FAQ

Yes. Realm Condominiums at 4878 Powers Common in Alton Village, Burlington, is a registered condominium, finished and occupied, and its homeowners have moved in. Every amenity at Realm is open and in daily use, from the 24 hour concierge lobby to the sixth floor outdoor terrace. A limited number of finished suites remain available for purchase.

Yes. The remaining suites at Realm are finished homes in a completed, registered building, ready for immediate occupancy. There is no construction period and no interim occupancy period. Because Realm is already registered, you take title and receive your keys on the same day, and you never pay an occupancy fee.

In person. Realm is finished and occupied, so there is no need to take anyone’s word for it. Book a tour, walk the exact suite you are considering, inspect the finishes, and see the amenities in use by the people who live here. Look closely: run a hand along the tile lines, open the drawers, listen to the doors close. When you buy a completed home at Realm, what you inspect is what you own.

To book a tour, contact the Realm sales team at realm@adidevelopments.com or 289-816-4105. The team would be delighted to show you around.

Realm offers studios, one bedroom, one bedroom plus den and two bedroom suites, including junior two bedrooms, from 426 to 792 square feet of interior space. Most Realm suites have a balcony, and a select few have substantial terraces, including a two bedroom home with a 771 square foot terrace that roughly doubles its living space in the warmer months. Every remaining suite is a finished, move in ready home, so you can walk the exact layout before you decide.

A final release of move in ready suites is available at Realm, and they are selling quickly. For the current list, floorplans and pricing, contact the Realm sales team at realm@adidevelopments.com or 289-816-4105, or book a tour and walk the suites yourself.

Realm offers closings in 30 to 60 days. Because Realm is move in ready, there is no construction to wait on and no interim occupancy fees. You are buying a finished home with a firm closing date, so you can plan your move around a date that will hold.

Suites at Realm start in the low $300,000s and range to the low $500,000s. With the enhanced HST rebate for new home buyers applied directly at closing, a brand new home at Realm lands below comparable resale condominiums in Burlington and below most new construction across the GTA, making Realm among the best priced new condominiums in the GTA.

The difference is what comes with it. A resale unit at the same price is typically an older home with no warranty and whatever the last owner left behind. A home at Realm is brand new and never lived in, backed by a full Tarion warranty that starts the day you take possession, with finishes still under their original warranty, and ready within weeks rather than years.

For today’s pricing on the remaining suites, contact the Realm sales team at realm@adidevelopments.com or 289-816-4105, or book a tour and compare for yourself.

Realm’s prices already reflect Ontario’s temporary enhanced HST rebate, which provides relief on both the federal and provincial portions of the HST on eligible new homes. The rebate is available only on agreements of purchase and sale signed between April 1, 2026 and March 31, 2027. You assign the rebate to ADI, and ADI credits it at closing, so it comes off your price directly. You sign the CRA rebate application with your purchase paperwork, and ADI handles the rest. Eligibility conditions apply, including that the home will be your primary residence or a close relative’s.

Starting price shown reflects Ontario’s temporary enhanced HST rebate, which provides relief on both the federal and provincial portions of the HST on eligible new homes. The rebate is assigned by the purchaser to the vendor, and the price assumes the purchaser qualifies for the rebate. Available on agreements of purchase and sale executed between April 1, 2026 and March 31, 2027. Purchasers who do not qualify will pay applicable HST, and the price will be higher. Conditions apply. See a sales representative for details. E.&O.E.

The enhanced HST rebate credited at closing is for buyers who will live in the home, so it does not apply to a rental purchase. Investors who rent to a long term tenant can instead apply for the New Residential Rental Property Rebate, which Ontario has temporarily enhanced for agreements signed between April 1, 2026 and March 31, 2027. That rebate is filed directly with the CRA after closing rather than credited to the price at signing. Speak with your accountant before you sign so the numbers are clear from the start.

Every amenity at Realm is finished and in daily use by residents. The ground floor offers a lobby with 24 hour concierge, parcel pickup and parcel lockers, a pet spa, and a work from home lounge with office pods and its own kitchenette. The second floor has a kids lounge and playroom. The third floor has a fitness studio with yoga space, a sauna and a rinse shower. The sixth floor opens onto an outdoor terrace with a party room, a barbecue terrace and sundeck, a basketball court and an outdoor fitness area. All of it is open to see on your tour.

Realm stands at Powers Common and Thomas Alton Boulevard in Alton Village, North Burlington, with Highway 407 immediately to the north and the QEW and Highway 403 to the south. Fortinos, Metro Millcroft, LCBO, Winners, Lowe’s and SmartCentres Burlington North cover the everyday errand run, with Mapleview Centre and IKEA Burlington close by.

The Alton Community Centre is minutes from Realm, with its pool, gyms and indoor courts, sharing a building with the Alton branch of the Burlington Public Library and Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School, and Norton Community Park sits across the road. Joseph Brant Hospital, Appleby GO and Burlington GO, Mount Nemo Conservation Area and Bronte Creek Provincial Park are all nearby. At Realm, a grocery run, a hardware run, a swim lesson and a school drop off all happen inside the neighbourhood, without getting back on the highway.

