October 20th, 2008

So the date came and went. Nary an update, posting, article, minutes of meeting to be found. We can only wait and hope for the day to come....

In the meantime, Seaton Creekside is now #1 on the Coming Soon list after the offerings for Castlemore Crossing and Ancaster Arbor were released to the masses on the weekend. You can see the price and home offerings for these sites at Mattamy Homes' official website.

Much Ado About Soil the Sequel

Mattamy has made another failed attempt to gain an exemption to do early topsoil work on its Duffin's Heights land in the hopes of getting a jumpstart on its grading and land prep before the winter season.

Mattamy is one of four big developers in the Duffin Heights Neighbourhood and plans to build 208 detached homes, 112 townhouses and a mixed-use corridor. The committee referred the bylaw exemption request to October for more information on Mattamy's draft plan proposal, the sustainable component of the proposed development and tree preservation and removal. Unhappy with the plans at Monday's meeting, the committee referred it to the Oct. 20 Council meeting.

Once again, the planning and development committee are not eager to let the developers get to their land anytime before all plans have been approved.

Mattamy on the other hand says, "well the land is for building homes and shops so let us get to now because its ours and we gonna dig it up and tear it down all the same!" while wagging their tongues at city officials.

October 20th, seems to be the meeting where all this will be settled, where all questions are answered and the score will be settled. The battle of the century...


Stay tuned for the next installment.

Full article is available at the Moving into Seaton Creekside Forums.

Pickering: Mattamy and friends we're NOT too impressed

So last week I told you about that 30-page plan that was put together by the 4 Seaton Builders own consultants, well it seems as though the city's councilors were not coloured too impressed by the sustainability initiatives that they had proposed for Duffin's Heights.

The ESP, put together by the Sernas Group Inc. on behalf of the Duffin Heights Landowners Group (Cougs Limited, Mattamy Limited, Lebovic Enterprises Limited and the Ontario Realty Corporation) is a detailed document that defines the Natural Heritage System boundaries and addresses transportation and municipal infrastructure requirements such as parks, trails and stormwater management
facilities.

and they go on to say...

Some changes to the Pickering Official Plan and the Duffin's Heights
Development Guidelines will have to be made for the plan to go through.

View the full article at the Moving into Seaton Creekside Forums.

****MiSC EXCLUSIVE: Things get real Official!****

EXTRA! EXTRA! So the big news last week was that Clay Aiken suprisingly came out of closet and so did Lindsay Lohan (ok neither were much of a surprise to anyone who has a pulse) but this week your favourite blog MiSC (Moving into Seaton Creekside), has the scoop of the week for you. Seaton Creekside has "come out of the closet" per se. Above is what u think it is...Yup thats it!! You're right!! You Got it!

The residential plans for Duffin's Heights have confirmed that URFE creek, part of Duffin's Creek is where our kids and their kids will be swimming and fishing and flying kites with the family! To see the residential plans for the developments from Lebovic Homes, the Ontario Realty Corporation, Coughlan Homes and of course our dear, dear Mattamy Homes please visit our very own Moving into Seaton Creekside Forums.

You can view the site plans here first!!


But the goodies will be forum members only. So please take a minute and sign up for the forums. They're FREE and a great way for everyone to share information!!