Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis homes 14861May 09, 2017 10:31 am Well that's annoying. I think like Hurrow said you need to get onto your BC and find out what's going on and what are they doing to rectify things. Have you got these things in writing from SC? Re: Porter Davis homes 14862May 09, 2017 10:35 am 9528 Hurrow I'd reach out to your BC and ask them what's happening. If there are a bunch of small discrepancies like not having quotes updated or plans from KC/electrical etc that just need to get sorted out but the house as a whole will be fine when that's done then it's no big deal. If you came across some deal breakers as part of your tender, then I guess you and PD will need to figure out if anything can be done to fix things. In any case you need to talk about it with your BC and figure out who needs to do what. Hi Hurrow, thanks for the advice. I'm going to contact me BC and see what would be the next. If you've got quotes and emails from Sales about what they promised then you should have a pretty strong case that they need to honour those quotes or at least offer some sort of alternative. If it's just what they've verbally promised, it'll be difficult to get them to do much would be my guess. We haven't had any issues with that sort of stuff thankfully and PD have actually been pretty good. They quoted us the wrong (low) price for an extra item we were getting, once they figured out that the price was wrong the tender presenter and our BC both went in to bat for us and got them to honour the lower price. They may well try and get the money out of us another way but at least it makes us feel good about it for the moment. Building a Kew 28 with Porter Davis Re: Porter Davis homes 14863May 09, 2017 4:50 pm PD told us we can deal with the asbestos instead of doing it through them, so I need ya'll to give me contacts for reliable and affordable contractors that can get this done for us. we need to do it asap so they can start the build... hopefully that will be the last issue.. Re: Porter Davis homes 14864May 09, 2017 4:54 pm Oh Naama that's crap, any idea how much it will cost? Can you not get onto the person who did the demo and asbestos removal to begin with? Surely they are responsible for it? How much asbestos did they find? Re: Porter Davis homes 14865May 09, 2017 5:07 pm nikil Oh Naama that's crap, any idea how much it will cost? Can you not get onto the person who did the demo and asbestos removal to begin with? Surely they are responsible for it? How much asbestos did they find? I didn't have any demo on my site, it's a vacant lot... it's just small pieces of asbestos very close to the ground. It shouldn't be too expensive esp since I'm not paying pd to do it but I still need to find someone asap to do it. Re: Porter Davis homes 14866May 09, 2017 5:14 pm Hopefully someone here can suggest someone and you can get it done asap Porter Davis homes 14867May 09, 2017 6:09 pm 9528 nikil What were the discrepancies? Several items I was promised and quoted by Sales, but they told me bluntly that it was either impossible or I was given wrong information. Hmmm we just had our tender last week, which we signed but we have the same issue. Some pricing is way higher than what was quoted during sales. And these were not under the 'to be confirmed pricing' category. So ideally they should not change. I was wondering whether they had some price increase since our sales appointment which was around march. Nevertheless, we should get the price that was originally quoted for us. Re: Porter Davis homes 14868May 09, 2017 7:43 pm Absolutely you should get the prices quoted in your sales quote. That's why sales quotes exist! Re: Porter Davis homes 14870May 10, 2017 7:49 am sencillez 9528 nikil What were the discrepancies? Several items I was promised and quoted by Sales, but they told me bluntly that it was either impossible or I was given wrong information. Hmmm we just had our tender last week, which we signed but we have the same issue. Some pricing is way higher than what was quoted during sales. And these were not under the 'to be confirmed pricing' category. So ideally they should not change. I was wondering whether they had some price increase since our sales appointment which was around march. Nevertheless, we should get the price that was originally quoted for us. If you have it in writing, that is the price and don't sign anything that says otherwise! Re: Porter Davis homes 14871May 10, 2017 7:55 am 9528 Had tender last week. Couldn't sign it off due to quite a few discrepancies. I wasn't told anything regarding what's going to happen next. Has anyone got similar experience? I refused to sign the first time until they remedied most of the issues. They didn't want to put them through as a new contract so they had the pcv ready and I signed all at once. One thing they tried to add was about 7k for colorbond roofs that was included as free. However when I looked at all our quote documents etc it wasn't listed... can't believe I missed it but it definitely was included. We decided to go to the display house just to have a look and here was a promotion listing free colorbond upgrade on all PD homes between the date when we signed and the rest of the year. They still started with "well it's not in the sales quote". My reply was your gong to include your advertised promotion or I'll be calling the ombudsman the second I leave here. The PCV for the colorbond included was then done. Re: Porter Davis homes 14872May 10, 2017 8:21 am 9528 nikil Absolutely you should get the prices quoted in your sales quote. That's why sales quotes exist! I only hope they would do that Unless they've got some sort of expiry date on how long the quote is valid for you should be fine I'd have thought, pretty hard for them to go back on something they have written down for you. Obviously it can be a different story if it's just something they have said verbally which is why I always ask for important stuff to be written down or on email. Building a Kew 28 with Porter Davis Re: Porter Davis homes 14873May 10, 2017 9:37 am Hi Walks, Thanks for the heads up. That's why I didn't sign off last week. Since we are on pricing, I only spotted an item under Electrical, Provide telecommunications infrastructure connection to home. $593.00. It's nowhere on WOS Electrical selections. I asked what was that for and was told that it's the same charge for every PD new built. Can I ask whether you have been charged the same? Thanks guys Re: Porter Davis homes 14874May 10, 2017 9:39 am 9528 Hi Walks, Thanks for the heads up. That's why I didn't sign off last week. Since we are on pricing, I only spotted an item under Electrical, Provide telecommunications infrastructure connection to home. $593.00. It's nowhere on WOS