My electric bill averages $400 a month for 6 months (Enercare + Hydro), and this is with air condition not working most of the time, and nobody living there for the summer. Just wanted to find out if anyone else experiences unusual problems with electric bills.

In Europe most buildings are old or very old and they simply do not have a choice in the matter. Ventless is better than nothing. However some newer buildings do have vents; but there is not as much new construction going on there compared to here, and there are also some cultural expectations...

Does anyone in the building have high voltage electrical box in their kitchen cabinet? So far I was not able to get an answer from the builder why this is necessary and why it would not be behind the wall. They say it suppose to be like that. I find this strange and have never seen that in other...

What do you mean by more efficiency? Surely it is not a functional efficiency...takes several hours to dry a couple of towels. Do you mean installation efficiency? And are there any other condo buildings with ventless systems? I am not aware of any but I do know that ventless machines share...

Does anyone know why this building does not have vents for dryers? What could be the reasons that they opted for not building vents? Vents seem to be a standard feature in modern buildings. I have encountered their absence only in old buildings. My concern is that at some point they will stop...

I had my PDI today. The view was fantastic! But I was taken aback by poor quality of craftsmanship in the indoor work as a sharp contrast to the outside finish. Sloppy and careless. I am wandering who are the workers and if they have any training. The entire perimeter of the ceiling is peeling...

One of the Monde condos is a Million Dollar Bonus prize at Princess Margaret current lottery. One could see photos and virtual tour of an actual fully furnished Monde condo on their website www.princessmargaretlotto.com look for Bonus prize. It looks great!

I would like to see something like “Against the grain” or mid-range “Oliver and Bonaccini”, may be like “Canteen” something that is not comfort food, pizza, pasta, hamburger/sandwich type...something more healthy/modern.

I so much agree with you that competing with prep foods places at this time, and particularly expanding in this area could be a very serious mistake for BSM, they should rather distinguish themselves from competitors in the area which is already their strength, i.e. groceries. There is an...

Thank you for great analysis. I just hope that BSM is not going to change very much. I like the new McEwan and appreciate all the prepared foods but I am not planing to have take outs everyday not only because of the markups but dietary/health considerations as well, and sometimes you just get...

Occupancy is in progress!

The lobby is fantastic! Really impressive. Just like on the rendering.

I think the main appeal of the neighbourhood is that it is waterfront. That says it all. This what makes Harbourfront appeal as well. On a different note, does anyone know if parking will be equipped with electrical charges for car?

I thought some of these, may be the 3 larger openings on the west side (now filled with plants) were suppose to be some kind of hot and cold pools?

It does not have to be like that. Many buildings have no bikes on balcony rules. It depend on the management.

It does not have to be the extremes, in my opinion, either high end boutiques with very few customers or very low end, such as Nordstrom Rack. There are options for so called "middle class" customer. Nordstrom, for example, used to be my favourite store in Chicago, it is much larger than the one...

I think so. I should have adopted "buyer be ware" attitude. I relied too much on what Great Gulf said about themselves (even recent newspaper article) and trusted them to make it right. This is exactly my point about many aspects of this building and this developer, including parking: a...

Just last week I paid over $100 a day for my visitors: a colleague dropped off a very large box of legal files, a cleaning lady was there for a couple of hours, someone else had to pick up some stuff, and a friend came for a coffee. I agree parking should not be that expensive. I already had...

Well, not that much difference in my opinion. Strictly speaking there is only one condo building on the corner of Yonge and Bloor, and there already was a discussion at some point what is or is not Yorkville, now we are going to be splitting hairs about what is or is not Bloor and Yonge. If you...

Is it just one? It is not just the matter of some "mistakes". Ultimately this is the issue of responsibility. The problems with 1 Bloor show poor planing of several stages of construction and problem with allocation of resources. This cannot be building specific. If this is a new kind of project...