We have had a few issues since our wonderful BC was promoted and we have a new, very young inexperienced one.
Building the prestige build PlazaB KDR
We where wondering if we should ask to change BC now or if we won't have much to do with her once the build starts?
Here are some issues we've had in the past few weeks:
-Most importantly she was either mislead herself (most likely) or misled my husband about why the permit was taking so long, blaming council. My husband rang council and they didn't even need council approval for this. She apologied and said she had been mislead by the permits department.
- She has told us we need letters signed from neighbours when we didn't causing much angst. This has happened twice. My husband is a having to read all the council website & legislation and had to tell her himself, citing the council, that this was not needed.
- we were waiting for PD to tell us to demolish the old house as they tell you too. We finally started demolished on our own and then got told they can't do a lot of things until the old house is demolished. Costed us 3 or 4 weeks.
I am pregnant, have a toddler and also working. My husband has a very busy job and works long hours. He is having to pretty much do her job & chase up every little issue.
We had no issues whatsoever with our last BC, she was fantastic so please don't think we are these horrible picky people. This one seems...very very new.
. We where told the house would probably done for baby due date early April but it looks like it won't even start now until January.
What would people advise? Is it our BC or is it just PD? Would changing help?
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Browse Forums Building A New House  23 Feb 2015 106 VIC Senior Member 21 Jul 2016 67 VIC Loyal Member Re: Porter Davis homes 13602Oct 30, 2016 12:43 pm  sunshine83We have had a few issues since our wonderful BC was promoted and we have a new, very young inexperienced one. Building the prestige build PlazaB KDR We where wondering if we should ask to change BC now or if we won't have much to do with her once the build starts? Here are some issues we've had in the past few weeks: -Most importantly she was either mislead herself (most likely) or misled my husband about why the permit was taking so long, blaming council. My husband rang council and they didn't even need council approval for this. She apologied and said she had been mislead by the permits department. - She has told us we need letters signed from neighbours when we didn't causing much angst. This has happened twice. My husband is a having to read all the council website & legislation and had to tell her himself, citing the council, that this was not needed. - we were waiting for PD to tell us to demolish the old house as they tell you too. We finally started demolished on our own and then got told they can't do a lot of things until the old house is demolished. Costed us 3 or 4 weeks. I am pregnant, have a toddler and also working. My husband has a very busy job and works long hours. He is having to pretty much do her job & chase up every little issue. We had no issues whatsoever with our last BC, she was fantastic so please don't think we are these horrible picky people. This one seems...very very new. . We where told the house would probably done for baby due date early April but it looks like it won't even start now until January. What would people advise? Is it our BC or is it just PD? Would changing help? Hi Sunshine ,my advise would be to change the BC ASAP .As you are at an initial stage you don't want the grief throughout the build.I changed my sales member during the sales process as she was not helpful , not technically sound , took days to respond if we ask a question or price etc etc etc , my new sales lady is much much better and even able to save us few $$$ as well. 05 Feb 2016 773 VIC Gold Member Re: Porter Davis homes 13603Nov 01, 2016 9:41 pm Anyone whos had their lock up walk through have anything that is worth looking at while im there? We have ours tomorrow so that we could point out a few things. Just wasnt sure if there were anything i should be checking or looking for. Cant believe we are at lock up!! And noticed through our windows yesterday that our kitchen and cabinets have arrived. How long did it take to fix anything that may be wrong with a cabinet. Ive already noticed there is no soft close on our bathroom cabinets  when its in our contract05 Feb 2016 773 VIC Gold Member Re: Porter Davis homes 13604Nov 01, 2016 9:45 pm sunshine83We have had a few issues since our wonderful BC was promoted and we have a new, very young inexperienced one. Building the prestige build PlazaB KDR We where wondering if we should ask to change BC now or if we won't have much to do with her once the build starts? Here are some issues we've had in the past few weeks: -Most importantly she was either mislead herself (most likely) or misled my