Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis homes 3441Oct 12, 2011 12:19 pm though.. we have hit a hiccup. dont like to say too much online but all i will say is that we hope we are still pd customers at the end of today after all this! Re: Porter Davis homes 3442Oct 12, 2011 12:21 pm oh i should say, not anything really that pd is doing wrong - they are great. but just trying to get apples to be apples and things to be as we want them. oh too hard to explain. anyway, cross your fingers pls!! our pd crew have been awesome to date so hopefully we can keep going with this journey. Re: Porter Davis homes 3443Oct 12, 2011 1:11 pm Went past the house on my lunch break. OMG it was rush hour..... They have started rendering the front (3 workers rendering). Plasterboard is 95% installed (3 workers plastering). Brickies were there working around the Alfresco (another 3 workers bricking) Haven't ascertained how the front door glass broke. I'm not too concerned because PD will have to fix this at their cost. This will eventually be fully rendered in the front only. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Broken front door glass Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Lounge Room Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Standing in kitchen area and looking down to front door. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Ensuite with niche on external wall. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Master Bedroom Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Dirty windows Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ View from backyard Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ View from Master bed. Bit of an eye sore. Our backyard neighbours have built a wall and in front of their wall is their swimming pool. We're not too worried as we will put up pittosporums or something similar. Our block is 20m wide so it's only taken half the width of our block which is also not our alfresco side. They have a double storey, so good thing is they can't see into our backyard, so we do have privacy from that angle. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Ivanhoe 36 Dep:18-4-11 Tender:26-5-11 Colour/Electrical:8-6-11 Contract:29-6-11 Building Permit:6-7-11 Site Start:16-8-11 PCI:10-1-12 Handover:24-1-12 http://eli-kay-ivanhoe36.blogspot.com/ Re: Porter Davis homes 3444Oct 12, 2011 1:20 pm Wow talk about progress........... Your house is coming along at a cracking speed. I think it’s the best time to build as jobs are getting scares and tradies can start on time and have the patience to complete the job with quality. Re: Porter Davis homes 3445Oct 12, 2011 6:50 pm humble J & C has anyone on this blog upgraded their slab from M Class to P Class, do you end up with concrete in the alfresco or is it still dirt! Hmm.. Is it a lifestyle thing? Prestige get the concrete, I kinda wished we didnt, wouldnt make my deck easier to build. We have opted for Prestige too but our sales consultant told that if the slab is M...it will be dirt in the alfresco...but for whatever reason the slab has to upgraded then it will be concrete...wanted to check what the rest were offered. Porter Davis homes 3446Oct 12, 2011 9:51 pm Thanks everyone, I've already had a change of BC and it's not even been a month since I signed my contract! Hopefully I won't have to contact them to much.. Bad customer service is always frustrating but when I'm paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for the privilege I can't help but think they would be a little bit better with the replies/calls/information. So far I'm finding it a little hard to tell if my first or second BC is better... The first was slow to reply but always polite, the second is a little better with her emails but is a little rude. Building the Drysdale 30 Wallara Waters, Wallan My Blog : http://www.ourwallanhome.blogspot.com My thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=50975 Re: Porter Davis homes 3447Oct 12, 2011 11:06 pm Rups Hi Visine, We didn't change anything from standard for kitchen appliances. Looking at the plan, there is a 15A single circuit which I assume will power the oven, cooktop and rangehood. Maybe the plans are marked up so it is clear to the installer what the points are for? We haven't got any power points on the splashback at all. Thanks Rups. I misunderstood. I thought you asked for a GPO next to cooktop. I was thinking putting a GPO for kettle next to it. Dont think its a good idea anymore, just too much hassle to ask for that. Re: Porter Davis homes 3448Oct 13, 2011 11:19 am Day 2 since contract signing and no response at all regarding the niche. You can almost guarantee they are trying to do and say nothing until the cooling off period is up. I have dealt with a tonne of different companies for my job, and never come across somebody in customer service that is so blatantly unhelpful and uncaring in regards to their customers. It feels like anything of difficulty is ignored and hoped to go away. It's great to see people on here raving about how great the BC's are, just as I did with our original sales person, but these things should not be the exceptions they should be the rule. It should be part of the job to do what you can to help your customer, in my employment our customers are spending a fraction of the money with my employers that I and everybody else on this forum is spending with Porter Davis. Yet it seems we will go to more effort to help somebody that is going to spend $100 with us than PD do with people that are spending $200,000. How they won awards for most professional builder etc is beyond me. Re: Porter Davis homes 3449Oct 13, 2011 11:36 am cattycatcat Hi Guys, How long do you usually find it takes your BC to reply to emails? Mine can take anything from 24hrs to 4 days.. Hi cattycatcat, It’s good to see you’ve had some responses from humbe, Wateman, Alpal and thebigbuild. I would say anywhere from 24 hours to 5 days is to be expected. Are you using your 24Seven tool? If you are finding this to become a little more of a concern please just let me know via private message as I’d be happy to help. Cheers, Ebony 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 3450Oct 13, 2011 11:38 am Team PD cattycatcat Hi Guys, How long do you usually find it takes your BC to reply to emails? Mine can take anything from 24hrs to 4 days.. Hi cattycatcat, It’s good to see you’ve had some responses from humbe, Wateman, Alpal and thebigbuild. I would say anywhere from 24 hours to 5 days is to be expected. Are you using your 24Seven tool? If you are finding this to become a little more of a concern please just let me know via private message as I’d be happy to help. Cheers, Ebony Sorry Ebony, 5 days is not acceptable for a reply to a email.. under ANY circumstance, if thats the case, you may as well ring, or write a letter. Re: Porter Davis homes 3451Oct 13, 2011 11:57 am humble Sorry Ebony, 