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here – people saying they love the commu-
nity, they love the amenities, the services, the
location, and saying how they wished they
could have made the move years ago.”
They certainly don’t have any complaints,
Kowalski adds. Silver Beach Developments
is a registered builder with Tarion – a cor-
poration established to protect the rights of
new home buyers and regulate new home
builders. In their four years building at the
site, Silver Beach Developments has main-
tained a perfect record with no conciliations.
“We build a good home,” Kowalski under-
states. “Anyone that’s shopping in this mar-
ket and finds us usually ends up buying here.
And they end up happy.”
A BUSY TIME
Currently, Silver Beach is well over halfway
finished. From the beginning, the vision was
to have 59 homes in the community. At the
moment, 31 of those homes are finished,
three more are underway, and more con-
struction is due to commence over the sum-
mer.
“We’re a small builder, and we do only a few
homes at a time,” Kowalski explains. “That
way we can make sure it’s done well – make
sure the quality is high, and make sure our
buyers are satisfied. We give each home the
individual attention it deserves.”
Because of Haliburton’s distance from the
GTA – which is roughly a two-hour drive
away – Kowalski says it can be challenging to
maintain a constant sales flow. So far, Silver
Beach has managed it and Kowalski expects
that success to continue.
“This year, I see a real bump in the economy,
and a real bump in sales,” he says. “There’s
been a shift. I’m seeing more and more Baby
Boomers get fed up with the city – with
the congestion, and the crime. Those Baby
Boomers are coming up here, falling in love
with cottage country and cottage life, and
wanting to be a part of it.”
“People from around Toronto are realizing
that they can get a lot of money for their
40-year-old homes, they can come to Sil-
ver Beach and get one of the most beautiful
brand new homes going, and put some mon-
ey in their pockets at the end of the day,” he
concludes. “So we’re very busy in our office.”