husband about why the permit was taking so long, blaming council. My husband rang council and they didn't even need council approval for this. She apologied and said she had been mislead by the permits department. - She has told us we need letters signed from neighbours when we didn't causing much angst. This has happened twice. My husband is a having to read all the council website & legislation and had to tell her himself, citing the council, that this was not needed. - we were waiting for PD to tell us to demolish the old house as they tell you too. We finally started demolished on our own and then got told they can't do a lot of things until the old house is demolished. Costed us 3 or 4 weeks. I am pregnant, have a toddler and also working. My husband has a very busy job and works long hours. He is having to pretty much do her job & chase up every little issue. We had no issues whatsoever with our last BC, she was fantastic so please don't think we are these horrible picky people. This one seems...very very new. . We where told the house would probably done for baby due date early April but it looks like it won't even start now until January. What would people advise? Is it our BC or is it just PD? Would changing help? Sorry to hear. This is sounding very familiar as we too are doing a kdr. Thw knowlegde of some of the staff is bad! ESp when its supposed to be something that specialize in. Our bc was pretty good however it was obvious the information was never really known and om several occasions we were beinh fed sooo many different opinions and answers. IM not sure if a change of bc will help however if ur not getting the help u need it would be worthwhile asking for someone who knows what the correct process is. If it makes u feel.better we had the same issues with council and dispensation and our legal point of discharge.. it was a nightmare Re: Porter Davis homes 13605Nov 02, 2016 9:21 pm sunshine83We have had a few issues since our wonderful BC was promoted and we have a new, very young inexperienced one. Building the prestige build PlazaB KDR We where wondering if we should ask to change BC now or if we won't have much to do with her once the build starts? Here are some issues we've had in the past few weeks: -Most importantly she was either mislead herself (most likely) or misled my husband about why the permit was taking so long, blaming council. My husband rang council and they didn't even need council approval for this. She apologied and said she had been mislead by the permits department. - She has told us we need letters signed from neighbours when we didn't causing much angst. This has happened twice. My husband is a having to read all the council website & legislation and had to tell her himself, citing the council, that this was not needed. - we were waiting for PD to tell us to demolish the old house as they tell you too. We finally started demolished on our own and then got told they can't do a lot of things until the old house is demolished. Costed us 3 or 4 weeks. I am pregnant, have a toddler and also working. My husband has a very busy job and works long hours. He is having to pretty much do her job & chase up every little issue. We had no issues whatsoever with our last BC, she was fantastic so please don't think we are these horrible picky people. This one seems...very very new. . We where told the house would probably done for baby due date early April but it looks like it won't even start now until January. What would people advise? Is it our BC or is it just PD? Would changing help? As soon as you start building do you move on to liaising with you Site Supervisor instead? We are waiting for developer approval and then need council approval but after those are done I don't think we have much to do with the BC. Each BC is managing around 60-70 builds at a time so many seem under the pump. Re: Porter Davis homes 13606Nov 02, 2016 9:36 pm  Waldorf_Grange_Build sunshine83We have had a few issues since our wonderful BC was promoted and we have a new, very young inexperienced one. Building the prestige build PlazaB KDR We where wondering if we should ask to change BC now or if we won't have much to do with her once the build starts? Here are some issues we've had in the past few weeks: -Most importantly she was either mislead herself (most likely) or misled my husband about why the permit was taking so long, blaming council. My husband rang council and they didn't even need council approval for this. She apologied and said she had been mislead by the permits department. - She has told us we need letters signed from neighbours when we didn't causing much angst. This has happened twice. My husband is a having to read all the council website & legislation and had to tell her himself, citing the council, that this was not needed. - we were waiting for PD to tell us to demolish the old house as they tell you too. We finally started demolished on our