How to Buy at Weston Woods, Woodbridge

Register with the builder

Paradise is taking registrations for Weston Woods now. Register on the builder's own site. Registering only through an agent microsite can leave you off the list that actually receives the release. Ask what registration entitles you to — a price list, a plan package, or an allocation appointment.

Get your financing and lawyer in place

Arrange a mortgage pre-approval before release. Pre-construction closings can be years out and are frequently extended, so talk to your lender about how long a rate hold lasts and what happens when it expires.

Retain a real estate lawyer who handles new-build purchases, and brief them before release day. Builder agreements are the builder's paper, not a standard resale form, and the window to review is usually days rather than weeks.

Choose your lot and plan at allocation

At allocation you pick a product tier, a lot and a floor plan. Paradise has published three tiers — freehold towns from $849,990, single-car-garage detached from the low $1.2M range and double-car-garage detached from the upper $1.4M range — but no plans or lot sizes, so decide your tier and budget in advance and treat specific lots as a release-day decision.

• Confirm the lot premium, which is charged on top of the base price.
• Confirm which features are standard and which are upgrades, and get it in writing.
• Ask what the grading and fencing obligations are on your lot.

Sign, pay deposits, and understand your protections

You sign an agreement of purchase and sale and pay deposits on the builder's schedule. Paradise has not published a deposit structure for Weston Woods, so this is a release-day item to confirm.

Two protections matter and are commonly misunderstood. New freehold homes in Ontario are covered by Tarion warranty, and the builder must be registered with the HCRA — both worth verifying by name before you sign. Separately, Ontario's statutory ten-day rescission right comes from the Condominium Act, 1998 and applies to pre-construction condominiums; a freehold purchase does not carry it. Ask your lawyer exactly what rights to cancel your agreement does give you, because they will be whatever the contract says.

Plan for closing

• Budget for closing adjustments — development charge levies, utility connections, Tarion enrolment and grading or driveway deposits are commonly passed through.
• Budget Ontario land transfer tax. Vaughan has no municipal land transfer tax, so only the provincial tax applies.
• If you are a first-time buyer, check the federal first-time home buyers' GST/HST rebate, which the CRA sets at up to $50,000 with full relief up to a $1,000,000 purchase price.
• Expect the closing date to move, and keep your financing and your living arrangements flexible around it.