Browse Forums Building A New House Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 121Feb 21, 2017 8:29 pm Oh that doesn't sound good. What's happened have they just finished it really badly or was there bigger issues? Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 122Feb 21, 2017 8:31 pm shanis33 nikil shanis33 [quote="Danniellejayde"][quote="shanis33"][quote="Danniellejayde"][quote="nikil"][quote="Danniellejayde"][quote="nikil"]We went with the standard seaside facade, I finally found a real life picture of it and now that I have seen it, even though its a different colour to what we picked, I am very pleased with it. Hi Nikil, We are building the Dunedin with Porter Davis and have chosen the Seaside facade also. Are you able to upload a picture of the facade in real life? We have only seen it on a computer so would love it see a actual photo of it! I actually just found this picture on this site I think after googling for a while! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Oh wow looks good all rendered! Thank you for sharing that [/quote] Haha that's my house [/quote] Haha oh what a beautiful house you have! [/quote] Thanks we think so, well we will when we are finally free of porter Davis and all the fix ups required! Been in since June and still haven't had everything fixed! Over it is an understatement This is the house now Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ [/quote] Looks great shanis! Sorry for stealing your picture How's the inside looking? Any pics for us to drool over [/quote] Haha no worries at all, I was the same struggling to find a real life version of the facade. Inside is a work in progress and we haven't done anything as still having work done by pd and floors ripped up, walls cut into etc etc etc and all the ones I did have from when we moved all disappeared off my phone along with 10000 other images last night[/quote] Oh no that doesn't sound too good! Do you mind me asking why there ripping up the flooring and walls? The landscaping looks great really finishes of the facade with the green grass Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 123Feb 22, 2017 12:53 pm Danniellejayde shanis33 nikil [quote="shanis33"][quote="Danniellejayde"][quote="shanis33"][quote="Danniellejayde"][quote="nikil"][quote="Danniellejayde"][quote="nikil"]We went with the standard seaside facade, I finally found a real life picture of it and now that I have seen it, even though its a different colour to what we picked, I am very pleased with it. Hi Nikil, We are building the Dunedin with Porter Davis and have chosen the Seaside facade also. Are you able to upload a picture of the facade in real life? We have only seen it on a computer so would love it see a actual photo of it! I actually just found this picture on this site I think after googling for a while! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Oh wow looks good all rendered! Thank you for sharing that [/quote] Haha that's my house [/quote] Haha oh what a beautiful house you have! [/quote] Thanks we think so, well we will when we are finally free of porter Davis and all the fix ups required! Been in since June and still haven't had everything fixed! Over it is an understatement This is the house now Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ [/quote] Looks great shanis! Sorry for stealing your picture How's the inside looking? Any pics for us to drool over [/quote] Haha no worries at all, I was the same struggling to find a real life version of the facade. Inside is a work in progress and we haven't done anything as still having work done by pd and floors ripped up, walls cut into etc etc etc and all the ones I did have from when we moved all disappeared off my phone along with 10000 other images last night[/quote] Oh no that doesn't sound too good! Do you mind me asking why there ripping up the flooring and walls? The landscaping looks great really finishes of the facade with the green grass [/quote] Flooring wasn't laid level and had high spots, walls have bulges in them and some were meant to be done prior to handover and weren't. Patching hasn't worked, so now needs fully pulled off. Carpets started wearing after a couple of weeks, have been cut short and rippling too, doors aren't plumb internally and rear garage door is 18mm out. Tiling is poor and paint quality terrible. That's just some of the issues Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 124Feb 27, 2017 2:25 pm Hey All, What did you guys end up doing with the Alfresco? Did you do the cornerless? We are thinking of changing the 'Dining to alfresco' and 'rumpus to alfresco' windows into sliding doors but not the cornerless as it was a little too expensive. What did you guys do? Did you keep the windows or upgraded them to sliding doors? If so, what kind of sliding doors and how much roughly? Thanks Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 125Feb 28, 2017 2:03 pm Sgene85 Hey All, What did you guys end up doing with the Alfresco? Did you do the cornerless? We are thinking of changing the 'Dining to alfresco' and 'rumpus to alfresco' windows into sliding doors but not the cornerless as it was a little too expensive. What did you guys do? Did you keep the windows or upgraded them to sliding doors? If so, what kind of sliding doors and how much roughly? Thanks we kept windows and found with the large industrial stacker it worked well and still gave the openness it needed. It ideally depends on your preferred window furnishings too. we are doing floor to ceiling sheers around our dining, so we we did cornerless it just wouldn't have the same effect, and there would be no where to bank them, if that makes sense. Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 127Feb 28, 2017 2:29 pm Sgene85 Hey Liz, thanks. Do you have any pics by any chance? If not, its all good. Sorry I'm confused with your reply, so you did the cornerless alfresco or with the pillars? we didn't do cornerless as i don't think it was an option in the 29 and i also think they stopped it for a while there on all Vancouvers. Sorry we have windows on both sides of the dining and rumpus. What i was trying to say was take into consideration what window furnishing you want to have and that too might help you make a decision. Any pics id have are on the other topic, but again they aren't cornerless or doors. Pretty sure this blog had photos of cornerless with a large stacker. Not sure im loving the big wall at the end though. Ours was centered. https://vancouver29.wordpress.com/ Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 128Feb 28, 2017 2:40 pm We also decided against the cornerless option, the $10,000 was one reason but also the fact that I know I would never have it all open as I hate insects and flys getting into the house. We have the large stacker door which I think will be more than enough, we also changed to the big feature windows they have at the display in Highgrove. Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 129Feb 28, 2017 2:40 pm Got it! Thanks Liz! We dont know what furnishings we're doing for the alfresco. We're pretty we will be doing blinds on all sides - main alfresco sliding door, dining to alfresco and rumpus to alfresco. Also, our tender is at the end of March, fingers crossed everything goes well! Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 130Feb 28, 2017 2:48 pm Hi Niki, yes I agree, the cornerless of $10k is way too expensive. Did you upgrade your dining to alfresco and rumpus to alfresco windows into sliding doors? Also, did you keep the standard inclusion sliding door to alfresco or did you upgrade? Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 131Feb 28, 2017 2:50 pm We left those windows as they are. We got the 3 stacker door. Not sure if that was an upgrade or inclusion? I should as we just had our contract appointment today! I'll check if it was an upgrade. Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 132Feb 28, 2017 2:54 pm I see. I'm not sure either if its an upgrade. How did you go with the appointment? Any shocks or basically as per tender? Our tender is at the end of March. When do you start building? Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 133Feb 28, 2017 3:22 pm Sgene85 Got it! Thanks Liz! We dont know what furnishings we're doing for the alfresco. We're pretty we will be doing blinds on all sides - main alfresco sliding door, dining to alfresco and rumpus to alfresco. Also, our tender is at the end of March, fingers crossed everything goes well! Yeah so if your just doing roller blinds or romans then it really wont make a difference, sheers or any of kind hanging curtain might be a bit harder if you have all window and no wall for the curtains to bank to one side. There is a 3 door stacker which is standard and then there is the large industrial type stacker that we got, that's def an upgrade, it also cover the entire wall top to bottom, if that makes sense. That link i believe has the industrial stacker too. Good luck with your tender! exciting but overwhelming at the same time. Just be sure to also go through all your promotions etc so its all fresh, as it has been sometime since your selections hasnt it. Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 134Feb 28, 2017 3:25 pm nikil We left those windows as they are. We got the 3 stacker door. Not sure if that was an upgrade or inclusion? I should as we just had our contract appointment today! I'll check if it was an upgrade. how did it go? And did you find out more about how youll gain access to complete your demo? I imagine your second soil also hasn't been done either then that's frustrating. Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 135Feb 28, 2017 3:44 pm It went well, no surprises other than an extra credit that they had missed at tender (we hadn't even noticed) so that was nice. Only $500 but better in our pocket all the same. No the soil test isn't complete but I've now found out it rarely is complete before contract for KDR so I was ok with that. PD have booked it with the company they use we just need to give them the go ahead when the site is complete. We went to our block after the appointment and nicely surprised to see it's almost finished. He was confident that it will be finished today. So that's good. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 136Feb 28, 2017 3:52 pm Thanks Liz Nikil for your input on the windows/sliding door. Are you guys doing your curtains/blinds with PD or outside PD? Any recommendations on blinds? We met with Dollar Curtains over the weekend, it was quite pricey. How much roughly was the industrial stacker if you dont mind me asking? also is it on any of the displays? Thank you, yes we had our selections back in September last year, lol so its been a while. We are trying to see if we can get the Fisher and Paykel appliances from the latest promotion in lieu of Blanco appliances from Seize the Dream. I am glad to hear that there wasnt any surprises from your contract. When do you guys start to build? You must be pretty excited!! Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 137Feb 28, 2017 4:00 pm Yea I really can't wait! We are due for an April start date so I'm sure that will roll around quickly. Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 138Feb 28, 2017 4:19 pm nikil It went well, no surprises other than an extra credit that they had missed at tender (we hadn't even noticed) so that was nice. Only $500 but better in our pocket all the same. No the soil test isn't complete but I've now found out it rarely is complete before contract for KDR so I was ok with that. PD have booked it with the company they use we just need to give them the go ahead when the site is complete. We went to our block after the appointment and nicely surprised to see it's almost finished. He was confident that it will be finished today. So that's good. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ That's great there were positives. The soil test on the other hand seems untrue, unless this is something really new to PD. It doesn't make sense to complete soil post contract, once you've signed that's it. We weren't happy paying a cent at tender, still not knowing the final outcome of the site costs. Scary stuff! Unless they are a bit more realistic nowadays, i would certainly hope so. Yay to the block being finished. What did your OHS fees end up looking like? Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 139Feb 28, 2017 4:23 pm Our OHS fees were only around $3000 which really surprised me! Yea I'm always wary that the site costs can change, but there really isn't a lot we can do about it. If it goes to high and we couldn't proceed then the contract is subject to finance so we could get out that way if we really have to. They have added a lot to the slab so I'm very hopeful that they have really aired on the side of caution and they don't have to increase. I've heard of quite a few people now that didn't have them done until after Contract and some even had money returned. Re: We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS 140Feb 28, 2017 4:34 pm nikil Our OHS fees were only around $3000 which really surprised me! Yea I'm always wary that the site costs can change, but there really isn't a lot we can do about it. If it goes to high and we couldn't proceed then the contract is subject to finance so we could get out that way if we really have to. They have added a lot to the slab so I'm very hopeful that they have really aired on the side of caution and they don't have to increase. I've heard of quite a few people now that didn't have them done until after Contract and some even had money returned. Ohok yes i had only read that recently and that it was a very new change due to people getting all the way to contract then having to pull out. This way i suppose people have paid more and its harder to get out of contract, finnace or not. Its makes us alot more invested too and less inclind to pull pin. Sneeky buggers really. And ur right thats not much you can really do if thats their only option. Hopefully they have improved their estimates and costs are a bit more honest with customers than they were some 12 months ago. All the best! Your just one more step closer to starting:) Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12345 go upvc window frames ensure insulation under colorbond. not just sarking, lighter color roof also not sure if you have seen this viewtopic.php?t=5823 last couple of pages… 4 110592 |