OK, Please suggest me some good place for newcomers around Toronto or Scarbourough for 2 weeks duration.
Thanks for all

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Curse on him and on you to support such a person .

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I may have got carried away by the fact that the poster India12 had only 1 starting post- and in all his post he was referring as 'unclepritam.com' so as to insinuate promoting the site to people leading me to believe that this id was created just for this purpose . I have edited my above post .

I would still stick to my observations and advice to others as I got his reference from canadiandesi.com and got a raw deal upon staying with him which I realized when I reached the other guest house/s .

Shivajaykey , I am doing something positive by providing others right directions as to what I feel(something which was missing on the forum when I checked) . FYI - other guest house I stayed at not only provided me with a clean private bedroom but also maintained it every 3rd day unlike the basement sharing bunk bedded room with a single washroom being used by 10 bodies at Uncle Pritam's .Airport pickup & SIN application is something which everyone provides.

To other who are prospective new comers - please call up and check all links and compare for yourself before deciding .It is prudent to stay at a facility for 1-2 days before booking it for the month . I dont think we have heard anything negative about jessicaguesthouse / sunnynewcomer / darryhouse . Its better to stay at down town then Mississauga as time traveling b/w them is 1~1.5 hours & DT is the hub of activity. Be open minded and do not stick to your community guest houses - check in to a one which provides better facility.

BL ~ Does this qualify for being made sticky ? If needed we can delete the unwanted posts .

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Fido.

I have read all the posts reg the initial place to stay. Let's face it - what you pay is what you get. Good accommodation and service does not come cheap. If you want to cut corners, and save money in an alien land, it is impractical to expect great food or service.

I have heard horror stories about this gentleman from India who runs a boarding house. The stories range from stale food to dirty washrooms to crowded rooms. He still has a house full because he charges less than the competition. Besides, what you pay is what you get. There is nothing called \"cheap and best\". If it's cheap, it can't be the best!

I know of a family that provides excellent service in Mississauga. They help you with everything from Pick-up (at the airport) to bank accounts, to OHIP cards, the CTBT application, the SIN card etc. Yes their services are not repeat NOT cheap - but they provide excellent vegetarian food and personalized service.

Simply stated, good service, tasty & fresh food and personalized care doesn't come cheap!

Dear CD members,
I have personally known FIDO eversince he came to Canada and have had the pleasure of conversing 3 or 4 times with him/her. I wish to state that i have found FIDO to be a very honest and well rounded person. I would not doubt his statements.
I belive that anyone who rents you a basement, Puts a bunk bed and makes you share a common washroom (more than 2 people using it around the same time) is not doing you a favour at all. I agree that if it was in the 80's it would be fine but not in these times of high speed internet when you can browse and find good accomodation deals.
When i arrived in April 2002, My google search then failed to give me anything except hotels and i found it very costly. Fortunately, my brain worked the other way. I saw the matrimonial ad's placed by Canadians in India and then communicated to them by e-mail asking if they could accomodate me in their house for a fee. I got a deal for which i stayed for 10 days in a room for $250.
I have seen one immigration agency guest house in 1992. They used to pile up 6-10 people (incl family members) in a 3 bed apartment which had only one wash room in Westwood mall and they charged $800 a month for it (back then). The Irony was that past members of the their service used to sleep in the living room without finding new accomodation.
What i would advise newcomers it to seek accomoadtion which is max. 2 people per room and only 2 people sharing a washroom. I have seem some which comes for $450 for one incl. 2 times veg. Gujju Sweet food. Please donot be cheated. There is "Cheap and best" available in Canada. You only have to keep your eyes and ears open.

TK A

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Fido,

Given the content on the thread and how opinionated it is, it does not qualify for a sticky. I would have to delete/edit some posts to make it one, I'll do that when I have time.

To my earlier point, let's give people's intelligence some credit and ask them to read the different perspectives and do some investigations on their own. The reality is no two people are going to feel exactly the same way about something as subjective as a residence. Usually, I'm against people posting names of businesses when criticizing, in this case, I allowed it because the initial post came across as objective. The rebuttal to that seemed ok as well, it was a different perspective.

What followed was not. I'm asking everyone to avoid the namecalling and understand that satisfaction with a place of residence is a matter of pure perspective. The onus is upon the prospect to research and investigate.

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Initially I had posted this and provided all links in the first post itself (including the ones I criticized also ) to provide the new readers a list of shortlisted available guest houses in Toronto something which I feel is missing elsewhere on this site and was not there when I seeked similar info.

I am hopeful that sans the unwanted posts (the mod may feel free to delete them) this post serves a good purpose to provide new comers details of guest houses available . Hence the request for it being made sticky.

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