happy. Didnt feel rushed, and since we are first time buyers we had a whole load of questions.


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On the other hand we used Hedley Greaves and had a very positive experience where we would recommend him to others. He went over everything with us and took his time with each document etc....
Bottom line is some will have good expereinces and others not so good and I think that goes with everything in life!


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I can say the same.. I used him for 2 purchases, a sale and some other matters.

Also, you may have only been in his office for 30 minutes, but your $800 does include a lot of other things that have to be done for the purchase agreement.

As for a computer not in his office.. Good for him! He's got an office staff that can take care of things like that for him.

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