Bob Arctor 10 May 2010 4:29 pm -
“I was riding by the former Olympic village this afternoon, when someone protesting in front of the Millennium Water presentation center caught my eye. He purchased a unit presale, but it was built differently than shown in the plans at the time of purchase. He said he was unable to afford the legal fees to fight the many lawyers Millennium has working for them. He hoped by protesting Millennium would do the right thing; annul the contract and refund his deposit. I suggested going to the media for more attention but he wants to wait a couple weeks before it reaches that point. He let me take some photos of him and his signs.”
where are those photos?
The link is here if you want to post the pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/104316526033427746327/MillenniumWaterProtest?authkey=Gv1sRgCLWe1K3Ki5CHmwE&feat=directlink
When I saw his sign, I thought he was a crazy bear, trying to warn people against buying at the top of the bubble.
Sounds like that guy’s grasping at straws. My understanding is that builders usually have a loophole somewhere that they reserve the right to change the layout of a home when they’re building it — move doors, move windows, et cetera. Tough lucky, buddy.
The developer of one of the very fancy condo developments at UBC tried this very tactic and lost. The unit (pre-sold for over $1M) ended up with a different floor plan and when the owners were to take possession they balked, the developer tried the old “we’re allowed to change a few things” line in court they lost big and had to not only refund the deposit but also had to pay damages and costs.
One of ‘those photos’, for Genxr. The poster linked to this pic in the comment thread.