Porter Davis homes

Mali02 · Apr 17, 2013 12:43 pm

MummaDJ

Very excited that we now have our start date - next Monday 22nd April! Yippee, the next step in our long journey...308 days build time. That is longer than a pregnancy!

YAY

Good luck with it all!

monkeypantz · Apr 17, 2013 2:15 pm

I met a future neighbour (4-5 houses down from us) yesterday; she was their to see the site scrape for their place, and the little guy and I had wandered down to check out the digging truck we had been hearing all morning. Turns out she is building the same house as us! That makes at least 7 in our little estate (including ours). I don't mind (perils of a volume builder!) but I do find it a bit weird to think that there's a bunch of us living in the "same" house all over the estate

. It seems to be a much more popular design than I thought based on my verrrrrry extensive research (ie, this thread

)

MummaDJ · Apr 17, 2013 3:06 pm

monkeypantz

I met a future neighbour (4-5 houses down from us) yesterday; she was their to see the site scrape for their place, and the little guy and I had wandered down to check out the digging truck we had been hearing all morning. Turns out she is building the same house as us! That makes at least 7 in our little estate (including ours). I don't mind (perils of a volume builder!) but I do find it a bit weird to think that there's a bunch of us living in the "same" house all over the estate

. It seems to be a much more popular design than I thought based on my verrrrrry extensive research (ie, this thread

)

How funny! I have thought about this a little. There is only a small portion of people on this thread really when you thing about how many houses are currently being built. What will be interesting is how different they look with your selection.

MumNick · Apr 17, 2013 4:14 pm

hi all
PD wont release the contract before we sign. I know terms and conditions are standard. but we are within our consumer rights to look at the contract before we sign!!!

I am amazed that we are expected to sign without really knowing how much risk we are bearing, considering we are paying over $200k.

Please can you shed light on this matter.

cheers

Mali02 · Apr 17, 2013 4:21 pm

MumNick

hi all
PD wont release the contract before we sign. I know terms and conditions are standard. but we are within our consumer rights to look at the contract before we sign!!!

I am amazed that we are expected to sign without really knowing how much risk we are bearing, considering we are paying over $200k.

Please can you shed light on this matter.

cheers

There should be a copy of the standard HIA contract in your 24/7 portal. All it would be missing is the personalisation of it all, is this what you are after?

Lurgen · Apr 17, 2013 4:24 pm

MumNick

hi all
PD wont release the contract before we sign. I know terms and conditions are standard. but we are within our consumer rights to look at the contract before we sign!!!

I am amazed that we are expected to sign without really knowing how much risk we are bearing, considering we are paying over $200k.

Please can you shed light on this matter.

cheers

If I were doing this over again I'd turn up to the contract appointment, work through getting it as close to right as possible, then insist on taking it home for review if I had any concerns at all.

If the builder refused to allow you to take it home at that point I would walk away. They can't refuse you, not without opening up a ton of risk. My best understanding is you cannot be held to a condition you were refused the opportunity to consider. If you believe it necessary to review it from home then that's completely reasonable.

HD

Audreyand Oscar · Apr 17, 2013 4:50 pm

I've been in my house now for about 16 months and have just discovered that my range vent is not connected to the outside as I paid for. Everything is up there, the vent is done etc, but the two are not connected. Any idea who I should contact at PD to dispute this?

Mali02 · Apr 17, 2013 4:55 pm

Audreyand Oscar

I've been in my house now for about 16 months and have just discovered that my range vent is not connected to the outside as I paid for. Everything is up there, the vent is done etc, but the two are not connected. Any idea who I should contact at PD to dispute this?

You have to pay extra to have your range vent connected to the outside? Where is it connected to now?

I didn't ask for this to be done, so I might have to look into that.

Audreyand Oscar · Apr 17, 2013 5:01 pm

Yes you do, can't remember how much but the standard is to just vent into the roof space! I'm not a very happy camper right now!

Mali02 · Apr 17, 2013 5:09 pm

Audreyand Oscar

Yes you do, can't remember how much but the standard is to just vent into the roof space! I'm not a very happy camper right now!

I can't believe it's not standard to vent outside. Just another thing to add to the list I guess!

Mikey_Harrison · Apr 17, 2013 5:23 pm

MummaDJ

Thanks Mikey
Yes, my DH wanted to be in by Xmas, but I just say, lets aim for Jan/Feb and if it is earlier, then fabo, otherwise he will just get stressed out!! I would rather a good build than a rushed one full of errors!

Bows to your logic ! If you make it, bonus, but dont push otherwise standards slip !

inglewood · Apr 17, 2013 5:30 pm

MummaDJ

Very excited that we now have our start date - next Monday 22nd April! Yippee, the next step in our long journey...308 days build time. That is longer than a pregnancy!

Yay for you!!! So exciting. We're still waiting on our land to settle. It can't be long now - they're putting in the footpaths now.

inglewood · Apr 17, 2013 5:33 pm

monkeypantz

I met a future neighbour (4-5 houses down from us) yesterday; she was their to see the site scrape for their place, and the little guy and I had wandered down to check out the digging truck we had been hearing all morning. Turns out she is building the same house as us! That makes at least 7 in our little estate (including ours). I don't mind (perils of a volume builder!) but I do find it a bit weird to think that there's a bunch of us living in the "same" house all over the estate :lol:

. It seems to be a much more popular design than I thought based on my verrrrrry extensive research (ie, this thread :wink:

)

ROFL! Well it is such a nice house! They've got the same good taste we have ;-)

We were told that the Drysdale is one of PD's most popular designs. Hopefully your new neighbours have chosen a different facade...

tinker · Apr 17, 2013 5:35 pm

ftdt7882

Audreyand Oscar

Yes you do, can't remember how much but the standard is to just vent into the roof space! I'm not a very happy camper right now!

I can't believe it's not standard to vent outside. Just another thing to add to the list I guess!

$ 322. Same for exhaust fans (powder room) to be ducted out side /atmosphere

but I think its standard for the kitchen rangehood.

Team PD · Apr 17, 2013 5:41 pm

Audreyand Oscar

I've been in my house now for about 16 months and have just discovered that my range vent is not connected to the outside as I paid for. Everything is up there, the vent is done etc, but the two are not connected. Any idea who I should contact at PD to dispute this?

Hi AudreyandOscar,
Could you please send me a private message via this forum with your contact and build details and I will have this followed up for you.
Cheers, Helen

tinker · Apr 17, 2013 5:58 pm

MummaDJ

Very excited that we now have our start date - next Monday 22nd April! Yippee, the next step in our long journey...308 days build time. That is longer than a pregnancy!

Yay that's great news.

:):) good luck!

meowsy · Apr 17, 2013 7:49 pm

Can someone please clarify this ventilation issue? Are you guys saying that it is not standard to have the rangehood fan and bathroom exhaust fans connected to the outside, but into the roof space?? Surely that can't be good??

Back Pocket · Apr 17, 2013 7:50 pm

Whoo hoo!

Will be watching your blog for the first pics!
Good luck ::cool::

Audreyand Oscar · Apr 17, 2013 7:51 pm

Correct. Standard just vents into the roof space, same for all builders. I changed my kitchen vent because of the smells, but bathroom, laundry etc are just standard vents into the roof

Back Pocket · Apr 17, 2013 7:54 pm

Meowsy, my understanding is that a double story is vented externally,because otherwise it would go inot the space between the floors but not a single story. For a single story you need to request and pay for the ventilation to the outside rather than the roof space. We paid for this to happen in our single story with PD 5 years ago.