Porter Davis homes

Waldorf_Grange_Build · Mar 30, 2017 6:36 am

nikil

I'm hoping once we get to council approval that doesn't take us to long! Anyone here had to deal with Cardinia Council??

Yes....

Waldorf_Grange_Build · Mar 30, 2017 6:38 am

Hurrow

nikil

Our says 196 includes all weekends, wet days allowance, tradies RDO's, public holidays and 28 days for Christmas. We shouldn't go anywhere near Christmas so really it's 168 days.

Depending on when exactly our land titles (supposed to be May) and how long it takes to get developer approval, council approval etc we may end up going over Christmas, which would basically add another month on. That's assuming that we get a fairly quick site start, but PD have given themselves until September which may well mean that we end up going into 2018. We've assumed that will be the case, but it would be great if we can get in there this year instead. Although having said that we aren't even up to contract yet and there is plenty of other stuff that will need to be done, so next year does seem more likely.

Sounds like definitely next year based on your land titles date. Our land titled in September and we just had site cut last week.

nikil · Mar 30, 2017 8:29 am

Waldorf_Grange_Build

nikil

I'm hoping once we get to council approval that doesn't take us to long! Anyone here had to deal with Cardinia Council??

Yes....

Oh nooo...

Hurrow · Mar 30, 2017 10:34 am

Waldorf_Grange_Build

Hurrow

nikil

Our says 196 includes all weekends, wet days allowance, tradies RDO's, public holidays and 28 days for Christmas. We shouldn't go anywhere near Christmas so really it's 168 days.

Depending on when exactly our land titles (supposed to be May) and how long it takes to get developer approval, council approval etc we may end up going over Christmas, which would basically add another month on. That's assuming that we get a fairly quick site start, but PD have given themselves until September which may well mean that we end up going into 2018. We've assumed that will be the case, but it would be great if we can get in there this year instead. Although having said that we aren't even up to contract yet and there is plenty of other stuff that will need to be done, so next year does seem more likely.

Sounds like definitely next year based on your land titles date. Our land titled in September and we just had site cut last week.

I'm hopeful that we don't have anything like the delays that you did with developer and council approval so it won't take as long, but yes realistically it will probably be next year before we are in there. We've figured on it likely being about February/March, for it to be this year we'd have to have pretty much everything go right with title in May, developer and council approval in early June, and then PD starting pretty much straight away which seems unlikely, although it is possible I suppose. I'm pretty sure construction has finished on our stage of the development so presumably they are just getting things all sorted with the titles office so a May/June title should be about right.

Rickardo05 · Mar 30, 2017 2:12 pm

Our house took 150 days to build from them turning soil to handover.

F1natic · Mar 30, 2017 2:50 pm

Rickardo05

Our house took 150 days to build from them turning soil to handover.

Must have been building you a Cubby house

nikil · Mar 30, 2017 3:02 pm

Rickardo05

Our house took 150 days to build from them turning soil to handover.

Sounds about right going by what our contract says.

lizbf85 · Mar 30, 2017 4:15 pm

nikil

Which is really good! It says 98 days actual build days.

In an ideal world that could be true. If everything is 100% bang on at each and every stage with no hiccups then this would be an absolute miracle.

Anymore updates? i really worry that you are still to even reach council with build due to start next month.
I hope you have received an update anyway.

nikil · Mar 30, 2017 4:17 pm

Still no further but to no fault of PD. CBA have been a nightmare to deal with.

lizbf85 · Mar 30, 2017 4:20 pm

nikil

Still no further but to no fault of PD. CBA have been a nightmare to deal with.

really?? how are CBA holding up a submission to council by PD?

lizbf85 · Mar 30, 2017 4:22 pm

Waldorf_Grange_Build

nikil

I'm hoping once we get to council approval that doesn't take us to long! Anyone here had to deal with Cardinia Council??

Yes....

you guys have been waiting forever from council havent you

hopefully the end is near!

nikil · Mar 30, 2017 4:23 pm

We had our pre approval and they have already financed the land portion of the loan, it's been over a month since we submitted all the paperwork for the rest of the build and literally half an hour ago I got an email saying it's been processed and they will get in touch soon (which means probably another week) to issue the loan documents to sign, then another week to actually release the finance.

lizbf85 · Mar 30, 2017 4:26 pm

We had our PCI again yesterday, and while there were a few things to finish off we FINALLY have a handover date. Being next friday!!

