Porter Davis homes

So you have already signed your contract? Any changes after the contract is signed come with an admin fee,which can vary from $250 - $1250, that's if the change is allowed.

sounds right .. agree with you.. the more $$ they make.. the changes are free.. if they -$$ then its gonna cost us a bit..

fingers crossed Niki!! we are already paying too much premium for our dream home.

I think a lot of it depends on your BC, I’ve seen some people have changes made for no fee and others with huge fees. We changed our stone benches after lock up and we were charged $250 admin fee, plus the cost of the upgrade.

Well, that's no good.. so far, we have been able to make changes with no fees.. and agree, it all depends on the BC.

PCI is now booked for mid next week, according to my SS we should have handover a couple of weeks later. There is a bit of stuff that we both know needs to get done post PCI but he seems pretty confident that it will be fine and it's the same timeline he delivered on for our neighbors next door. Here's hoping!

How are your fixes going?

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Here’s the update from my SS re our defects:

“Yes the cut was disappointing to say the least. I am meeting the plumbers Tuesday so they can complete the dig out and complete the Aggie drains as per my original request. They went to site last week and did not follow my instructions. Leave that with me.

The Renderers have completed the re-coat Friday. They have two more items to complete from our inpections but are well on the way.
The week ahead will see the front completed as best we can, Plasterers sanding the repairs Tuesday, Painters wed/Thurs, cabinet replacements in Monday, a few other minor cleaning items also will be complete. I would like to catch up with you on Friday to go through the items and tick off on completed. I am hoping we will be able to tick all of and arrange settlement times from there.”

Have you seen the new render WGB? Are you happy with it? Hope so

How are your fixes going?

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Here’s the update from my SS re our defects:

“Yes the cut was disappointing to say the least. I am meeting the plumbers Tuesday so they can complete the dig out and complete the Aggie drains as per my original request. They went to site last week and did not follow my instructions. Leave that with me.

The Renderers have completed the re-coat Friday. They have two more items to complete from our inpections but are well on the way.
The week ahead will see the front completed as best we can, Plasterers sanding the repairs Tuesday, Painters wed/Thurs, cabinet replacements in Monday, a few other minor cleaning items also will be complete. I would like to catch up with you on Friday to go through the items and tick off on completed. I am hoping we will be able to tick all of and arrange settlement times from there.”


[/quote]Happy for you they have re done the render. Good to see there moving ahead, hope your in home soon.

What about the flooring?

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I haven’t seen it yet. We are in the process of preparing our old house to go to auction. The real estate agents taking photos this Thursday. So much to do we haven’t been able to afford the 40 min drive out to the new house. Eek. Meeting the site supervisor there Friday and fingers crossed. Also it gives it time to dry so we can analyse the colour.

I was right not to share the confidence of my SS.

WGB I think this may be a worse colour match than yours. They may as well have painted it red.

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Just got a text message from AGL saying we have a gas bill to pay, who is meant to pay that? We haven’t had handover yet.
I’ve emailed PD but they’ve ignored it. My husband usually deals with them but is too busy at work this week and it’s such a minor issue I want to sort it out myself.
Thanks.

They looks like a shadow

Interested to see what they say. They are supposed to pay it. We got a water bill for our block, the usage was only around $11 so we just paid it. Since then there has been a leek from the tap at the front that’s been constant ( we have turned it off at the mains several times) I’ll be interested to see what the usage is on the next one as I won’t be paying it this time. I assume we are still liable to pay for the services and it’s just the usage they pay??

Yep thats my point it was taken in bright Sunshine

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Oh gosh. You’d think if they render all day long then they would know how batch and die lots work. Unbelievable. I hope they will redo the lot.

We haven’t paid gas or electricity during the build but now that we are close to handover it will be switched into our name.

I thought we were supposed to be paying the first $50 per month of any bills for water, gas and electricity but after that PD had to cover the cost? I can't seem to find that in my documents though.

What annoys me most you could see it as they were doing it last saturday and on mentioning it I was basicly told I was stupid and by 5pm that day the colour would change.

Now I will be the one delayed with my post handover work because of PDs contractors arrogance.

Im sure the SS hasnt even seen it yet. Im also sure he will try to argue its ok....

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Ok I’ll call them tomorrow. I feel so thankful my husband has been dealing with them as I can’t even get a simple email answered.