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| SharynS |
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:28 pm
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Quote: ...or do we blame George Marchi, Peter Leone and Joe Ieradi, our board of directors, for tolerating it? That begs a lot of questions; Who did the board hire to do repairs (which answers the who to blame question IMO)? What is the relationship between the parties? How was the work paid for, if it was? Was the work done in trade for something? A bigger question might be; how difficult is it to actually hire someone off the street, choose a company name, pay a minimum wage and charge an account double or triple or however much will fly under the radar? Which then begs the question; did George Marchi, Peter Leone and Joe Ieradi perhaps discover a better use for court orders? _________________ Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. - Salman Rushdie |
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| wm pasz |
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:22 pm
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Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 1219 Location: Toronto |
It's a pretty simple recipe hawk: Joe hires guys he knows who run small time contracting businesses. They come in and do the work as fast and cheap as possible (it's quicker to spray over lighting fixtures and railings than to remove or cover them). He then pays them top buck for their services. They then throw him a "rebate" and he kicks a portion of that upstairs. I saw this once on TV, well, more than once.
_________________ Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else. - Malcolm X |
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| hawk |
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:40 pm
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Joined: 07 Mar 2010 Posts: 268 |
Joe has hired a worker that he had during the renovations of the hotel. Since then he also hired this fellow's brother.
There were employees of Westmount-Keele but they may now be independent contractors who work for Joe. Joe does the hiring, supervises the work and pays out the money. There is no oversight, that we know of, on this system. We too are shocked by the poor workmanship. Hiring real painters is expensive but the workmanship is there. Look at the bottom of: http://www.westmountcondoslife.com/leaky-basement.html Here you see how they try to hide problems but they cannot even do that well. Take a look at the old rusty looking piping. The big question is what else is going on? How big of a mess are they successfully hiding? |
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| wm pasz |
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:13 pm
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IMO they are out to spend as little as they can on building maintenance, especially big fixes that are likely to cost a lot of money (like plumbing). That way there's a lot of money left over for .... other things. If something isn't done about this soon, it's possible that this building will one day be deemed unsafe for occupancy. When that day comes, the boys who run things will disappear and leave the owners holding the bag.
I read a horrible story the other day about a condo in Brampton - Dayspring Condos - where the board took out a $1.7 million loan (for, in that case, installing basic amenities like furnaces) and left the owners holding the bag. Even though the owners sued, the court sides with the former board members. I hope there's nothing like this going on there. You guys have got to get access to the financial records or, better yet, persuade the court that forensic audit is in order. _________________ Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else. - Malcolm X |
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| hawk |
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:54 pm
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I fully understand all the problems that we are heading towards. It is like being a passenger on a bus racing down a narrow mountain road with no ability to grab the wheel or hit the brakes.
We are there just for a ride. A judge will not order a forensic audit. The most we can hope for is a court-appointed administrator who will have the power to get an audit performed. We are in for a big crash. We cannot tell when it will happen or how bad it will be but we are sure it will happen. What we are trying to do is prepare the present owners for what is coming and to warn potential purchasers of what they maybe getting themselves in to. |
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| hawk |
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:50 pm
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Upset about the web site Karl Colaguori swears, shouts personal insults and tries to intimidate me as I was looking at the work he was doing at the Westmount Condominiums.
Karl was backed up by two more contractors who work on the site at the pleasure of our Board of Directors. You can read and hear all about it as most of it was captured today with the camera working as a camcorder. http://www.westmountcondoslife.com/contents-frontpage.html Then he phones the police to complain that I am following him around and taking photographs of his work. It brought "Kindergarten Cop" to a reader's attention so that may be our next poster. When the police arrived to talk to me, they said they have very few complaints about the building but the garage is just awful. They park their cruisers in there to try to discourage the thieves. Last edited by hawk on Sat Apr 09, 2011 3:41 am; edited 1 time in total |
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| SharynS |
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:31 am
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Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 2883 Location: the 'puter |
I'm curious to know what if anything the police had to say or did about Colaguori's complaint against you hawk. Is it against any law to observe repairmen and take pictures of the work being done on your own residence?
_________________ Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. - Salman Rushdie |
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| hawk |
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:02 am
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This was the third time Joe Ieradi's underlings phoned the police on me; twice by Anna Teixeira and once by Karl Colaguori. When I was away in China two years ago, Karl Colaguori called the cops on my wife.
