Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis homes 7161Apr 22, 2013 4:36 pm Hi Inglewood, that was a bit disappointing. After the initial shock at the site costs, we asked immediately about the disability issues. We told them at that point, if they could not do those, then we would not be able to proceed as they are non negotiable. None of that was on the tender at all. The tender presenter had only got to have a quick look at the document before talking to us. We ended up having to talk to the production people and get the ok there. At this point, as it is a disability issue they will leave the shower open with no lip but will need to waterproof the entire ensuite as there is no way of containing the water to the shower area otherwise. We will have to put in either a shower curtain or a get a glass place to put in the glass screen after handover. They will also have to put a small "mound" at the doorway of the ensuite to ensure any water in the ensuite drains away from the bedroom. The mound will not be a step just a gentle rise as I understand it so there is no step to get over. The production people also gave the Ok for the overheight toilet we requested. However, as none of this was in the tender, we have no prices for any of it, which is a bit concerning. Almost none of our window or plaster requests were on the tender either. Apparently, the estimator had printed the document before he finished everything on the tender and they could see it on their system but could not print it? and the estimator was not in today. We sat there for almost 4 hours whilst we went through it all again same as we did with the SC. We now have to have another tender appointment when they have done it all (and take another day off work, which is expensive when you work for yourself). This time I am not making an appointment until I know that they have a finished tender in their hands. You would think that as the appointment was made more than two weeks ago, they had enough time to get it all together. I know PD build quality houses, they built the one I am living in but the admin process leaves a lot to be desired at this point. Re: Porter Davis homes 7162Apr 22, 2013 7:03 pm Back Pocket Hi Inglewood, that was a bit disappointing. After the initial shock at the site costs, we asked immediately about the disability issues. We told them at that point, if they could not do those, then we would not be able to proceed as they are non negotiable. None of that was on the tender at all. The tender presenter had only got to have a quick look at the document before talking to us. We ended up having to talk to the production people and get the ok there. At this point, as it is a disability issue they will leave the shower open with no lip but will need to waterproof the entire ensuite as there is no way of containing the water to the shower area otherwise. We will have to put in either a shower curtain or a get a glass place to put in the glass screen after handover. They will also have to put a small "mound" at the doorway of the ensuite to ensure any water in the ensuite drains away from the bedroom. The mound will not be a step just a gentle rise as I understand it so there is no step to get over. The production people also gave the Ok for the overheight toilet we requested. However, as none of this was in the tender, we have no prices for any of it, which is a bit concerning. Almost none of our window or plaster requests were on the tender either. Apparently, the estimator had printed the document before he finished everything on the tender and they could see it on their system but could not print it? and the estimator was not in today. We sat there for almost 4 hours whilst we went through it all again same as we did with the SC. We now have to have another tender appointment when they have done it all (and take another day off work, which is expensive when you work for yourself). This time I am not making an appointment until I know that they have a finished tender in their hands. You would think that as the appointment was made more than two weeks ago, they had enough time to get it all together. I know PD build quality houses, they built the one I am living in but the admin process leaves a lot to be desired at this point. That is disappointing! We had to put off our contract date at the last minute so we told them that we needed all information before we re-scheduled our contract appointment that way we knew what we were up for before today. Hopefully it will all be able to be sorted out for you at your next appointment. Re: Porter Davis homes 7163Apr 22, 2013 10:04 pm I'm disappointed to hear people are still having such big problems with their tender. I had hoped my bad experience was a one-off. While I think of it, is anybody out there seeing updates to their 24x7 site? Mine hasn't updated since last year and I keep hearing that "technical issues" are the reason why. Anybody else getting fed this line? HD Re: Porter Davis homes 7164Apr 22, 2013 10:08 pm [quote="Lurgen"]While I think of it, is anybody out there seeing updates to their 24x7 site? Mine hasn't updated since last year and I keep hearing that "technical issues" are the reason why. Anybody else getting fed this line? Hi Lurgen The 24x7 site has now been disabled. They have taken it away as of last Friday. I received a letter by post the start of last week informing me. They are working on a new more user friendly website - details to follow. Re: Porter Davis homes 7166Apr 23, 2013 7:11 am ftdt7882 I logged into my 24/7 portal this morning and I had comments in there from when I spoke to my BC on Friday? That is weird, I tried logging in last Friday night and I couldn't, it wasn't accessible. Perhaps it is just some people and I am one that it has been closed on???? Anyway, hoping the new version will be great. This maybe why some aren't updated very often or at all, as staff know that it is being phased out. Re: Porter Davis homes 7167Apr 23, 2013 9:45 am MummaDJ ftdt7882 I logged into my 24/7 portal this morning and I had comments in there from when I spoke to my BC on Friday? That is weird, I tried logging in last Friday night and I couldn't, it wasn't accessible. Perhaps it is just some people and I am one that it has been closed on???? Anyway, hoping the new version will be great. This maybe why some aren't updated very often or at all, as staff know that it is being phased out. It is a bit flaky, depending on the browser I use! Hopefully the new system will be updated more for everyone! Re: Porter Davis homes 7168Apr 24, 2013 6:00 pm Hi guys, Our build is progressing quite well so far. Bricks have been completed and scaffolds removed, plaster and cornice done. Quite excited to see the front of house without scaffold. I have managed to update our blog, for those who are interested it's http://micwaldorf44.