mattamyhomes.com Reveals Some Minor Changes for Seaton

Few minor updates I noticed on Mattamy's Homepage:

COMING SOON THIS SPRING. Seaton Creekside, where homes and nature live together. Soon, the sun won't be the only thing to rise in the east. Seaton Creekside is a special new Mattamy neighbourhood adjacent to natural greenspace and a winding creek. Seaton, on the eastern edge of the city will feature Urban Townhomes and Urban Singles as well as 34', 36' and 43' detached WideLot homes. Biking/walking paths and park spaces will further enhance the natural feel of Seaton and provide gathering places for friends and neighbours. Seaton Creekside offers easy access to major shopping and recreation facilities and is close to major highways such as 401 and 407.

Gone is the suggestion that the site sales would open this Spring, confirming what I posted last week.

Also they corrected the link on the main page that Listed New Condos in Pickering to say New Homes in Pickering

Summer 2008

That's the new tentative opening for the Seaton Creekside site as per a Mattamy representative. The projected timeframe has been moved from a Spring opening to a Summer opening.

If that is the case then it'll be easier to camp out in 20 degree weather than this Arctic weather we're having now.

www.seatoncreekside.com

I have this URL forwarding to this blogger site. Easier to remember. Bookmark it. In the future, if/when we have a forum it will directly linked to this URL.

Opening Date Delay?

Got an email reply yesterday from Mattamy and the latest sounds like a Summer 2008 opening vs. Spring. I've emailed for them to confirm the delay. We'll see what they say.

Fitting in...15 Residential Areas

These are the residential sites that have been planned out for the area. This image is courtesy of the City of Pickering's Central Pickering Development Plan. Thanks again to shawn122 for the link.

They weren't kidding about the sustained green space that will highlight Seaton. If you click on the map above or this link, you can hover over greenspace on the map and see that pretty much what isn't residential will be greenspace. Quite impressive.

A Community of Epic Proportions?

Dropped by the Summerside sales office just to see what the sales office has to offer (asides from $500,000 semis :s) and asked a sales person about Seaton. He doesn't have much information to offer but he did say that compared to Summerside (500 units), Seaton will be much much much bigger. 10x to be exact. He has heard around the number of 5000 units, with model homes and the whole 9 yards. Sounds like Seaton may be the second coming of Hawthorne Village in Milton -- Large, multi-phase development.

Hopefully we can get enough of those 5000 buyers into a forum like Hawthornevillager.com and support each other through the many decisions that will come with new home buying. It seems to me that their forum is a great resource for tips, questions, group buys, advice, etc. I would like to eventually start a forum like theirs for our community once the Seaton site opens (with the help of shawn122)

Assembly Line Homes by Mattamy

The Toronto Star has featured Mattamy's (aka the #1 advertiser in the New in Homes section)indoor home manufacturing plant in Milton. Hopefully, for Seaton they will outsource the manufacturing to a plant in China to save the buyers even more money on their mortgages and they can dominate the home builiding sector for years to come like Wal-mart (I hope the sarcasm was noted). But a very interesting article nonetheless.

"And we all have to deal with shovelling our driveways, but just imagine having to shovel out a construction site."

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Mattamy Homes released in Cambridge Mill Pond

Again, for your interest. I really like these prices and hopefully we get prices similar to these. Good place to look at floorplans and get an idea of what you want your house to look and feel like.
Take a tour of the 34' and 43' Widelots in the Virtual model home tours.

Townhomes
From $188,990
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34' WideLot™ Detached
From $242,990
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43' WideLot™ Detached
From $294,990
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50' WideLot™ Detached
From $334,990
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Seaton? What is Seaton?

A new community is in the planning and proposal stages that could capture the spirit of what a forward thinking community should be. “Planning with a clean slate gives a wonderful scope to do things right for a sustainable future.” Planners have great hopes that the new residents of Seaton will be extremely proud to live and work in this new community balanced between nature, the environment, and sustainability for the future, gracious living, activities and employment opportunities.

Interesting article about the community of Seaton. What's planned for Seaton...the Seaton Airport? Home to 15 residential communities...Nature, Preservation land and more...

http://www.astoriamagazine.com/seaton.html