Anna Teixeira had a habit of phoning the police on another owner that she does not like. The police start off acting a bit like heavies and then when they learn the facts they relax. These type of complaints are not criminal in nature and are normal spats that happen between people. If anything, they are civil in nature and could go to civil court. It is like one kindergarten kid saying: "Teacher, teacher, he looked at me." The teacher scolds both, wipes a dirty nose or two, and moves them to different desks and life goes on. Worse possible case is that I could get arrested, spend a night in jail and then sue for wrongful arrest. My lawyer tells me that the average settlement against the police is $25,000. That would be enough to launch a big-time civil case against the board in order to get a court-appointed administrator. Most police officers understand that they may be on thin ice with this so there is very little danger of it going that far.. However, it always works out well. I got a chance to show the web site to a couple more police officers (they wanted to hear the audio clips), got a chance to tell them about the Commisso brothers hanging around the front office, got a chance to tell them about the outstanding superior court orders that are being ignored, the 20+ orders from the city to fix up the building, the visits by the Fire Marshall's office and the crime wave in the garage. When I was finished, I don't think they will ever buy a condo off of Anna Teixeira or Joe Ieradi. I also hope that they will add to the word-of-mouth advertising that influences co-workers, family and friends; the most effective advertising that one can hope for. After talking with me, the police then go down and talk to Karl or Anna, whichever kid had the fit. They have a final chance to judge the value of what is being said. All I know is that I never hear back from them. As a good salesman, I take every opportunity I get to promote the web site so I love it when people knock on the door asking to learn more. |
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| SharynS |
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 2:41 pm
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 A whole pitcher of lemonade from one small lemon, not bad hawk!
_________________ Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. - Salman Rushdie |
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| hawk |
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:29 pm
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What is the parable about feeding a crowd of thousands with a few fish and loaves of bread?
Please look at the web site now as I have posted a new poster "Kindergarten Cops" and a new letter about what happened when the police came. I still think there is a bit of juice left in this lemon. If others will send in some letters who knows how far we can go on a single lemon. There has to be an award for Internet muckraking sites that the www.westmountcondoslife.com site could at least win an honourable mention. |
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| hawk |
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:32 pm
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We posted some photographs of our "amenities" in the building at:
http://www.westmountcondoslife.com/amenities-shocking.html These are rooms we paid for when we bought our units. Joe Ieradi never finished them and even claims in an affidavit they have been provided. Luxury condo living at its best. |
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| SharynS |
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:05 pm
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What a terrible waste of valuable space. I understand it's not up to the owners but has anyone thought about somehow taking over the spaces? An occupation by owners.
Tossing illegally stored and unclaimed couch, mattress various other garbage to the curb would function up the place a little. And that could shine more public light on Ireadi's unfinished projects and broken promises. Perhaps city officials just need more visual aide. Quote: "With the exception of the patio terrace with gas bar-b-ques, the other amenities listed have been provided."
Joe Ieradi affidavit of 06 Oct 2009 Quote: Canada's Criminal Code (as of 2007) defines perjury at ¶131:
"(E)very one commits perjury who, with intent to mislead, makes before a person who is authorized by law to permit it to be made before him a false statement under oath or solemn affirmation, by affidavit, solemn declaration or deposition or orally, knowing that the statement is false." _________________ Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. - Salman Rushdie |
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| hawk |
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:04 pm
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Exposing unethical business practices in the condo industry has become one of the goals of this web site. If one wants to study the bottom-feeders in the condominium development industry, this would be an excellent place to start.
However, when you read about how crooked businessmen like Al (Chainsaw) Dunlap, Bernard Madoff and other disgraced businessmen acted, you will realize that some investors get treated even worse than us. What is far more surprising is how the owners and investors in this building allow themselves to be so easily taken. Some are willing to fight but others take whatever they get and do not want to make a fuss. A few—there can only be a few under any political regime—are getting special favours from Joe Ieradi so their loyalty (and their proxies) have been bought. Quote: "I find Mr. Ieradi to be an unreliable and sometimes dishonest witness who will say almost anything if it suits his purpose, irrespective of whether it is true or not."
Judge Master Sandler [Tacapa Land Co. v. Gould, November 15, 1995.] Last edited by hawk on Sat Apr 09, 2011 3:44 am; edited 2 times in total |
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| SharynS |
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 4:24 pm
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Quote: ...take whatever they get and do not want to make a fuss. 'Exposure to' is the known cure for various sensitivities, and however slow the process hawk, someone has to do it. I think we're off to a running start. _________________ Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. - Salman Rushdie |
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| hawk |
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:43 am
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Quote: "In regards to the issue raised concerning wheelchair accessible parking, the City of Toronto did not require specifically disabled parking at this site."
Joe Ieradi court affidavit 06 October 2010 There are so many problems at the Westmount but the ignoring the needs of disabled people shows just how uncaring George Marchi the president of DeMarco Funeral Homes, Peter Leone manager of Selective Ceramics and Joe Ieradi—our board of directors—are towards people. We have a medical centre and a walk-in doctor's office on the ground floor yet we do not have any disabled parking spots for the medical centre customers. The condo declaration states that we are to have three disabled parking spots on the property and we have none. Pretty disgraceful but it gets worse. There are three doors leading into the medical centre but only the front one has a power door for the disabled. It has not worked for the last two years. The power door leading from the hallway into the doctor's office and the pharmacy is also broken. The medical tenants have asked Joe—who is the landlord—to repair the doors but he has been ignoring their requests. You can read more and see the photographs at: http://www.westmountcondoslife.com/handicap.html |
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