own and then got told they can't do a lot of things until the old house is demolished. Costed us 3 or 4 weeks. I am pregnant, have a toddler and also working. My husband has a very busy job and works long hours. He is having to pretty much do her job & chase up every little issue. We had no issues whatsoever with our last BC, she was fantastic so please don't think we are these horrible picky people. This one seems...very very new. . We where told the house would probably done for baby due date early April but it looks like it won't even start now until January. What would people advise? Is it our BC or is it just PD? Would changing help? As soon as you start building do you move on to liaising with you Site Supervisor instead? We are waiting for developer approval and then need council approval but after those are done I don't think we have much to do with the BC. Each BC is managing around 60-70 builds at a time so many seem under the pump. Unfortunately no, still have to have contact with both... your SS is for your direct building problems your BC is for you administrative issues Home Blog: https://waldorfgrange.wordpress.com/ 23 Feb 2015 106 VIC Senior Member Re: Porter Davis homes 13607Nov 03, 2016 12:59 pm Ok thanks, we will give her one more chance (not that she knows that she's on her last chance!) then swap House is 100% demolished as of today! How soon did PD start once people's KDR where demolished? 05 Feb 2016 773 VIC Gold Member Re: Porter Davis homes 13608Nov 03, 2016 3:12 pm sunshine83Ok thanks, we will give her one more chance (not that she knows that she's on her last chance!) then swap House is 100% demolished as of today! How soon did PD start once people's KDR where demolished? Depending what has been done so far i guess... We were told to knock down after everything was through council however still the permits to come. We knocked down around July and site start was around September. Permits i think it took about 4 weeks and the same for them to order all the materials. On a positive we started in Sept and its now November and we are already at lock up!!! We are building the Vancouver and is 31 squares. It hopefully wont be too long and youll be started  Re: Porter Davis homes 13609Nov 03, 2016 5:10 pm lizbf85 sunshine83Ok thanks, we will give her one more chance (not that she knows that she's on her last chance!) then swap House is 100% demolished as of today! How soon did PD start once people's KDR where demolished? Depending what has been done so far i guess... We were told to knock down after everything was through council however still the permits to come. We knocked down around July and site start was around September. Permits i think it took about 4 weeks and the same for them to order all the materials. On a positive we started in Sept and its now November and we are already at lock up!!! We are building the Vancouver and is 31 squares. It hopefully wont be too long and youll be started Wow lock up already. They certainly seemed to make up for lost time. Re: Porter Davis homes 13610Nov 03, 2016 5:39 pm has anyone got a credit for carpet and bought there own after handover? we paid $11 k to upgrade from the cat 2 to cat 4 and im wondering if i should have just done my own as seems it will be way cheaper than PD. and in regards to changing colours of paint, render etc till what point will PD let you change it still or say it is too late.... 23 Feb 2015 106 VIC Senior Member 07 Jan 2014 244 VIC Bronze Member Re: Porter Davis homes 13612Nov 04, 2016 12:06 am  yoyo72has anyone got a credit for carpet and bought there own after handover? we paid $11 k to upgrade from the cat 2 to cat 4 and im wondering if i should have just done my own as seems it will be way cheaper than PD. and in regards to changing colours of paint, render etc till what point will PD let you change it still or say it is too late.... That seems extremely excessive. Unless this carpet is pure wool? If you can be bothered arranging installation afterwards, I'm sure it'd be cheaper. Building a Madison 45 with Porter Davis Madison 45 Blog (Send me a PM with your email address to be added) Re: Porter Davis homes 13613Nov 04, 2016 12:19 am In our tender we have the full cost for the upgraded carpet and another line item for the credit for the cat 1 carpet. Could this be the same for you? $11k is a very expensive upgrade. We are going for PD carpet for the convenience of having it laid on move in day and also in case there are any flooring issues it will be under their warranty. No chance of blaming an outside trade. Maybe I am not trusting enough  Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/853390798159713/ Re: Porter Davis homes 13614Nov 04, 2016 8:18 am  inexp_userIn our tender we have the full cost for the upgraded carpet and another line item for the credit for the cat 1 carpet. Could this be the same for you? $11k is a very expensive upgrade. We are going for PD