Porter Davis homes

You are starting on the exact day I am finishing - i think that has to be a good sign!!!

Do you know if you got "you know who' as your SS??

We asked for him, but got someone else who also comes highly regarded, so we're not worried. Apparently he is fully booked up... but rapt to start nonetheless, and with a good SS...

I can't believe you're build is done already... perfect time to get in and settled before Christmas!

Well as you know I had two SS's during the build and both were great - so I am sure it will be awesome!

I never expected to be in for Xmas so it is a huge bonus for me and I can;t wait to get in and get settled - I think I have everything booked in now! Blinds, Driveway, Landscaping, timber Floors and Carpet all done by the 8th Dec!

Anyone used Choice home loans to do there finance ?

Yep - I did - worst experience of my life, completely stuffed everything up and almost made me walk away from PD all together (thank god I didn;t because I have a fabulous house!)

We have, and have not had any trouble so far.
It may depend on the person you get to begin with, I suppose if they aren't great then it could cause trouble down the track.
Originally we had already started finance with another broker in Pakenham who I was having trouble getting any help from, so I went to the local PD display in Officer and spoke to the Choice consultant there. He was a great help, and gave me all the answers that our broker at the time should have. At no point did he try to sell us anything, just gave lots of advise and answers. This influenced us to change and go through Choice, and again everything has been great so far. They even tried to help when we were having trouble with PD as far as finding us the right person to speak to etc

I suppose my only criticism would be - after the loan is written up and submitted, it is then handed in to the Choice head office, so we deal with their office rather than the consultant we had to begin with. Once this happens, communication is a bit slower. However I have found if we speak to our original consultant he follows anything up we have queries on.

If you are thinking of using Choice I would speak to your closest consultant. If you don't get a good feeling from them, then it is probably best to try somewhere else. That was our experience anyway (so far)

We did, really only to use the reduced deposit fucntionality, however we were convinced to go with westpac as a cheaper alternative to NAB. Hate Westpac and will be switching back once the construction is completed.

:p

Oh and we are painting.. FINALLY

Hi coobri,

I see cattycatcat and eli-kay123 have been super helpful in answering your question about the extra charges for concreting under the alfresco. If you would like to speak to a sales consultant please feel free to send me a private message with your contact details and I will arrange for someone to give you a call. Cheers, Ebony

Hi guys

Just wondering if anyone's lockup and fixing stage fell on the same day?

Our site started on the 19/09 and we're already at lockup/fixing...is this too fast (We' building a 27sq home) ?

We started 1st week of September and we paid our lockup stage last week, we are now onto the fixing stage, expecting an invoice soon.

Its about right.. we had lockup and fixing 3 days apart..

Hi all,

Is it normal to sign the off on the PCI and have settlement on the same day. My SS said I won't get my appliances for another 5 business days after that. Has anyone experienced this?

thanks Stuey.

Ah no way would that be working. PCI today, setttlement in 5 days, when you deliver the appliances. In the mean time, they can resolve the issues

Thanks Ebony!

We are just going with the Belford facade. We like to keep things nice and simple, and think it looks great.

We will definitely be getting down to Coco Republic sale, my partners got her eye on a few things so fingers crossed we can get a bargain!

Dear all,
is there anyone going to build along Tyne lane? or is there anyone hearing some news about those ugly wooden telegraph poles? will they be replaced? They are more likely to destroy the whole gorgeous review in our neighborhood.

Yeah, for us site start was 16 Aug 2011 and we paid the lock up stage about 2 weeks ago and the fixing invoice came about a week later. (We are building a 36 sq home). Wow, you started a month behind us and are now at where we are. Someone mentioned earlier in this forum that the reason the building maybe moving fast is because there is not much work happening so the tradies are readily available to work on your home.

I'd call the local council?

Except painters, its taken 10 days for him to arrive.

Least he has started.. the 22sq across the road from me move in on the 12th Dec! they started 4 weeks AFTER me.

Hi,
We just updated our blog with construction drawings.

We used them - pretty good and would use them again. I cant remember but I believe if you use them you save a little up front money to PD?