Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis homes 5822Jul 31, 2012 11:28 am Porter Davis Homes Questions? Call 1800PORTER Mon - Fri 9am-8pm Sat - Sun 10am-4pm info@porterdavis.com.au http://blog.porterdavis.com.au/ http://www.porterdavishomes.com.au Re: Porter Davis homes 5823Jul 31, 2012 11:41 am Porter Davis Homes Questions? Call 1800PORTER Mon - Fri 9am-8pm Sat - Sun 10am-4pm info@porterdavis.com.au http://blog.porterdavis.com.au/ http://www.porterdavishomes.com.au Re: Porter Davis homes 5824Jul 31, 2012 12:42 pm Porter Davis Homes Questions? Call 1800PORTER Mon - Fri 9am-8pm Sat - Sun 10am-4pm info@porterdavis.com.au http://blog.porterdavis.com.au/ http://www.porterdavishomes.com.au Re: Porter Davis homes 5830Aug 01, 2012 10:44 am Hi Ebony, Hope you have been well. I've still trying to get a few items resolved, one from our 3 month inspection, the rest from the 12 month one, and despite several emails to Maintenance have not had any succcess. I would appreciate your help: 1. Lock on powder room still to be fixed. This is still outstanding from our 3 month inspection. 2. The locksmith said that the bifold door is not aligning and needs to be fixed, also a plate from the front door deadlock is missing. 3. Last but not the least, the balcony leaks. I showed this to the supervisor and he said it was the rain coming through. The tradies who visted on a bright sunny day saw the water that had collected and pinpointed the leaks but said they could not fix it. There are streaks down the sides of the bricks and the moisture is clearly visible on the underside of the balcony and they confirmed that this shouldnt occur. These show the water that pools in the balcony leaking through. I think the water shouldnt be pooling in the balcony either as it get stagnant and mossy, this makes it unsafe. Love the house, these are few niggling things though are still that need to be sorted. Thanks, Karen Now: Building another new home Settlement: 8 July 2021 Construction due to start: In two months Re: Porter Davis homes 5831Aug 01, 2012 12:12 pm linloch Hi, I have a question about the process. I'm a little confused about the difference between the 'fixed price tender' at week 4 and the HIA 'fixed price contract' at week 6. Given colour/electrical/tile selection isn't until after the tender, how can it be fixed price? Thanks Linloch, it's my understanding that with PD the tender is just structural, so that element is fixed at the tender appointment. The fixed tender is then incorporated into the contract with all your selections and the whole thing is fixed (unless changes are made). Does that make sense - I don't think I'm explaining it very well! Re: Porter Davis homes 5832Aug 01, 2012 1:29 pm linloch Hi, I have a question about the process. I'm a little confused about the difference between the 'fixed price tender' at week 4 and the HIA 'fixed price contract' at week 6. Given colour/electrical/tile selection isn't until after the tender, how can it be fixed price? Thanks All standard colour / electrical / tile selections are included in your fixed price contract, you will have to pay additional for any upgrades. For example a particular room might have one plug point that is standard, you might want to add an additional electrical point, you will have to pay for this additional point, in a similar context you might want to upgrade your floor tiles, you be paying an additional amount for such upgrades. PD will provide you a final price at your contract with all the changes you have made to your selection, should you want to make further changes, you can raise a post contract variation. Hope this answers your query. Re: Porter Davis homes 5833Aug 01, 2012 2:41 pm linloch Hi, I have a question about the process. I'm a little confused about the difference between the 'fixed price tender' at week 4 and the HIA 'fixed price contract' at week 6. Given colour/electrical/tile selection isn't until after the tender, how can it be fixed price? Thanks The fixed price tender is when you find out the fixed price of all the changes and upgrades you made with your SC and you should find out your site costs. It's also the last time you will be able to make any structural changes, including stairs. When you select your tiles, they will be able to work out and tell you the cost of your tile upgrades on the spot, the same applies for your electrical appointment. At your colour appointment they will be able to give you costs of say upgrading a toilet suite or tap as it's 1 item but will only give you an estimate on say upgrading your kitchen cupboards as each kitchen is different with varying size/quantity of cupboards. At your contract appointment is when you find out the fixed price of all your selections including a fixed price from your colour selections. You can still delete items if you are on a budget, so I would suggest adding everything at colour then deleting to meet your budget. A few upgrades we just added in to see came back at a surprisingly small cost. Hope this helps and have fun at colours! Re: Porter Davis homes 5834Aug 01, 2012 3:02 pm mimi23 I would suggest adding everything at colour then deleting to meet your budget. A few upgrades we just added in to see came back at a surprisingly small cost. I have a love/hate relationship with this approach Our sales consultant and colour consultant recommended we do this (and we did) but I think it's a tactic on their part. It was much harder for us (mentally) to take things out once they were in than it was to not put them in in the first place! It was our plan, but in the end I think we took out nothing . But you're right mimi, some upgrades cost much less than we were expecting. Oh, and make sure if you do this you make back up selections for your upgrades too, becuase in that tiny room doing your contract you'll need to know what you're replacing things with. I found that along the way everyone said "put it in and you can take it out/change it at contract", but when we got to contract the person we were dealing with seemed a bit put out by us making changes . Anyone else have this experience? Re: Porter Davis homes 5836Aug 01, 2012 10:37 pm Has anyone used the standard ceramic tiles (builders range) in your house, is it normal for the tiles to differ. we have discovered that the quality of sample tile we bought from National differs drastically from what the builder ordered for us and the quality of the tile ordered by the builder is of inferior quality. Has anyone encountered a similar situation.
Porter Davis homes 5837Aug 02, 2012 8:36 am We have our final construction drawings signing today. But I have to take my 13 month old. Can anyone tell me roughly how long this appt took?! I was hoping/assuming not the 5 hours our contract took...! Re: Porter Davis homes 5838Aug 02, 2012 9:27 am cinderella_375 We have our final construction drawings signing today. But I have to take my 13 month old. Can anyone tell me roughly how long this appt took?! I was hoping/assuming not the 5 hours our contract took...! Definitely not as long as contract for us, but I don't really remember how long it took, sorry! I remember them telling us it would only be 20 minutes, but it was definitely longer than that. BTW, final drawings Porter Davis homes 5839Aug 02, 2012 9:35 am Thanks Monkeypantz. I hoped not too long with a mobile toddler in tow! We are excited for final drawings. We are still battling our bank, but have decided to adios them and move to another so depending on how long that takes, PD are ready to start. Still waiting on us But, strangely.... Drove past our block yesterday and WE HAVE A TAP!!!! Re: Porter Davis homes 5840Aug 02, 2012 10:15 am What a pain! I hope you can get it sorted and get underway quickly! Well, we have our first 'delay' We were told that fixing should be finished yesterday, but we haven't recieved an invoice yet (and given how quick they have been to issue the invoices up to this point I'm taking it as a fair indication it's just not done). BC and SS have been pretty good with communication so far so we'll just sit tight for the minute and see if someone calls to tell us what's going on. Hi there! Putting the feelers out there for those who have (or almost) built with Arli homes! Interested in your experiences who've built from their stock home designs… 0 75642 3 72596 |