If you are in the market for an executive home and are considering Senator homes, take my advice and reconsider. I too bought into an "upscale community", with homes built of the highest caliber, where the finest quality and master craftmanship would be standard. The only unbelievable surprise here folks is the incredibly inflated price for very standard material, and the poor attention to detail, coupled with unconscientious trade workers who are primarily peace workers.
Some of the more serious deficiencies noted were
1) Roof plywood had five holes in it, the size of an adult shoe which were simply covered over with shingles.
2) Roof was not compliant with O.B.C minimum standards in that no ice and water shield was present.
3) Emergency services had to red tag my furnace, due to a gas leak caused by a defective coupling.
4) The furnace duct work had never been completed and were never attached to the vents, thus no warm or cool air could be felt throughout the home.
5) The stamped and approved building permit drawings that were submitted to the city, are not representative of what was actually constructed, as a result the homes' heat loss calculations are inaccurate.
There are literally dozens, perhaps hundreds of issues to discuss, perhaps at a later date. If there is just one positive in all this, it's that we've come together as a neighbourhood and made some good friends.