And downtown Burlington, the waterfront, Spencer Smith Park and the Burlington Performing Arts Centre are all part of the same city you are buying into.

Realm suites are open plan, with ceilings reaching nine feet in the principal living areas depending on the plan. Wide plank laminate flooring runs throughout, closets have sliding doors and proper shelving, entry is keyless, and every suite has a stacked washer and dryer.

Realm kitchens feature polished quartz slab countertops, not laminate, with a ceramic tile backsplash, an undermount stainless sink with a pull down spray faucet, and flat panel cabinetry in a wood grain finish, along with a full size stainless steel refrigerator, an electric range with matching hood fan, and a dishwasher. Bathrooms carry the same quartz counters and flat panel cabinetry, a frameless mirror with sconce lighting, and large format porcelain tile across the floor and up the shower wall.

Central air conditioning is included in every Realm suite, not charged as an upgrade. These are finishes a resale unit at this price would need a renovation to reach, and at Realm they are already installed and waiting. Come and see them.

Original Realm homeowners personalized their suites by selecting their finishes before the building was completed. The suites available now are complete, so there is no selections process: the suite you tour is the suite you buy. Realm features two palettes, Light & Bright and Mid Tone. Tell the sales team which you prefer, and they will find you a suite in it.

Yes. Every Realm suite includes ADI Home+, ADI’s smart building platform built with SmartONE Solutions and controlled from your phone or the in suite wall pad. ADI Home+ covers keyless entry, visitor video calling, remote access, licence plate recognition at the garage, a smart thermostat, energy usage tracking, lighting control, parcel delivery notifications, the community message board, amenity booking and elevator call.

Every home at Realm is backed by Tarion’s seven year warranty program, which Tarion administers independently, and by ADI’s own on site warranty team. Your suite warranty starts the day you take possession, so even though the building is finished, your coverage begins fresh and runs its full length from your closing date. It covers workmanship, materials and Building Code compliance for the first year; water penetration and the heating, plumbing and electrical systems for two years; and major structural defects for seven, with coverage on work and materials up to $300,000.

The shared spaces, including the corridors, elevators, amenities and parking garage, carry their own common elements warranty, which began when the condominium was registered and is managed by the condominium corporation on behalf of all owners. Your deposit has its own protection, set out in the deposit answer below.

“We guarantee the highest quality of materials and service in every home we build. Own with the peace of mind that ADI stands behind its homes and its communities, on site and on call, long after the keys are yours.”

No. Fees at Realm are in line with the industry range for condominiums of comparable size and amenity offering. Each fee is calculated on the interior square footage of the suite, plus a fixed monthly amount for the parking space and locker.

The fee covers the upkeep of everything outside your front door: building insurance on the common elements and the standard unit, the 24 hour concierge, common area cleaning, waste removal, window cleaning and pest control, elevator, generator and life safety maintenance, landscaping, snow clearing and irrigation, your in suite HVAC filter changes, management and administration, and the contribution to the reserve fund, the savings account every condominium keeps for major repairs down the road.

The fee does not include your own utilities, internet service, realty taxes, contents and improvements insurance, or the fan coil rental described below. Every Realm suite is individually metered, so you pay only for what you use. Buildings that look cheaper on paper often bundle utilities into the fee.

Metergy Solutions. Each Realm suite is individually metered for electricity, water and heating and cooling energy, and Metergy bills you directly for what you use, separately from the maintenance fee. You set up the account on closing, and the metering provider may require a deposit. Common area electricity, water and gas stay within the common expenses, so you are only ever billed for your own consumption.

Yes. Each Realm suite’s fan coil, the unit that delivers heating and cooling, is provided through a rental program with a national home services provider. Suites with one fan coil are $77.00 per month plus HST, and suites with two are $99.00 per month plus HST in total. That price includes a full equipment warranty and all repair and maintenance, parts and labour, for the life of the equipment, with a 24 hour emergency line. Owners who prefer to own their equipment outright can buy it out at any time, at a price set in advance by the age of the equipment.

The rental terms and the buyout schedule are set out in the agreement every buyer reviews with their own lawyer during Ontario’s statutory ten day rescission period. In suite equipment rentals are standard practice in new Ontario condominiums, the vertical version of the hot water tank or furnace rental that comes with most low rise homes in this province.

It comes down to the layout and how the suite is zoned. Two fan coils let the sleeping area and the living area run as separate zones, so one person can sleep cool while another keeps the living room warm, and two smaller units serving two zones tend to run more quietly than one unit pushing air across a whole suite. Because the per unit rate drops when there are two on the agreement, the second fan coil adds about $22 a month rather than doubling the cost. The Realm sales team confirms the exact count for your suite before you sign anything.

