Porter Davis homes

Hi Jess,

Thanks for the reply. I haven't signed contracts yet but will be doing so in the next couple of weeks, so I'll take a look at Blinds Factory once I receive my pack.

Cheers.....

Glad I could help Goodluck with your contract signing! Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, Jess.

Hi All,

A little off topic however i did a search for Porter Davis and came across this thread. I am hoping that someone from Porter Davis will read this and actually get things sorted out FOR ONCE!........So as far as being promised ANYTHING, dont believe a word until it is done!. I often stand out the front and look at our house in comparison to others being built in the area and seriously cannot believe the quality difference, not to mention the cleanliness difference (the house currently being built opposite ours is cleaner!!!!!).. If i could recommend one thing that our builder did differently from others that makes a huge difference, is to construct a BIN or somewhere where RUBBISH goes while the house is being built... i dont remember random (lots) of concrete blocks, and bricks, smashed up roof tiles scattered around the place in our building contract!!!!. that i simply dont know what to do with!!!!! TAKE YOUR RUBBISH WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!!

So Mr. Porter Davis, when are you going to FINISH this job before starting a new one??? I hope your house fills with bugs everynight aswell because you forgot to put the weather seals on your doors and one of the flyscreens fell off the top storey and hit you in the head!!!! (yes this actually happened!)

Also, i was under the impression that lines for solor panels should have been ran while the house was being built so that they are UNDER THE BRICKWORK not installed later on, running uncovered down the side of the house... looks ridiculous, not to mention the very crooked ******* looking solor panel.... hhmmm, hope that doesnt fall down and hit me on the head....

Thanks all if you have made it this far in reading this post... sorry for the length, just wanted to vent some (5 weeks worth) of frustration... I really dont think that some builders realise that the money people spend on their homes is usually every thing they have saved and is probably going to take them a life time to pay off... so it is VERY important, a new house is supposed to be a NEW house.... I feel like they have simply damaged our nice peice of land.. NOT HAPPY , hope the maintenance guy is prepared!

Frustrated!

I email my CSC because whenever we ring she's never available and don't even get an email back!

Gee - let me guess who that could be.... Unless they are ll like that. Are you building a prestige?

Hi Jess,

Thanks for the offer

Out of interest, may I ask where you are based? Is it at the Main PD Office in Berwick? If so, as my contract signing is in a couple of weeks I wonder whether we could briefly meet as (where possible) I like to be able to put a "name to a face" when communicating....

Would that be possible?

Thanks in advance,
Chorlton

Thanks Jess, you have been a great help! I have been assured verbally that wheels are in motion, however i will keep updating these posts until they are resolved, as a bit of a public example our experience.

Once again thankyou!

Hi everyone

I had my tender appointment last Monday and it went pretty well.

At first I was crushed because I found out I could not have my alfresco extension - nothing to do with PD - estate covenants! Oh well....I guess that saves me some money.

The appointment took about 2.5 hours and it was a good chance to ask heaps more questions.

I had actually included a total "pie in the sky" wishlist of everything I wanted so that I could see what the price came in at at tender - and I actually left most things in.

Things I took out - $5500 for cat 3 roof tiles! (I will have the standard!), $13,000 for timber floors! (since tender I had UTF quote the floors...same company that PD use....and they quoted $8700 - crazy mark up from PD on this one!). Pretty much everything else stayed in.

Now I have 2 weeks to finalise everything for my colour appointment! aaaagh

Hi cjm, all I can say is hang in there! If you have any concerns, I suggest giving your Customer Service Administrator a call and getting an update on what's happening. Let me know if you have any questions, or have any difficulty contacting your CSA. I hope everything goes well at handover! You've come a long way. Cheers, Jess.

Just thought i would let everyone reading this know that since posting my threads, thankyou Jess , i have been contacted by the construction manager and our site supervisor and also the tiler is booked to fix up his work. Our supervisor has advised and update on all our issues and is going to drop in shortly.
Ill post an update shortly as to whether they stick to their words, let this be a good "real life" example of how well and true promises are eventuated.

Hi Cjm,

Do you mind me asking where abouts are you building? it kind of reminds me of our build... i wonder if you have the same supervisor... hmmm... just a heads up, even though all the little red stickers were gone, alot of the paint touch ups were not done in ours... keep that in mind... good luck, hope your house is perfect!