5 days is not acceptable for a reply to a email.. under ANY circumstance, if thats the case, you may as well ring, or write a letter. +1 Or send a messenger on horse-back. I think if PD want to push people along with time frames - eg 'you only have 48hrs to make changes after your colour + electrical appts, and you only have 3 days after you sign contracts to change your mind, and you aren't to cause any delays. Oh but if you ask us a question we will take a week to acknowledge you' Then they should also work in a timely mannor. Re: Porter Davis homes 3452Oct 13, 2011 12:19 pm tstr1a Wow talk about progress........... Your house is coming along at a cracking speed. I think it’s the best time to build as jobs are getting scares and tradies can start on time and have the patience to complete the job with quality. Yeah, I am not complaining. But we did notice in the study a small hole in the plasterboard that went thru to the other side the size of a 20 cent piece and also a tear at the top of that same piece of plasterboard. Hubby mentioned to our SS this morning that he wants that piece pulled down and re-done as it's not acceptable. We accept and understand there will be stuff ups but we also want things rectified in the proper way, not a patch up job. We're planning to have a walk thru possibly next week to pick up any other stuff ups. But overall they've done a great job. We've reached lock up stage now and we're told the bill is coming in the next few days. Ivanhoe 36 Dep:18-4-11 Tender:26-5-11 Colour/Electrical:8-6-11 Contract:29-6-11 Building Permit:6-7-11 Site Start:16-8-11 PCI:10-1-12 Handover:24-1-12 http://eli-kay-ivanhoe36.blogspot.com/ Re: Porter Davis homes 3453Oct 13, 2011 12:32 pm Wateman Day 2 since contract signing and no response at all regarding the niche. You can almost guarantee they are trying to do and say nothing until the cooling off period is up. I have dealt with a tonne of different companies for my job, and never come across somebody in customer service that is so blatantly unhelpful and uncaring in regards to their customers. It feels like anything of difficulty is ignored and hoped to go away. It's great to see people on here raving about how great the BC's are, just as I did with our original sales person, but these things should not be the exceptions they should be the rule. It should be part of the job to do what you can to help your customer, in my employment our customers are spending a fraction of the money with my employers that I and everybody else on this forum is spending with Porter Davis. Yet it seems we will go to more effort to help somebody that is going to spend $100 with us than PD do with people that are spending $200,000. How they won awards for most professional builder etc is beyond me. Wateman, if you haven't already, send what you require in regards to the niche via email. Even email them a copy of my niche drawings saying that it can be done because they have done it here. It will be dated and if they get back to you after the cooling off period then you at least can say that the email was written within the cooling off period so this should count. We were stuff around a bit in delays of re-drawing the final drawing, because we found some errors and my administrator gave us 2 weeks after we signed our contract to come back and view the drawings again before we signed off on the drawings themselves which lucky we did because we found a couple more things the draftsman forgot to change and they were rectified in 20 mins. But we had two weeks to make further changes and a very good administrator. Again these weren't structural changes but internal changes. Otherwise go to the office 1st thing tomorrow morning and demand to see someone about this. Ivanhoe 36 Dep:18-4-11 Tender:26-5-11 Colour/Electrical:8-6-11 Contract:29-6-11 Building Permit:6-7-11 Site Start:16-8-11 PCI:10-1-12 Handover:24-1-12 http://eli-kay-ivanhoe36.blogspot.com/ Porter Davis homes 3454Oct 13, 2011 1:25 pm So far I wouldn't complain about my BC and I wasn't complaining before. I am actually very happy I was just trying to find and average reply time so I knew what to expect. In saying that tho... If it took anyone 5 days to get back to me regarding a simple request, even if it takes them 5 days to just acknowledge my enquiry I wouldn't be happy... Building the Drysdale 30 Wallara Waters, Wallan My Blog : http://www.ourwallanhome.blogspot.com My thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=50975 Re: Porter Davis homes 3455Oct 13, 2011 3:40 pm marked floor plans, highlighted in neon green, sent email three times, called my BC and reminded her, spoke to her at Tender and still got the floor plan wrong on our colour and electrical appointment. This is sick! Re: Porter Davis homes 3456Oct 13, 2011 4:37 pm Rups It's a completely separate line item in the contract, and is not 'bundled' with any other pack (like the smart wiring one for example). Nor is it included in the standard services connection item, which is only for water, gas, elec and waste. You will need to ask your BC to add it in, as it is not a standard item they include (beats me as to why not!) Ours is written as "provide Telstra underground cable trench up to 20m" $308. Not sure what heading it would appear under in your contract as ours was done as a PCV Hi Wrote to my BC and the production team at PD has advised her that Porter Davis will complete all of the pre wiring inside your home and will have a junction box installed below your metre box that will have a conduit connected to it that will go underground out to the Telstra pit in the footpath. I wonder in such a case if one will still have to pay Telstra an additional amount. Has anyone that has finished construction been in a similar situation. Cheers Re: Porter Davis homes 3460Oct 13, 2011 7:11 pm J & C Rups It's a completely separate line item in the contract, and is not 'bundled' with any other pack (like the smart wiring one for example). Nor is it included in the standard services connection item, which is only for water, gas, elec and waste. You will need to ask your BC to add it in, as it is not a standard item they include (beats me as to why not!) Ours is written as "provide Telstra underground cable trench up to 20m" $308. Not sure what heading it would appear under in your contract as ours was done as a PCV Hi Wrote to my BC and the production team at PD has advised her that Porter Davis will complete all of the pre wiring inside your home and will have a junction box installed below your metre box that will have a conduit connected to it that will go underground out to the Telstra pit in the footpath. I wonder in such a case if one will still have to pay Telstra an additional amount. Has anyone that has finished construction been in a similar situation. Cheers Hi J&C, After that you then just pay Telstra for the connection. 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