Electrical selections. I asked what was that for and was told that it's the same charge for every PD new built. Can I ask whether you have been charged the same? Thanks guys Yes I had the same charge but it was $550 (that was back in September) Re: Porter Davis homes 14875May 10, 2017 9:44 am 9528 Hi Walks, Thanks for the heads up. That's why I didn't sign off last week. Since we are on pricing, I only spotted an item under Electrical, Provide telecommunications infrastructure connection to home. $593.00. It's nowhere on WOS Electrical selections. I asked what was that for and was told that it's the same charge for every PD new built. Can I ask whether you have been charged the same? Thanks guys They tried that with us also at tender. I refused to pay it. I said 'you've never mentioned this before and for such an essential item you should have. What's next, you tell us you haven't bought enough nails and charge us extra for those too'. PD agreed to remove the cost. Re: Porter Davis homes 14876May 10, 2017 10:09 am SomervilleBuilder Thanks for the tips. That item doesn't all right with me, because it was never mentioned before and just turned up on Tender document out of blue. Just a couple of items in my opinion are excessive on my tender, we're doing a KDRB Waldorf44 and the old house hasn't been knocked down yet. The land has 100mm fall. In the tender presenter's word, the land is dead flat. Excavation $3,200 Local Government & OHS 1 Provide OHS and Government requirements including but not limited to the following: $18,000 Another thing that got me really worried is Storm water. On first site assessment report I was shown, it's saying 'Discharge Point: No, Not sighted'. I contacted Council and they told me that normally there are two options, a. To the kerb b. infiltration system. They did mention a pump,but said it would be the last solution which is quite expensive. On tender document, it says 'A re-designed Sewer and Storm water system may be required due to Knock down rebuild. Sewer and Storm water inspection to be assessed after demolition works are completed. Client to be charged by way of variation for re-design of Sewer and Storm water system if required. Location of LPOD to be confirmed on site by the drainer. PD accepts no responsibility for LPOD that are located outside the property boundaries. Any permits which may be required by the relevant authorities, including any associated costs remains the responsibility of the clients.' Can I ask whoever did or is doing a KDRB what sort of solution PD provides regarding storm water and how much roughly it costs? I'm rather confused. Thanks a lot Re: Porter Davis homes 14877May 10, 2017 10:28 am 9528 @SomervilleBuilder Thanks for the tips. That item doesn't all right with me, because it was never mentioned before and just turned up on Tender document out of blue. Just a couple of items in my opinion are excessive on my tender, we're doing a KDRB Waldorf44 and the old house hasn't been knocked down yet. The land has 100mm fall. In the tender presenter's word, the land is dead flat. Excavation $3,200 Local Government & OHS 1 Provide OHS and Government requirements including but not limited to the following: $18,000 Another thing that got me really worried is Storm water. On first site assessment report I was shown, it's saying 'Discharge Point: No, Not sighted'. I contacted Council and they told me that normally there are two options, a. To the kerb b. infiltration system. They did mention a pump,but said it would be the last solution which is quite expensive. On tender document, it says 'A re-designed Sewer and Storm water system may be required due to Knock down rebuild. Sewer and Storm water inspection to be assessed after demolition works are completed. Client to be charged by way of variation for re-design of Sewer and Storm water system if required. Location of LPOD to be confirmed on site by the drainer. PD accepts no responsibility for LPOD that are located outside the property boundaries. Any permits which may be required by the relevant authorities, including any associated costs remains the responsibility of the clients.' Can I ask whoever did or is doing a KDRB what sort of solution PD provides regarding storm water and how much roughly it costs? I'm rather confused. Thanks a lot There is no school nearby. There is a bus stop which is app.29m away from my boundary. The bus runs 30mins interval during weekdays and 1hr over weekends. No parking restrictions on both sides of street. Overhead power poles are on the other side of the street. Underground electricity pit has been installed recently. Re: Porter Davis homes 14878May 10, 2017 12:05 pm 9528 Hi Walks, Thanks for the heads up. That's why I didn't sign off last week. Since we are on pricing, I only spotted an item under Electrical, Provide telecommunications infrastructure connection to home. $593.00. It's nowhere on WOS Electrical selections. I asked what was that for and was told that it's the same charge for every PD new built. Can I ask whether you have been charged the same? Thanks guys I'll have to check but from memory it was included on my fixed site costs under estate requirements or something similar. I will check though. Re: Porter Davis homes 14879May 10, 2017 12:22 pm walks 9528 Hi Walks, Thanks for the heads up. That's why I didn't sign off last week. Since we are on pricing, I only spotted an item under Electrical, Provide telecommunications infrastructure connection to home. $593.00. It's nowhere on WOS Electrical selections. I asked what was that for and was told that it's the same charge for every PD new built. Can I ask whether you have been charged the same? Thanks guys I'll have to check but from memory it was included on my fixed site costs under estate requirements or something similar. I will check though. Yes we had a range of charges in that section Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Porter Davis homes 14880May 10, 2017 1:26 pm 9528 Hi Walks, Thanks for the heads up. That's why I didn't sign off last week. Since we are on pricing, I only spotted an item under Electrical, Provide telecommunications infrastructure connection to home. $593.00. It's nowhere on WOS Electrical selections. I asked what was that for and was told that it's the same charge for every PD new built. Can I ask whether you have been charged the same? Thanks guys We had that on our sales quote but it got taken off by tender as we are building in a new estate with Opticom so we got charged for Opticom instead of the $593. Sounds like it is pretty standard though. Building a Kew 28 with Porter Davis Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12335 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74701 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 105534 |