Wendy has a post about the Trio.
How should we think about Trio? If Lumen is like a BCBG boutique, the Trio would be like a United Benetton – a bit more fun but probably not as high end. To its credit, the Trio does have a lot of color palettes and material combination options for home buyers.
Click through to read more about her commentary on its finishes.
One Sunday a month or so ago I stopped by the Trio presentation center (located at 3131 Western Ave). The biggest eye opener for me was walking through their mock up of a ‘open one bedroom’. On paper, these open one bedroom floor plans look appealing because while they’re small, they’re not a studio because they usually present some sort of option for closing off the bedroom.
Looking at so many of these floor plans I was even beginning to consider it as an option. That is until I had the chance to walk through one. Don’t kid yourself, they’re small! For instance at the Trio’s mockup you can’t walk around the bed without going through the kitchen. So they must be spec’ing a really small double bed in those floor plans!
At the Trio sales center I was also unimpressed with the low end finishes. I found this finish, while looking good in the photo:
The metal band makes it look cheap in person (reminds me of the counters they have in diners). I’d definitely go with the solid granite option :).
But don’t take my word for it! Check out their sales center and kick the tires, lay in the bed, have a free soda.
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1 Sam Cuningham // May 16, 2006 at 2:27 pm
Hi Matt!
My name is Sam Cunningham, I’m the regional sales manager for Windermere On-Site & the Urban Condominiuns webpage. I found your Blog on Google & I think you’ve done a great job with being objective about some of the best known condos in town. I thought you might be interested in some VIP info or upcoming event passes. We have a busy summer coming up & you’ll have lots to write about!
Drop me a line!
Sam Cunningham
samc@windermere.com
2 Brenda Barnes // May 25, 2006 at 5:27 pm
Matt,
I am the Architect of the Trio project and I wanted to address one of your comments. The beds in the open one bedroom floor plans are queen size beds…..not really small doubles. The bed in the sales center is part of the Murphy bed option. The structure of the Murphy bed adds to the total length. You can walk around a queen size bed as shown in the floor plans.
Brenda Barnes
3 Matt // May 25, 2006 at 6:41 pm
Hi Brenda, thanks for letting us know that it’s because of the murphy bed. You think they’d have put a queen bed in the sales center to give it the sense that the space is bigger instead of smaller?
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