Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis homes 11246Apr 24, 2015 9:52 am Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Re: Porter Davis homes 11248Apr 24, 2015 11:25 am Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Re: Porter Davis homes 11250Apr 24, 2015 12:20 pm Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Re: Porter Davis homes 11252Apr 24, 2015 1:14 pm joea Our roof is up It's so exciting seeing it all come together. I've update our blog with some photos. http://www.dunedin29.blogspot.com.au/20 ... heads.html Looks good - love the colour! Re: Porter Davis homes 11253Apr 24, 2015 1:29 pm Thewoodies - yes, feel your pain with trimming things back. Your colours look quite similar to ours - nice choice We paired down our costs a fair bit: - trimmed back to cat1 tiles - check out Simplicity Sand tiles (if you haven't chosen them already) - LEDs downstairs and in bathrooms, and extra batten points elsewhere - an extra double power point per room - can add to this later and double their size - cat6 cabling mainly to downstairs, so we could add this later upstairs if needs be - I thought the Mizu was heaps cheaper than the Milli Glance?? Like huge amounts? Could be wrong. We went with Mizu. - Flooring will be done after hand over. It will be more expensive than the standard entry level PD, but will be infinitely better quality (Embelton bamboo downstairs and Quest carpet upstairs is the plan). Bamboo will be about $80psqm laid I think, compared to PDs $120+) - sinks - we didn't much like the standard, but we were able to find bathroom sink upgrades for $13 per sink - front door - we did lash out on a nice front door and porch lighting with light fittings. The door was narrower in width than their original quote, and that size is totally fine with us (can't remember the measurement, but it's still wider than most front doors) - we dropped silk gloss and went with standard laminate in Polar White, but I think this will be fine, I haven't had much of an issue with standard laminate to date, but I'm looking forward to stone benchtops (kitchen will be piaza (grey) and bathrooms crystal chalk). After handover we will: - paint a feature wall ourselves (if we decide we want one) - install DIY pendant light fittings to most points (and have a sparky in to do those that aren't DIY) - organise to have flooring done after hand over - we've already had some quotes and are pretty sure we will go with a mob from Clayton. - build a back deck - arrange drive way - install desk in the study, shelves in the WIR and galley - hire a mini digger and excavate garden/do landscaping - tile the front veranda - purchase curtains and blinds - mostly online for blinds, but possibly curtains through a business in Dandenong. - eat beans and rice for a long time Build blog - http://hasslingthehoff.wordpress.com/ Re: Porter Davis homes 11254Apr 24, 2015 1:49 pm Pungentia . - eat beans and rice for a long time Oh yes, oh so yes. They really prey on your excitement at all the pretties, don't they?! Lol. Things don't seem that much in small amounts until you get to the total. May have to revisit the silk gloss, especially because that's one of the more costly upgrades. I might see if we can track down a display home with polar white in standard laminate. My problem was falling in love with the the display home kitchen: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Oh, and our sales consultant claimed he didn't think it would add much to go handle less... $500 later.... ugh! Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Re: Porter Davis homes 11255Apr 24, 2015 1:52 pm joea That's the same door we have. Corinthian Infinity. You wouldn't have the door price to hand at all? She wasn't able to give us a price. I didn't think ours was called Infinity though? From memory it started with W. Maybe it's changed? Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Re: Porter Davis homes 11256Apr 24, 2015 1:54 pm thewoodies Pungentia . - eat beans and rice for a long time Oh yes, oh so yes. They really prey on your excitement at all the pretties, don't they?! Lol. Things don't seem that much in small amounts until you get to the total. May have to revisit the silk gloss, especially because that's one of the more costly upgrades. I might see if we can track down a display home with polar white in standard laminate. My problem was falling in love with the the display home kitchen: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Oh, and our sales consultant claimed he didn't think it would add much to go handle less... $500 later.... ugh! I went Polar white in standard laminate in my laundry... The rest of the house cabinets are polar white in colourtech. I really regret going to standard laminate in there. It looks pretty cheap and plain, but i suppose the laundry isnt really a show piece. I Strongly recommend you dont go standard laminate on the kitchen cabinets. Re: Porter Davis homes 11257Apr 24, 2015 2:09 pm Jasdan joea Our roof is up It's so exciting seeing it all come together. I've update our blog with some photos. http://www.dunedin29.blogspot.com.au/20 ... heads.html Looks good - love the colour! Thank you very much Re: Porter Davis homes 11258Apr 24, 2015 2:13 pm thewoodies joea That's the same door we have. Corinthian Infinity. You wouldn't have the door price to hand at all? She wasn't able to give us a price. I didn't think ours was called Infinity though? From memory it started with W. Maybe it's changed? Yep same one I believe. We got the 2340mm High x 1020mm wide door though so a little more expensive. It was $1,118. Re: Porter Davis homes 11259Apr 24, 2015 3:34 pm sogg I went Polar white in standard laminate in my laundry... The rest of the house cabinets are polar white in colourtech. I really regret going to standard laminate in there. It looks pretty cheap and plain, but i suppose the laundry isnt really a show piece. I Strongly recommend you dont go standard laminate on the kitchen cabinets. Thanks for the heads up. I figured that some of the other laminate would be fine in standard but was worried the white could look cheap. I think we'll just have to wear that one. Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Re: Porter Davis homes 11260Apr 24, 2015 6:08 pm Hi everyone, Considering that a few people are getting to the bricking stage I'd just like to remind you of the general requirements/regulations for brickwork... http://bendigowaldorf.blogspot.com/2015 ... sonry.html As always, the information is general advice and you are nuts if you doing yourself a massive disfavour if you don't have your own independent inspections (regardless of your builder). 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 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74717 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. 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