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Foodie Post!

Kips Flamin Burgers

We are still on our mission to try out as many new places in our new area as we can :) Last night we tried out Kips, a burger joint in the same plaza as the No Frills at the South-East corner of Brock & Kingston. We went in to order and the place really did have a Johnny's feel to it, Johnny's is a traditional style burger joint at Victoria Park & Sheppard in Toronto for those of you who don't know it. Kips had a grill right in the front, so you can watch your burgers being cooked and a pick your toppings setup similar to Licks/Harvey's. We grabbed burgers, fries and milkshakes and all were delicious! For sure will return!
http://bit.ly/weyLM5

I Love Roti
About two weeks ago I also tried out I Love Roti, which is in the same plaza as Kip's. A friend mentioned that they were decent, so I gave it a try. It was very good :) Another place that I will be returning to! Surprisingly there seem to be quite a few Roti places in the Pickering area, and this place is actually rated #5 on Restaurantica - Pickering. Paul Wong's was rated #2 by the way...
http://bit.ly/xVYlBk
http://www.paulwongs.com/

Great Wall Buffet
Also a few weeks ago, we tried the Great Wall buffet on Kingston just west of Liverpool. Was semi-happy with the food and would have been more happy if the prices were in line with the product. It is not as well done as Mandarin, but yet they charge similar prices. So if we are looking for the Chinese buffet experience again, we will be skipping this one and heading to the Mandarin. It helps that it is only just down the street from us. But for now we will be exploring more unique and one off types of places ;)
http://bit.ly/wAM4Tg

Makimono
I have also previously tried Makimono (before moving in), a Japanese place on Liverpool just south of the 401 on ramp. It was good, but I would only go there with someone who has been before. It is better to have a veteran with you, because the menu is large and if you order too much and can't finish it...you have to pay extra for everything that is left over. It is definitely an experience, and I would recommend it :)
http://www.makimono.ca/

Waterfront Bistro
Another place we love, and a bit classier is the Waterfront Bistro. It is at the bottom of Liverpool by the lake. We held one of our neighborhood get togethers there and were surprised at how much we liked the place. We will definitely be going back for a special occasion, and hopefully in the summer when the area is bustling with activity and people.
http://www.waterfrontbistro.com

Massey's
Lastly, a place that we have been visiting while coming to check out the site on the weekends before the move - Massey's. It is located on Liverpool about 5 minutes south of the 401. We love Massey's, it just feels like a neighborhood family type of place. They have a huge menu with tons of comfort type foods. We have been numerous times and enjoyed every visit. We have also brought various friends and family members there and most everyone has loved it too. This will for sure be on our list of places to go for years to come.
http://masseysrestaurant.ca/

Thank-You Mattamy!

Just want to say that we are very happy with our house and the entire process from signing to now, we have had no issues since moving in and our 30 day warranty list has very minor items on it. We also know that had we had any issues that Mattamy would be right there to help us get anything and everything resolved. They really seem to be on point with this development, and we are reaping the benefits!

Now, just need to wait for the rest of the neighborhood to move in...

Shower Organization...

In an effort to keep the shower organized and keep the bottles off the marble ledge we have searched for a few weeks for the perfect shower organizer.

We found everything we were looking for when we stumbled upon this Simple Human one at Home Outfitters. It had everything we wanted and still managed to look good. We needed a spot for a bar of soap, toothbrush, razor, multiple shelves for shower things and this was perfect for all of the above.

It was very easy to install as it simply (lol) uses a tension rod, and each of the shelves are height adjustable. Also see previous post for a pic of it in our shower.

Very pleased with this purchase :)

Moved In Pics!

Here's some pics of everything in it's place :)

Entryway

Ebony Stained Maple Staircase

Powder Room & Cold Cellar

Dining Room

Great Room aka TV room :)

Looking from Dining Room into Kitchen

Kitchen

Our three season deck

Stairs from second floor

Main Bathroom

Laundry Room and Second Floor Hallway

Heavenly Linen Closet

Front Bedroom (Office)

Back Bedroom (Spare)

Master Bedroom

Master Walk-In Closet 

Master Ensuite

Today is 30 Days!

So we have been in for 30 days now!

Everything is great!  We are very glad to have our stuff back and out of storage, and also very happy to have our own space again (though we are immensely grateful to our family for letting us live with them for the past six months!).

We are just working on our 30 day Tarion list and trying not to miss anything! There are not too many others that have closed and moved in yet, but we expect there will be a bunch more by springtime.