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Porter Davis homes 7169Apr 24, 2013 7:09 pm Looks great Superdaddy! The Waldorf is a huge house. We went through the display just for giggles Our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64705 Re: Porter Davis homes 7170Apr 25, 2013 6:10 pm Updated the blog after a long period of lack of posts ... couldn't get into the house.. they have completed the painting and started on the tiles.. Re: Porter Davis homes 7171Apr 26, 2013 7:58 am 24/7 Portal Hi All, Just wanted to give you all an up-date regarding the Porter Davis 24/7 portal. We have noticed that there has been some talk on this forum about this portal and given your comments we have decided to disable it. At the moment we are in the process of developing a new website and given your feedback on Home 1 and the fact that the current 24/7 portal would not be technically compatible with the new site, we felt the best option was to disable it as it was obviously becoming a cause of frustration for many of our clients. All PD clients should have received a letter about this by now but should you have any questions, we recommend you contact your BC. 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 7172Apr 26, 2013 11:02 pm Hi! Just jumping in this thread, as a excited newbie, who has learned so much thanks to all of your input, so a big thank you! We're upgrading to a bigger home have just put the 1000 deposit on each the house and land. We're going with the Dunedin 29 . We wanted the alfresco, but have been advised we can't, as it would mean the building takes up 63% of the land which can't be done we just can't go past the floor plan of the Dunedin so will do the alfresco after handover. Anyway, just saying hi! Ad look forward to learning more and sharing Building the Porter Davis Dunedin 29 maybe, thinking of forfeiting deposit and going with CH or UE Re: Porter Davis homes 7173Apr 27, 2013 2:25 pm As our contract had to be posted to us (their printer network wasn't working and they couldn't print on contract day) we have time to check and recheck the contract with the intention of posting it back on Monday. So far we've only looked over the contract drawings and have found several mistakes. The drawings we were shown at our contract appointment were all correct - and our presenter kindly photocopied them for us to take home. The drawings that are in our contract are not the same!!! They do not show the latest changes we had requested and yet those changes were on the copies we saw on the day!!!! Go figure!!!! 6 of the 11 pages of the contract drawings are incorrect.
It's also interesting to note that the contract drawings (both sets even though they are different) are both dated the same day The changes that we made on contract day were added to a post variation contract - rather than the contract - we thought this was strange since they couldn't print that day anyway so we figured we'd get the whole contract and any post variation contract would be for after that - but maybe I don't know enough about that kind of thing. Should we expect that those changes we made should have been put in the contract? In the mean time we won't sign or initial anything until we've spoken to them. I'll send our BC an email tomorrow after we've gone over the rest of the contract and will be asking for a new contract. Is that fair to ask? Re: Porter Davis homes 7174Apr 27, 2013 2:26 pm Hopefully when we look over the rest of the documentation tonight I won't have any further items to add to the errors we have picked up. Re: Porter Davis homes 7175Apr 28, 2013 5:03 pm Mumtomonkeys Hi! Just jumping in this thread, as a excited newbie, who has learned so much thanks to all of your input, so a big thank you! We're upgrading to a bigger home have just put the 1000 deposit on each the house and land. We're going with the Dunedin 29 . We wanted the alfresco, but have been advised we can't, as it would mean the building takes up 63% of the land which can't be done we just can't go past the floor plan of the Dunedin so will do the alfresco after handover. Anyway, just saying hi! Ad look forward to learning more and sharing Hi there! Just wanted to say hello as we are also building the Dunedin 29. We were lucky enough to be able to add the al fresco area. It's a lovely floor plan. We are a little more advanced and hope to have the slab down by the end of May, all going well. Re: Porter Davis homes 7176Apr 28, 2013 5:14 pm inglewood Hopefully when we look over the rest of the documentation tonight I won't have any further items to add to the errors we have picked up. Enjoying your blog and love the style boards! How clever of you..... Re: Porter Davis homes 7177Apr 28, 2013 6:07 pm jnkbids Updated the blog after a long period of lack of posts ... couldn't get into the house.. they have completed the painting and started on the tiles.. Thanks for sharing your blog... The Waldorf is a lovely home and yours is coming up a treat....don't envy you doing the cleaning though LOL!! Re: Porter Davis homes 7178Apr 28, 2013 7:29 pm inglewood The changes that we made on contract day were added to a post variation contract - rather than the contract - we thought this was strange since they couldn't print that day anyway so we figured we'd get the whole contract and any post variation contract would be for after that - but maybe I don't know enough about that kind of thing. Should we expect that those changes we made should have been put in the contract? In the mean time we won't sign or initial anything until we've spoken to them. I'll send our BC an email tomorrow after we've gone over the rest of the contract and will be asking for a new contract. Is that fair to ask? It is strange for changes on Contract day be added as Post Contract Variation (PCVs). From my experience, you are better to have as much as you can finalised in your actual contract and have little PCVs. PD are also desperate for you to sign the contract so would normally act pretty quickly to get things into the document. PCVs for us took up to a month to finalise some information after we signed the contract. Re your contract drawings - I suggest writing on the pages directly in red pen or using a highlighter to note things that are incorrect and exactly what you expect them to be. Then there is nothing lost in translation. Goodluck. Re: Porter Davis homes 7179Apr 28, 2013 7:32 pm Mumtomonkeys Hi! Just jumping in this thread, as a excited newbie, who has learned so much thanks to all of your input, so a big thank you! We're upgrading to a bigger home have just put the 1000 deposit on each the house and land. We're going with the Dunedin 29 . We wanted the alfresco, but have been advised we can't, as it would mean the building takes up 63% of the land which can't be done we just can't go past the floor plan of the Dunedin so will do the alfresco after handover. Anyway, just saying hi! Ad look forward to learning more and sharing Welcome aboard. Make sure you check out the following for help: Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=54817&hilit=Porter+Davis+Upgrades Things you forget - go to summary on page 27 - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=5823&start=40 Re: Porter Davis homes 7180Apr 29, 2013 3:29 pm Does anyone know how much PD charge for a laundry chute? Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12334 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 105533 |