To whom it may concern;

We purchased a finished spec home with city Core almost 6 months ago. The design was perfect for us which is why we chose not to build from scratch. Since purchasing our home, City Core has been there doing their best to ensure many of our deficiencies were fixed in a timely manner.

Compared to other builders, these are some qualities that have stood out from day one:

1. Sales team - Kristy Demeyere helped us understand the ins and outs very easily and quickly for home building. We appreciated her candor when making our home purchase decision.

2. Design - City Core stood out amongst other builders based on their architecture and interior design.

3. Trades - One of the qualities I am most impressed with about City Core is the team of people they have working for them. If we have a concern on a Sunday night, they are there on the Monday morning. Due to their size, they have access to a large team of trades eager to work with them. There is definitely a quality of workmanship and attention to detail which differentiates them. We could tell there is a lot of pride taken in building our home.

4. Commitment - City Core has a reputation to withhold, and will be there for us to fix anything should the need arise and have proven this to us over the past six months.

We look forward to spending the next years in our new home.

Many thanks.

Dear City Core Team,

We’d like to take a moment to express our sincere appreciation for the home you’ve built and the work you do.  We’ve been in our home exactly 6 months and what a great experience it has been.

This is the fourth new home we’ve moved into.  We’ve dealt with “Estate” home builders in the past and our experience with City Core has been vastly different. In our experience you can’t measure how good a builder is until after you move in (a big risk).  Everything is always rosy when just getting started with a builder.  However quality, or lack thereof, shows up only after the house settles, and our unfortunate experience in the past has been that builders tend to dissapear (as you are no longer a revenue source to them).  Calls for help or support, in our previous builds, have usually been conflictive and response times painfully slow.

The exact opposite has been the case with City Core.  YOU are the ones regularly checking in and asking how things are – even suggesting we take a look at some key things to make sure they are working fine.   Additionally when your team members come over they are friendly and happy about the role they play. We know, from researching and being in the market many times, there are lots of great “builders” who own companies out there.  City Core, on the other hand, is great company because you have built a great team, and it is the combined efforts of this team that has made this a great experience for us. As business owners we hope our team puts forth the same effort with our clients.  If that is the case there is no doubt of repeat business; we are already considering building another home!

We’d wish you the best of luck but we doubt you’ll need it.
Thanks again,

Christian & Raina Cares

We have had the opportunity to build our dream home through City Core Developments under the watchful eye of Wayne Gambell. Wayne has been an inspiration to us since our home was in the fantasy stage.  He was there to help us choose our lot, providing guidance, advice and inspiration. Once our lot was chosen, he helped us choose our designer, for whom we are grateful.  Wayne met with us and was always a sounding board for ideas and potential changes, giving us advice based on years of experience in the field. He helped us with our budget, and at all times we felt that he was honest and trustworthy. He also helped us win community approval, visiting the neighbours with us, giving them information, and answering all their questions.  His knowledge and expertise were invaluable to us.

Once the project started, Wayne and City Core Developments provided unparalleled customer service.  We were kept informed of issues.  They were flexible and accommodating with changes, and offered advice and consultations on a regular basis. The City Core team knows the high expectations that are placed on them, and always lived up to the highest level of customer service. Although the project was a lengthy one, we always felt that City Core was doing their best to keep pace with the schedule, and that was reassuring to us. Follow-ups and completion have been done on a timely basis, and no issue is too small to consider.  They have been thorough and extensive in all areas, and we truly feel that our home is second to none in terms of workmanship and attention to detail. 

We would highly recommend City Core to anyone who is considering building a home, and if we are to ever build another home, we would never consider using anyone other than City Core Developments.

Murray and Mirella Montgomery

I’d like to recognize City Core Developments for making the construction of our high end duplex in Altadore a positive and enjoyable experience that resulted in two beautiful high quality homes.  We enjoyed working with all the staff at City Core and recognize their consistent professionalism, customer focus and quality of construction.

Wayne Gambell and his staff took care of everything.  They connected us with an architect and an interior designer who turned our ideas into two beautiful homes with great use of space.  They managed every stage of the process including permitting with the City, demolition, engineering, construction, and post completion follow up to ensure that everything was just right following possession.

