Porter Davis homes

big mistake but some would love it to happen to them. If you like the render then count your blessings and keep it.

Hello I'm building a dbl storey lifestyle!
On my final drawings it has a pic of the tap.
From memory im sure it looks like no 3!
You'd think it would be no 1? In my contract my basin & countertop were the onky upgrades, not the mixer!

Mel

Hey Mel,

check you selection doc, tap 1 is called the Porcher Quatre Wall Top Assembly

Anyone know what the options for the Timber look garage doors is with PD and how much of an upgrade cost they are?

3 Colors a Light, a Medium and a Dark.

Upgrade cost on a prestige is $1200

The Dark is awesome, the middle is a redder color, and the light is quite light.

We upgraded to the Cedar Panelift - should be going in next week (fingers crossed) so I'll post a pic when it's in... I loved the darker one but in meant we would have had to have a dark front door and dark decking under the portico... as it is with the dark bricks we tend to hum the Death Star March from Star Wars!! hehe

Hi Humble,


Heading off to look at two homes with Buckwheat brick. Went past one of the homes last night and saw they were just on the ground, no bricks up yet. But still atleast we can get an idea how the the bricks look.

Then off two National Tiles to view tiles for our selection on Tuesday. Sunday off to Carpet Court to look at carpets.

The sun is out this morning. Hope it stays this way.

Went down to the unfinished house with the hawksburn bricks in Point Cook. We have found our brick. Looks good. Bizarre house however. Who has 3 types of bricks on there front facade? Hope there is some render going on somewhere.

The hawksburn are awesome, different to the hawthorn, in fact, I would say better!

Went back to the Waldorf in Williams Landing for a look at the kitchen, it has the same bench and cupboards as what we have chosen, same colour tiles as well except ours wont be shiny.

Had a good day! Now to chillax in front of the projector and watch a movie.

We had a look too humble...they look great. There must be render going on that lighter brick. Maybe they have a light render and need a lighter brick so colour doesn't show through?

Hi Humble and Rups...did either of you get a photo by any chance? I had also picked out Hawthorn bricks with my builder and unfortunately I am in the country and there are no samples here yet and Austral have no idea when they will get them.

They sometimes just use commons for rendered areas, especially if the bricks for the rest of the house are higher categories. Commons will just be basically left overs, end of run etc. Still perfect quality, just cheaper than higher category bricks.

Hi Kezza71,

We didn't, but will grab some tomorrow and post. We live a few houses up...

That's good to hear Humble. Good outcome in the end. I guess it was meant to be. We were going to pop into the Waldorf today to look at the front hallway entrance. We went to National Tiles for browsing and they told us the front entrance hallway costs $6300 to do in that Waldorf. It looks amazing. They're porceline tiles which are bit too expensive for us to do, so we looked at cheaper porcelin tiles with the silimar colouring. We were told it would be half the price this way.

The Buckwheat brick we looked at were on a finished house which was great to see. They were ok. It's hard to tell how our place would look with them when the house is not designed as per our facade. They had a little render though but no moulding around the windows, which made the home look a bit plain. It looks like we will stick with the Buckwheat. Still have one more home to look at tomorrow as we ran out of time today. Yes, there are some weired homes and colour choices out there. Each to their own I guess.

Enjoy your movie Humble. I am listening to my other half at the moment play his guitar and sing "That's Alright Momma" (Elvis Presley)

Just wondering if this is acceptable work any one have any ideas.





Given this will be covered with plaster boards, I am more concerned about the structural support for the spa.

Is this usually how it is done? Or should I be concerned?

I'm no expert but have seen a few bathroom renovations in my time... the important part is that the spa's weight is evenly supported, hence the bricks and the slurry. As long as it looks even it is fine.

The only drawback of seeing a house constructed step by step is that you get to see all of the fine details that make a home come together - sometimes they look rather "slap-dash", but in actual fact it's how they are done Would be nice if we could order a house and then only see it when it is completed

Would anyone have the types / name of supplier of handles used by PD for the cupboards. It will be nice if you could also give the prices too if you have them you.

The Hopetoun consultant did not have the price available with them. I have been informed by our CSC to wait until we sign the contract for the prices.

Here's some pictures of the handles on offer. I don't have pricing for all of them, as we went with no. 4, 5, 6 and 34. I'll have to look through my doc's to find pricing. Hopefully others who have chosen different handles will be able to provide you with pricing

Got some pics on the iPhone, but found it much easier to post to our blog (yes, shameless promotion).

Check them out here:

http://kapconswc.blogspot.com/2011/06/brick-change.html

Hi Rups,


Can you please let me the address where you and humble saw the Hawksburn. My hubby would like to see them as we may prefer them to the Buckwheat.

Thank you,

eli-kay123

Yep - sent you a PM