Grand Oaks jIlomes, the Country Lane Estates and Rolling His developer that has been the subjeet of sa, much controversy .in recent months, has sold the rernainder af uts j Country Lane lots to, another developer.' Accordlng to Ian Tweyman, a partner in Village Green Homes, Grand Oaks has sold bis firm the 32 remaining lotsaIn Country Lane and bas also struck an agreement ta have Village Green oversee completion of 29 homes beguni there by Grand Oaks prior to the sale. In an interview iast week, Tweyman said tiiere bas been some confusion about the identlty of bis firm since tbey took over three weeks ago and many residents apparently assume that Grand Oaks is simply operating under a new name. '4A lot of people have been coniing in here ta complain about various customer - service problema and they think Grand , aks just cbanged their name. We've been in business in Toronto for 25 years and we've had a good reputation," said Tweyman who com- plained tbat the con- fusia tias nat been good for business. "I think Grand Qaka really are trying ta cat- ch up on their customer service problems butU they've over-extended themselves and left it :xve1oper 1too long, I really believe work. you can't try ta be a Earller developer and a builder Councillor at the same time. It's called on very difficuit ta wear to draw ai twa bats and wear them ter of crt compitently,"I said develaper Tweyman. and campl Accarding ta town as landsc works directar Dick had flot Kuwabara, the town Wben began receiving comf- tbreatenec plaints fram people who Grand Oai had bought homes in the complete t subdivision over a year Town ago. Residents com- Bill Walle plained their homes week thal were flot finished when stiil monil they nioved in and that Oaks' pro tbey were having sure that problems getting Grand completed, Oaks ta camplete the "There WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 3.1986, PAGE 3 Buys out Grand Oaks- r this year )r Joe Drumm iTown Council m a $100,000 let- redit from the ' ta do repairs ýlete wark such icaping which been done. tbe town ,d to step in, iks pramised to the wark. administrator lce said Iast tbte town is itoring Grand ogress ta en- the work is is certainly evidence of extra effort on the part of Grand Oaks of late but there's stili more work ta be done, " said Wallace.. In the meantime, Tweyman and bis par- tners in Village Green have their own timetable ta tbink about. The developer said tbey want their 32 new homes up and finished by the end of January. Tbe 29 homes lef t in their care by Grand Oaks will also be finished "with no non- sense," said Tweyman. Altbough Village Green had looked into the deal before pur- chasing the remaining lots. Tweyman said he was surprised when he learned the full extent of the problems in Country Lane. 'II was flabbergasted when I came out here three weeks ago. I didn't know about the town getting involved out here and the petitians and the number of com- plaints. I've neyer heard a town actually having ta get involved in customer service problems," said Tweyman. When they realized they had a difficult Developer Ian Tweyman of Village Green Lynde House: no eontract with Cullen public relations problem on their hands, the Village Green par- tners decided the praject would require special attention ta make sure everything runs smootbly. "When we saw the, mess out here we decided one of us should be on the site. I'm here from 7:15 in the mor- ning until 7:15 at night and ll be here tiil we're finisbed and everybodyý is moved in and satisfied," said Tweyman. In addition to having one of the partners an site at ail times - in- cludlng Saturdays - Tweyman said it is company policy ta have a customner service man on site as well. Village Green Homes aperates in Toronto un- der the name Talisman Homes and Tweyman said the firm built some of the homes in Otter Creek ten years aga. Un = aml Ilkm E,1 present wit gs t spake COSTEINC HOLDA I,,OSAW $30111 *em -r The Town of Whitby bas stiil not signed an officiai agreement witb Cullen'Gardens laying out once and for ail just wbo wiII be responsible for the building despite tbe 'fact that Lynde Hause bas already been moved from its original site. According ta town administrator Bull Wallace, the town bas "can agreement in prin- ciple" but natbing in writing. Wallace said ail the important details of the agreement have been approved and they are awaiting the resum- ption of council Septem- ber 15 for final ap- proval. "Staff is empowered to negotiate the agreement but it still requires council ap- proval," said the ad- ministrator. Asked wbetber it was unusual ta committ the bistoric building ta its new site prior ta ac- tuallysignlng an official agreement, Wallace described the town's ac- tions as a pragmatic response .ta the problems at hand. According ta ad- ministratar, it would be too difficuit ta survey the new site for necessary servicing and easements without Lyn- de Hause actually an site at the gardens. He said the town already has the $20,000 promised by Cullen Gardens owner Len 'MINOiGS " new mortgages arranged " existing mortgages purchased by people who want to help Z467,iAV00] FINANCIAL SERViCES Our people make the dfference 209 DUN DAS ST. E. SUITýE 204, WHITBY ---ý 430-963 Cullen ta assist with the move and he bad fia concerns that a satisfac- tory contract would not be struck wben council resumes September 15. "I tbink we have tbe matter well in hand," said Wallace. 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