We were able to sell one side of the duplex shortly after completion in one of the toughest markets Calgary has seen in decades.  The fact that we made the sale was largely due to the quality of design and construction of the houses.  Our purchaser said that he looked at 200 houses before choosing ours and that the deficiency list was the shortest he had ever seen. Several people said that ours were the best built houses on the market in Altadore.

The customer focus and product quality of City Core Developments is outstanding. Every member of the staff that we came in contact with was extremely responsive to our requests and made the building experience easy and pleasant.

Sincerely,

David Hawkings

In the spring of 2007 my wife & I were looking for an estate home. After touring several listings in and around Calgary with no success, our realtor suggested that perhaps we should consider building. He knew an inner city custom home builder who had a solid reputation in Calgary - we were introduced to Wayne Gambell in June. We were initially reluctant to build because of (1) a previous unsatisfactory experience in northern Alberta; and (2) the fact that the Alberta and Calgary economies were over heated. We had several discussions to ensure that we indeed wanted to go forward. We toured homes Wayne had built and asked a multitude of questions. We were impressed with the finished products and the open and frank approach. It wasn’t long before Wayne and his team convinced us that City Core had the credentials to build our dream home, and deliver top notch quality at a very competitive cost. In fact they had a lot and a plan, which with some revisions, could meet all of our requirements and in a great inner city location!

Wayne has built CCD’s reputation over twenty years, assembling an experienced and capable management and construction team that shares his values and beliefs. They focus on customer service, and delivering quality and value. We have found all of the people at City Core open, honest, sincere, flexible and diligent. They are very receptive to feed back and suggestions for improvement. They are well qualified at what they do, for example Dave Tidmarsh, vice president of operations is a master builder, and others in the organization are in the process of achieving this designation as well.

Almost two years after our introduction to CCD, and after a very difficult development permit approval process, our house is in the framing stage. We can hardly wait to move into our dream home. Wayne and his team have worked diligently to overcome a multitude of objections from the City of Calgary. Also, in this economic downturn, CCD has negotiated with their suppliers and subcontractors to reduce costs, yet maintain superior quality.

Both my wife & I have been very pleased and impressed by Wayne and his team, and have no reservations in recommending City Core Developments.

Yours truly,

Doug Ayotte

We relocated from Toronto to Calgary in the summer of 2007 and we wanted a home in the 'inner city' that had all the luxuries and comfort we had grown accustomed to.

We purchased a home in the Rosedale area from City Core Developments and to this day we are absolutely thrilled! As one can appreciate with any relocation to a new city and new job there are many things to be concerned with. Fortunately for us the home we purchased from CCD has only provided wonderful positive experiences.

We do not take writing letters of recommendation lightly; in particular when it comes to a home. Buying a home requires significant investment of both $$$ and emotional energy.

The quality of workmanship and attention to detail is perhaps what has impressed us the most with our home. Simply put it is evident to us that CCD took great pride in the building of our home. It's evident in the quality of the materials used, in the design that went into the layout of the home and in each and every room.

Further, the post purchase service levels that the team at City Core (particularly Don!) has afforded us has been outstanding. They have by far exceeded our expectations. We definitely don't take it for granted and are very appreciative.

Simply put it's our family's perspective that the team at CCD simply care. They care about the quality of home they build, they care that you believe you have received great value and they care that you continue to get great post purchase service.

Just wanted to let you know that Kirsty, Lucas and I are really happy with the house. The layout is completely practical and the finishing is fantastic. The people who came to measure for our window coverings said they had never seen a house where everything was so accurately squared (they do about 10 measurements up and down a window for width and every window was perfectly even). I also thought I should tell you that Don Sturrock has been great—he has been really helpful with getting things finished up. He's very responsive and the jobs get done right. He's a credit to the company. Thanks again for a great place.

Kevin Busche

I have been living happily in my City Core Developments home for almost three years. The team at City Core Developments worked with me throughout the building process to ensure everything was looked after to my satisfaction. With City Core Developments you can create the home of your dreams.

Janice Bateson

We were so pleased with the first home City Core developed for us that when it was time for a larger property we chose them to build that too. We were able to customize the plans to fit our lifestyle. We always felt our questions and suggestions were welcome and that we were part of the building process.

Laurel McClean

I would like to thank everyone for their efforts and hard work as my home is absolutely gorgeous. I have had a wonderful time working alongside with all of you. In my next career you have inspired me to want to be a home designer.

Cheran and Dev