Realm is wired for Bell Fibe high speed internet, so the infrastructure is already in place and there is nothing to arrange or install. The service is billed separately at $69 per month, a negotiated building rate below what the same service costs when ordered individually.

Yes. Every remaining suite at Realm includes a parking space, and a locker is included while supplies last. A second parking space is available for $10,000.

Some parking spaces at Realm were designed to accommodate electric vehicle charging stations. Whether a specific stall has one is a per stall question, so let the sales team know you need one, and they will check the stall you would be assigned.

The deposit at Realm is five percent in total: $10,000 with your offer, and the balance to five percent post dated eleven days after you sign. Your deposit is held in trust by the vendor’s solicitors as escrow agent, as required under the Condominium Act, and Tarion’s deposit protection stands behind it up to $20,000, including anything paid toward upgrades and extras. Because Realm is complete, only weeks pass between signing and closing, so the price you sign is the price you close at.

Yes. You have ten days from the execution of your agreement of purchase and sale, and ADI emails every purchaser to confirm the date the cooling off period begins once the agreement is fully signed. If you change your mind within that window, you receive every dollar back, and you do not need a reason. ADI encourages every purchaser to use this time to have their own lawyer review the agreement, and the Realm sales team and ADI’s solicitors are available to answer questions along the way.

Very little. Realm is sold with all in pricing: development charges, education development levies, utility connection and meter fees, and the usual new build adjustments are already included in the price you agree to. There is nothing to cap, because those costs are already in the price.

What remains is land transfer tax, your own legal fees, your share of that month’s common expenses from your closing date forward, and any one-off administrative fees that apply to your file, such as wire charges. Your lawyer can confirm the full figure during your ten day cooling off period.

Absolutely. ADI works with realtors every day, and co-operating brokers are protected. Bring your agent to your tour, or have them contact the Realm sales team at realm@adidevelopments.com or 289-816-4105 to book a time that works for you both.

Yes. Pets are welcome at Realm, and the ground floor pet spa makes wash days easy.

Yes, Realm owners can lease their suites, with a minimum lease term of six months. Short term rentals and Airbnb style stays are not permitted at Realm, a rule that protects residents: Realm stays a community of neighbours rather than a rotating set of guests, and its amenities, elevators and parking garage are used by the people who live here.

Before a tenant moves in, the owner provides the condominium corporation with a tenant information form, a tenant undertaking and a copy of the lease. One thing worth knowing up front: while a suite is tenanted, the right to use the amenities belongs to the tenant rather than the owner.

Realm is one half of a two part site, and the plan for the other half is disclosed clearly in the purchase documents. A six storey midrise of approximately 176 suites plus 21 townhomes is planned for the adjacent lands, and ADI has reserved the right to build it as purpose built rental. The two parking garages will connect, and the publicly accessible outdoor areas are shared between the two properties. Realm’s amenities are not shared: owners and tenants next door have no right to use them.

Realm is managed by FirstService Residential, the largest residential property manager in Canada, under an agreement running to March 2029. A licensed condominium manager and a site administrator are on site full time, alongside the 24 hour concierge in the lobby, so there is always someone at Realm when you need something.

ADI’s customer care and warranty team for Realm is located on site, in the building’s warranty office. Reach the team using the warranty contact information provided at your pre delivery orientation. Common element items, meaning anything in the corridors, amenities, garage or exterior, go through the property manager, because that warranty is held and managed by the condominium corporation on behalf of all owners.

Tarion’s process runs alongside: register for the MyHome portal as soon as you take possession, then mark your calendar for your 30 day form in your first month, your year end form in the last month of your first year, and your second year form in the last month of your second year.

Before you take possession, you walk your suite with one of ADI’s warranty representatives, learn how the systems work, and record anything damaged, missing or incomplete on the Tarion forms. You can bring someone with expertise or send a designate in your place. It is worth taking seriously, because it is the record that settles questions later.

ADI calls this appointment the pre delivery orientation, because it covers more than the suite. You meet the team, learn how the building works, and are introduced to property management, so you leave knowing exactly who to call about what. The pre delivery inspection and the pre delivery orientation are the same appointment: completing your PDO means your PDI is done.

Yes. The condominium corporation’s master policy covers the common elements and the standard unit, but not your belongings, furnishings or any improvements you make. You will want your own contents and betterments policy in place from your closing date.

Realm is built by ADI Development Group, a leading, award winning developer of best in class communities across the Greater Toronto Area. Since 2007, ADI has delivered more than $1 billion in completed communities, including MODRN, LINK, StationWest, Valera and Nautique Lakefront Residences, and today has $3 billion in built value taking shape from Burlington to Toronto. Realm is ADI’s newest community, built in 23 months and welcomed its homeowners in spring 2026. Learn more about ADI and how it stands behind its homes on the ADI facts page.

Prices, figures, specifications and materials are preliminary and subject to change and availability without notice. Illustrations are artist’s impressions. E.&O.E.