carpet for the convenience of having it laid on move in day and also in case there are any flooring issues it will be under their warranty. No chance of blaming an outside trade. Maybe I am not trusting enough no dont PD just give you the price on top of what the cat 1 would be (ie dont show the credit just the extra price they are charging you)? only place it shows us as getting a credit for stuff with the new price is if we go for anything cheaper. carper is just plain old solution dyed nylon too. 05 Feb 2016 773 VIC Gold Member Re: Porter Davis homes 13615Nov 04, 2016 9:19 am Waldorf_Grange_Build lizbf85 sunshine83Ok thanks, we will give her one more chance (not that she knows that she's on her last chance!) then swap House is 100% demolished as of today! How soon did PD start once people's KDR where demolished? Depending what has been done so far i guess... We were told to knock down after everything was through council however still the permits to come. We knocked down around July and site start was around September. Permits i think it took about 4 weeks and the same for them to order all the materials. On a positive we started in Sept and its now November and we are already at lock up!!! We are building the Vancouver and is 31 squares. It hopefully wont be too long and youll be started Wow lock up already. They certainly seemed to make up for lost time. we kind of cant actually believe it.. to already see our kitchen in is just crazy.. def not complaining!!! maybe from now things wont look like much is happening. we are just devo that our super organised SS is leaving PD!! this part of the process defiantly made the nightmare beginning a little less memorable, now hes leaving given we set up with PD dec 2015 the whole process has taken forever! 15 Aug 2016 15 VIC Junior Member Re: Porter Davis homes 13616Nov 04, 2016 1:17 pm sunshine83Ok thanks, we will give her one more chance (not that she knows that she's on her last chance!) then swap House is 100% demolished as of today! How soon did PD start once people's KDR where demolished? We demolished at the end of September, and it looks like we will be moving to site start in the next 2-3 weeks (Late November). Thankfully we organised the dispensation with the council on our own, so had it all approved prior to the tender and contract appointments. Our overall experience to date with PD has been very good. Although we got off on the wrong foot, our BC has gone over and above since, looking after our best interests. Let's hope this continues throughout the build. We have employed Darbecca to perform inspections at all the stages, just to ensure we have a smooth build. My wife and I both work long hours so it makes sense. 05 Feb 2016 773 VIC Gold Member Re: Porter Davis homes 13617Nov 04, 2016 1:38 pm sunshine83@lizbf85 that's incredibly quick! I think ours was told will be 32 weeks. Currently 18 weeks pregnant so...maths isn't adding up  well our contract stated 268 days!!!!! that almost 9 months so i have no idea where they get their days from 27 Jun 2016 49 VIC Junior Member Re: Porter Davis homes 13618Nov 05, 2016 12:55 am yoyo72 inexp_userIn our tender we have the full cost for the upgraded carpet and another line item for the credit for the cat 1 carpet. Could this be the same for you? $11k is a very expensive upgrade. We are going for PD carpet for the convenience of having it laid on move in day and also in case there are any flooring issues it will be under their warranty. No chance of blaming an outside trade. Maybe I am not trusting enough no dont PD just give you the price on top of what the cat 1 would be (ie dont show the credit just the extra price they are charging you)? only place it shows us as getting a credit for stuff with the new price is if we go for anything cheaper. carper is just plain old solution dyed nylon too. We just got our tender Doc and they charged us the full amount for the upgraded carpet and then the other carpet was credited back as a line item. Re: Porter Davis homes 13619Nov 05, 2016 8:02 pm Anyone been out to see the new Astor Grange 54? http://www.porterdavis.com.au/homes/pre ... r%20grange 23 Feb 2015 106 VIC Senior Member Re: Porter Davis homes 13620Nov 06, 2016 9:27 am It looks good, wouldn't suit our block and we like the guest suite at the front away from the noise of the kitchen and living area. I also prefer the kitchen looking straight through to the backyard especially as we have a very young family. I'd like to check it out though! If only we lived in Victoria Wow that is terrible about the insurance! I guess ideally proof of insurance should be provided prior to first deposit but I'd imagine they would refuse to be out of… 17 9401 There isn't any need to. As I wrote previously, there isn't a set term, there is just commencement based on earlier of contract signing or building permit issue and… 24 9182 Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 2651  |
