I don't post often but thought I would provide a bit of my experience possessing my unit. I have benefited from info posted by others on here so hopefully someone finds some of what I post useful to them. Overall, I must say I am very happy with the results of my unit and feel that my choice to roll the dice and buy into this prebuild has been vindicated. I do not currently primarily reside in Victoria so it has been a bit tedious planning around the varying timelines and such and keeping up to date with info. I had a friend do my inspection in December and to be my eyes and take lots of pics. I had not actually been in my unit till possession day. The closing went well though details of from whom and where I would get my keys didn't come till the afternoon before so that caused a bit of anxiety. It nonetheless went well. I am glad I looked very carefully at the legal papers I was signing and made sure the numbers added up. I discovered that they had omitted to credit me the 10% interest on my 15% deposit and alerted my lawyer to bring it up with the developer's lawyer and sure enough it was just an oversight. A few thousand in custom upgrades were also missed and the numbers were reconciled so that I would be getting back a substantial credit. I guess these things happen so always important to look carefully. The key handover was seamless. The property management representative was very pleasant and there was some info provided in a file. I wish some of the info in the file was provided beforehand such as the special deal for owners with Telus as I had already arranged for a Telus technician to come in later that day to set me up for a slight different plan and it is unclear whether Telus would be allow me to switch to the better owner deal now. I also did find that for someone like me, who had not been on site before, that there was some additional info that would have been nice to have that was not included. For example, some practical stuff like where are the garbage disposal and recycling located, where is the entrance to the parkade etc. This was all eventually figured out. Also having not been in my unit before there were a few things that baffled me. One was how to lock the balcony door. I was solo so was too afraid to go out on the balcony and try locking it and getting back in. It is one of those locks that you turn the lock thing and the latch doesn't seem to move and come out so I was wondering if it ever locks. I later discovered after talking to people who had encountered these before that it is one where you turn the handle up and the latch comes out and locks it. Also, the stove was a bit of a mystery in that the 4 outer burners lit almost instantaneously when turned on but the centre large one would make the clicking noise but never seemed to light readily. There was no manual left for that appliance. I still have not fully figured it out but it would seem that you need to have one side burner on and then do some voodoo with the button for the centre one and then I can usually get it to light eventually. I don't know if that is normal. This may be more intuitive to those familiar with these types of appliance but my experience has been largely with cooktops. Having the manuals would be useful and also for warranty maybe to have the info. I searched the drawers but couldn't find one for this.
There was a deficiency in the unit that had been flagged in the inspection that had not been corrected. The mirror in the 2nd bathroom was missing. I did contact the property management guy who contacted the developer who quickly responded and apologized, and arrangements were readily made to correct this within the next few days. Another issue had to do with the general common door keys I was issued. One worked and the other didn't. The developer said that had happened with someone else's key and it is just a matter of when you make a couple hundred cuts then you may have one or two that don't work well. This key will be replaced for me. It is a good thing that I checked both sets of keys to make sure they all worked. Another potential issue to keep in mind is I notice that many of the doors on the stairwell to individual floor levels and also the gated door at the front facing Pandora (that you go out if you come off the fire stairwell) do not close completely if you do not actually push them in and will remain not locked otherwise. They do slowly retract back but don't go shut and lock. This potentially has safety implications if someone is not careful to ensure it is pushed in and locked.
Overall, I love the unit. I like the view out my window, the heaters up on the wall are pretty awesome, the heated floors in the bathroom feel luxuriant, love the color scheme and finishes, like the barn door look and I really like the rooftop space and think it would be an awesome place to sit and relax and read a book or something like that in the warmer weather.