Porter Davis homes

Rups · Nov 21, 2011 4:50 pm

Single Storey indeed... A roof would be awesome, but we're happy to wait for our SS' preferred trades if it means a better quality job

Audreyand Oscar · Nov 21, 2011 4:54 pm

Totally agree R&L - and it sounds like you have a good one!!

Rups · Nov 21, 2011 6:18 pm

A&O, your house pics look great. We actually did a drive by the other night and it looks beautiful. Is that door in the pic coming off your rumpus?
Leanne

Mews · Nov 21, 2011 9:25 pm

About to start building after months of waiting, hoping the next part is cleaner.
Enjoying everyone's journey and the advice received thru the forum, in particular telstra.

Rob
http://waldorf48wonga.blogspot.com/2011 ... -date.html

tstr1a · Nov 21, 2011 11:49 pm

Mews

About to start building after months of waiting, hoping the next part is cleaner.
Enjoying everyone's journey and the advice received thru the forum, in particular telstra.

Rob
http://waldorf48wonga.blogspot.com/2011 ... -date.html

Best of luck Rob

humble · Nov 22, 2011 5:54 am

Sparkies have been through cutting holes in freshly painted plasterboard. As I suspected, and has now been proven, all the data cabling through the house was not completed at frame stage, and they have not made holes for the data points in any of the rooms. My SS claimed it was done before the plaster went up, clearly it has not.

Our Caeser has gone in also.. looks the goods, a little darker then I thought, but the wife thinks its spot on, single slab as well on the kitchen island! 3.19m!

Still dont completely understand why the house will take that long now, sure we have a stack of tiling.. maybe thats the reason, but seriously, after this week, we have flooring and showers to do.

Audreyand Oscar · Nov 22, 2011 8:44 am

Thanks Leanne - the single door is off the rumpus/games - the stacker is off the kistchen/living room - once I'm in and you are doing a drive by you will have to stop and say hi!

Can't wait until we are all real neighbours and not just cyber neighbours!

Congrats Rob and good luck with your build!

tstr1a · Nov 22, 2011 9:13 am

Tiling shouldn’t take longer than a week. I have heaps on tiling in my place and it took a week.

Team PD · Nov 22, 2011 11:58 am

Mews

About to start building after months of waiting, hoping the next part is cleaner.
Enjoying everyone's journey and the advice received thru the forum, in particular telstra.

Rob
http://waldorf48wonga.blogspot.com/2011 ... -date.html

Hi Mews,
I’m glad to hear your build is starting soon. I’m sure tstr1a’s journey will be very helpful for your building the Waldorf and all. I love your wall paper for your blog too, it’s a great picture. I can’t wait to see some of your updates. Cheers, Ebony

karmaz · Nov 22, 2011 4:12 pm

Rob, tstr1a has a wealth of advice. Good luck with your build!

Wateman · Nov 22, 2011 4:45 pm

What is a Pre-Construction Inspection form?

Rups · Nov 22, 2011 9:47 pm

No idea Wateman... Never heard of it. Is it a PD thing?

Wateman · Nov 22, 2011 10:26 pm

Yeah my BC said she was sending that out to me. I pretended I knew what she is talking about.
Guess I gotta wait n see!

humble · Nov 22, 2011 10:27 pm

Wateman

Yeah my BC said she was sending that out to me. I pretended I knew what she is talking about.
Guess I gotta wait n see!

Not PD land? I assume its like a site prep checklist/signoff then.

Alpal · Nov 22, 2011 11:36 pm

Wateman

What is a Pre-Construction Inspection form?

Maybe its the letter indicating the start date and stage details?
I recieved this only a couple of days ago - right before the start of the slab...
Would expect you and Rups to recieve this any day now if not already.
No mention of any checklist with me....
Cheers

cattycatcat · Nov 23, 2011 8:15 am

Just a quick drop in/update from me..

We were slabed last Friday and our SS said the frame work will start today!! There's photo's on my blog - http://www.ourwallanhome.blogspot.com/

Our SS called me Monday at 2.30 to let me know the slab was all good and 4 minutes later I received an email invoice from PD accounts payable requesting the first progress payment.. They sure don't mess around

JLD · Nov 23, 2011 10:17 am

Arrrrggghhhh! Just found out our bricks have been discontinued.....not angry just bemused as to how we're supposed to pick another brick when there's no similar brick in the same price range??

Rups · Nov 23, 2011 10:50 am

Which bricks are discontinued?

humble · Nov 23, 2011 11:03 am

JLD

Arrrrggghhhh! Just found out our bricks have been discontinued.....not angry just bemused as to how we're supposed to pick another brick when there's no similar brick in the same price range??

Been there done that.. ::angry::

Hope it works out for you..

Team PD · Nov 23, 2011 11:06 am

JLD

Arrrrggghhhh! Just found out our bricks have been discontinued.....not angry just bemused as to how we're supposed to pick another brick when there's no similar brick in the same price range??

Hi JLD,
I’m sorry to hear about your bricks being discontinued. I can understand how frustrating this is for you, especially if you’re saying there is no similar brick. What bricks had you selected? There are a few reasons why this sometimes happens with our suppliers and we don’t always get informed as quick as we’d like. To help you a little further we have a blog post which explains this - http://blog.porterdavis.com.au/index.php/2010-10/hit-a-brick-wall-with-your-brick-selection/ Have you spoken with your BC about your options? Cheers, Ebony