Redhair wrote:
had been lined up twice but not able to get a single detached house for last month, wondering how your guys here got Mattamy new home? Any trick?
Did you get a ticket at Rattlesnake, or wherever they're doing it now? Or have you not made it that far?
My Mom actually got us our ticket at Rattlesnake. (I work in Toronto, so there's no way I would have got there on time). My husband and I hadn't even had a real discussion about buying a new house, but when I got the email from Mattamy about the release, I looked up the house prices and realized the 30' homes were in budget. I mentioned it to my mom and she said she'd get us a ticket if I wanted and we didn't have to use it if we didn't want to. I got pre-approved for a mortgage the next day and we bought on a Saturday. You could say it was a bit of an impulse buy!
I think we were number 270-something, we didn't even think we'd get anything. We probably could have got a better lot if we'd actually discussed before hand instead of my mom and I debating for an hour on whether or not she should get a ticket. Oh well, hopefully we'll be happy with what we chose!
Good luck! I hope you get what you want. Just register on Mattamy's website. Usually they send an email a week before a release. You could call up the sales office and ask if they're having more releases and then you'll know to watch for the emails.