Not bad for an initial Site start May 2016 completion by Nov 2016... :shock:

lizbf85 · Mar 30, 2017 4:31 pm

nikil

We had our pre approval and they have already financed the land portion of the loan, it's been over a month since we submitted all the paperwork for the rest of the build and literally half an hour ago I got an email saying it's been processed and they will get in touch soon (which means probably another week) to issue the loan documents to sign, then another week to actually release the finance.

Ahhhh i see, so this is funds needed for PD to submit to council? I actually cant even remember that far back for deposits payable etc. I cant even remember paying before council approval, apart from the tender one. Surely they have completed your second soil though and have your contract all ready for final signoff.

I would be pestering them for an update so you can also finalize those costs and be sure there is nothing else coming.

nikil · Mar 30, 2017 4:49 pm

lizbf85

We had our PCI again yesterday, and while there were a few things to finish off we FINALLY have a handover date. Being next friday!!

Not bad for an initial Site start May 2016 completion by Nov 2016... :shock:

Long time coming Liz! Must feel good to finally have an end date! I really hope you can eventually forget about the horrible experience and enjoy your new home.

nikil · Mar 30, 2017 4:51 pm

lizbf85

nikil

We had our pre approval and they have already financed the land portion of the loan, it's been over a month since we submitted all the paperwork for the rest of the build and literally half an hour ago I got an email saying it's been processed and they will get in touch soon (which means probably another week) to issue the loan documents to sign, then another week to actually release the finance.

Ahhhh i see, so this is funds needed for PD to submit to council? I actually cant even remember that far back for deposits payable etc. I cant even remember paying before council approval, apart from the tender one. Surely they have completed your second soil though and have your contract all ready for final signoff.

I would be pestering them for an update so you can also finalize those costs and be sure there is nothing else coming.

It's more the fact then it's held up completing the demo part which we thought was finished! It's been a pain from the start but I've decided not to stress about it anymore and just go with the flow. It's not worth the stress at the moment. We will get there eventually.

lizbf85 · Mar 30, 2017 4:52 pm

nikil

Long time coming Liz! Must feel good to finally have an end date! I really hope you can eventually forget about the horrible experience and enjoy your new home.

Thank you so do we!!!
I have everything crossed that its all locked for friday week.

nikil · Mar 30, 2017 4:53 pm

You can finally have many well deserved drinks in your lovely new kitchen

lizbf85 · Mar 30, 2017 4:59 pm

nikil

lizbf85

nikil

We had our pre approval and they have already financed the land portion of the loan, it's been over a month since we submitted all the paperwork for the rest of the build and literally half an hour ago I got an email saying it's been processed and they will get in touch soon (which means probably another week) to issue the loan documents to sign, then another week to actually release the finance.

Ahhhh i see, so this is funds needed for PD to submit to council? I actually cant even remember that far back for deposits payable etc. I cant even remember paying before council approval, apart from the tender one. Surely they have completed your second soil though and have your contract all ready for final signoff.

I would be pestering them for an update so you can also finalize those costs and be sure there is nothing else coming.

It's more the fact then it's held up completing the demo part which we thought was finished! It's been a pain from the start but I've decided not to stress about it anymore and just go with the flow. It's not worth the stress at the moment. We will get there eventually.

Oh right. That's true, the stress of all of it isn't worth it I agree, sometimes its hard though when you set expectations. And trust me when you start seeing things progress on site you cant help getting your hopes up. If i've learnt anything from this process and forum its just to ignore any of PD's timelines and dates becasue it almost guaranteed to blow out causing somewhat disappointment. And yes you will defiantly get there eventually.

I just truly hope they pick up their game and people start getting the service they deserve.

Rickardo05 · Mar 30, 2017 5:42 pm

F1natic

Rickardo05

Our house took 150 days to build from them turning soil to handover.

Must have been building you a Cubby house

Nah, just had a really great SS who was very organised and professional. He had all our trades booked ahead of time and they all did a quality job therefore not requiring any fixes.
We never got held up 1 day from lockup for 3 weeks like others mention.