We are having fun exploring the Pickering area, and trying out new places :)  Just last night we checked out Paul Wong's - a Chinese restaurant in the west end of Pickering.  http://www.paulwongs.com/  It was very good!

We have also been scouting out gyms in the area, and trying to decide where we want to sign up. So far we have gone to the Pickering Recreation Complex, and we will be heading to Good Life (Next to Loblaws on Liverpool) in the next few days.

We have not experienced any major issues with the construction of the house, and overall we are very impressed. Now to clean-up the house so I can take some pics for my next post! We are also still happy with all of our material picks, which is a good thing because they would be hard to change now!

Pics coming soon!

Appliances!

Finally, back to blogging about living in Seaton!

We have picked out and purchased all of our appliances from Goemans in Oakville http://www.goemans.com/. We did some research and decided early on to go with all of our appliances from Samsung. 

We had previously had a glass top electric range and were less than impressed with the inconsistent heat from the stove top. So we knew that we wanted to try something different this time around. We were divided between a gas range and an induction range, when we started thinking about what we wanted. I really do prefer to have all matching appliances, so when we decided to go all Samsung the stove was decided as they don't make a gas range. They do carry two models for induction ranges, a hybrid model that is part electric and a full induction model. Given our previous concerns about electric, we chose to go with the full induction. http://bit.ly/A4CJWR

For our fridge, we originally chose a large french door model....but recently decided to go with the counter depth model after seeing the space in our kitchen in person. So we are going with the 22.5 counter depth fridge with water and ice in the door. http://bit.ly/wr0XQ5

We did the 2.0 cf over the range microwave...we like the different layout of this one, with the controls on the bottom. We also liked the higher CFM that this one had (400).
http://bit.ly/nZQ14o

For our dishwasher, our musts were that it have a steel tub and at least two sprayers. This one worked well and actually had three sprayers, so we were sold!
http://bit.ly/mYj4qP

We went with the Steam Team (lol) for our washer and dryer. They had a newer model out, that had a foam feature...but we didn't see the need. Ours are actually grey (or what samsung refers to as stratus grey...).
http://bit.ly/qE4txN
http://bit.ly/qXUMi3

Newly Approved Detached Homes Released

Mattamy has now released most of the homes that were switched from townhomes to detached homes. They are starting at $314,900, and I think since the release on April 30 there are still 4 or 5 lots remaining. If you are interested, go check them out soon! There were 2 staggered release dates, see below...

April 30th Release:


May 5 Release:

Future Release of Detached Homes

Mattamy obtained the official go ahead from the City of Pickering (despite some very vocal council members being against the proposal) to change the future release of townhomes to detached homes. And apparently there is already a waiting list for the new release. This has to be good news for both current townhome and detached owners! I am thinking that Mattamy will do the new release in May, as they have a history of May openings, the first release was in May and their year end is around that time. Should be interesting to see what happens :)

Article on the town council meeting approving the change:
http://www.durhamregion.com/news/pickering/article/173136

Mattamy site with listings for future release:
http://www.mattamyhomes.com/GTA/Communities/Pickering/Seaton/Homes-For-Sale.asp

Our Address....maybe?

One of the Seaton Forum members already had their upgrades meeting and mentioned that their address was on the upgrades documents. For some strange reason the address numbers are in the thousands. Another forum member deduced that we might be lucky number 1855 Liatriss Drive :)  Wonder what the reasoning was behind the numbers...?  We'll just have to wait till the info is on Canada Post to confirm.

Upgrades Meeting!

We have our muchly anticipated upgrades meeting on Monday :)  I have been researching and preparing for months, so it should be good!

We are planning to do a lot of upgrades because we don't want too many projects afterwards. Just the typical hardwood floors, granite counters & backsplash and finished basement will be on our list for the future.  The upgrade that we are most excited about is the maple hardwood stairs, they are going to be beautiful! We are doing a dark sambuca stain, high maintenance but worth it!

We were in Oshawa today and accidentally stumbled upon a Cartier Kitchens location, just happened to be in the same plaza as the timmies we went to. They are the supplier for our development's cabinets. So we were able to see a bunch of the different options that they offer, it was really cool :)

Can't wait for Monday!

Get Together This Saturday!

Thought it would be a good idea to post this here, just in case some of you are not on the forum or facebook page.

There will be a Seaton Creekside/Creekwood neighbours get together this Saturday March 5, 2011 at the Fox & the Fiddle at Kingston & Liverpool. It will start at 3pm and go until we are talked out!

Please come out and join us!