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When pre-construction home buyers face builder demands for more money

by admin | Oct 1, 2022 | 2022 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

Construction problems such as foreseen costs, and shortages of labour and materials, are issues for builders — not purchasers — to resolve, writes Bob Aaron. Just because a builder demands more money to build a new home or condominium does not mean that it is...

New provincial rules can’t stop pricey surprise fees for new homebuyers

by admin | Aug 20, 2022 | 2022 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

Additional and high closing fees should not be billed to buyers in the final hours before their deals close, writes Bob Aaron. A group of buyers of new townhomes in Mississauga got the shock of their lives when, a few days before closing their purchases last month,...

It can cost you to back out of a purchase

by admin | Jul 30, 2022 | 2022 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

Superior Court orders a buyer to pay over $600,000 to the builder of a Thornhill development where she walked away from her deal. Over the last five years, Ontario’s courts have been busy with litigation involving failed residential real estate transactions. When the...

Superior Court awards condo owner $30,000 in noise ruling

by admin | Jul 9, 2022 | 2022 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

‘This singular issue has been outstanding … for the better part of 10 to 11 years,’ writes the justice in her decision about garbage room clamour. A case released by the Superior Court last month is a textbook example of how condominium boards should respond to noise...

Floor plan review is critical to a condo purchase

by admin | Jun 25, 2022 | 2022 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns

Make sure your lawyer confirms the unit you’re buying matches the building plans, writes Bob Aaron. A near disaster in closing 173 units in a new Guelph, Ont. condominium project last week underscores that the most important documents in any condominium purchase are...

Is it time to abandon the metric system in construction and real estate?

by admin | Jun 11, 2022 | 2022 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Uncategorized

Our strange mix of using both Imperial and metric systems is hard to fathom by any measure, writes Bob Aaron. As Britain prepared to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee last week, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was expected to announce the country’s return to...
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