Porter Davis homes

ok its been a while since i have blogged - PD started with the escavation of the block and that was on the 2 nd june - so far thats all they have done - still waiting on plumbing to be laid - and the "customer service" officer seems to think that an update includes letting us know she was away and thats her idea of an update - emailed the other day using the 24/7 webiste login and still waiting a response did call the site manager and he was good - told me that he will be away for a week so i assume that nothing will be done for the next week - by the way
i remeber them sayign that there was a a difference in start8ing date actually refers to site start dates... does this help?

Lots of people Qas.... remember that only the unhappy usually speak up. Consider them the miserable minority.

For what it's worth, building a house is awful, no matter which builder you choose. The only good thing about it is getting to the end. It has its moments of excitement, but those are usually outweighed by the stressful times. You just have to keep your eyes on the end goal, and have lots of patience.

Start a building thread and keep us posted - you'll find lots of support here.

I have heard great reports from people that built with PD. Mistakes are going to happen with any project, but its how they go about correcting the issue is what is important and from what i understand PD have a good reputation in this regard (although im sure some others here might disagree)

Building is stressful, but the end product is worth it. You just have to be prepared to fight when you need to but also be excited and enjoy and learn from the experience

Elizbeth, nobody was arguing the point about your particular build. I'm sure it was just as bad as you say, and I'm sorry you had an awful time. If you've ever read my threads or blog, you'd find that ours was a long way from a picnic. But I have to be fair and say that all defects were rectified, compensation was paid as per the contract, we got a beautiful home in the end, and I don't see the point in bad-mouthing a builder who's no worse than most and a lot better than some.

More to the point, there are many people on this forum who've had good experiences and the really miserable experiences are in the minority.

Putting my moderator hat on, I have to point out that this forum isn't a venue for airing grievances - there are plenty of avenues open for pursuing real problems with builders, but bagging a company on the internet isn't the best way to go. There's a pretty clear warning about the dangers of defamation here.

Some of the posts in this thread are pushing the limits and I just wanted to draw that to everyone's attention.


Qas, I look forward to following your progress. Do start up a thread of your own - and be sure to add photos.

We love our PD house but our build was not without hiccups and there is some quality of work that I am not happy with (such as the crappy painting). But that can be fixed up properly later on, when my kids have finished trashing the place.

10 months after moving in they finally turned up yesterday to fix some chips in the front render
We still have a few basins that won't drain the water quickly so the pipes are obviously blocked (PD are aware of this) and a paint mark on the carpet was removed but it's ruined the pile so I am going to hit them up for a whole room of new carpet. This will be address at the 12 mth maintenance appt in August and if necessary the word VCAT will be mentioned.

But despite this, I still love my Illoura

We just sold our current home & ready to finally go and get a quote from pd to build the cremorne 35. Absolutely love the house.
I have read so many negative things about so many builders. But have decided Its the house plan that we love & will make the final decision.
Mel

Hi Ant

We recently built with PD, we had inspections at all major stages.

Good luck with your build.

Ant where are you building? I'll send you a PM with details anyway.
We built with PD and had no issues with getting our own Inspector several times throughout the build. It was definitely worth it and everything was addressed and fixed by PD with no hassle. We received the written report from the inspector the night of the inspection.
PD have been great to deal with. Sure some issues arise but they will with any builder. PD have been great with all of our concerns and addressed them all to our satisfaction. Best to be reasonable and you will get things fixed.
Good luck with build. You'll have good times and bad but the good far outweigh in the end.

I got a copy of the independant inspections that PD advertise on their website and what the sales rep discussed with me and it provided no detail at all. Will arrange my own pre-plaster check once the bricking has been done