Porter Davis homes

Power they pay, you pay for water and the services. Apparently thats fair. I called them on it during contract, but they wouldnt budge, I argued that they would use excess, I would be left with it. As I now know. One thing out of mouths doesnt equal the same in reality.

I got a bill for $600. 113,000 Litres of water used during construction.

For perspective, this pool holds 100,000 Litres.

I recently asked our BC about this and she said we should pay for the water bill but PD will be happy to reimburse if water usage exceeds $25 in a month. So I guess you can raise this issue with them

Sorry if this is obvious and a silly hung to ask, but did you double check with the water company that it was correct?

How could they use so much!? Unless a tap was left on for an extended period of time or other builders were using your water?

$600.00 for water! that cant b right. In Victoria, u pay your water rates from.the day the land settles. The builder doesnt pay for water usage and the water people will not read the meter until you actually move in. But how on earth did they use that much. Ours was about 80.00 for excess water after the build. They paid the elec. Have u read the meter yourself to make sure its right? and does that account include your water rates? services ect....

I got a bill for $600. 113,000 Litres of water used during construction.

the ombudsman will help u there for sure. Its impossible to use that amount without filling a pool. Contact them and get them to investigate with the water company. We got 300.00 of our elec bills because our energy company failed to send our accounts on time. You shouldnt have to pay that and can the water company proove that the new meter was actually started at zero? the Ombudsman are brilliant.

Does anybody around you have a pool?

I'm hoping someone from PD can help as we're getting nowhere with our SS now the house has been handed over (on 23 March).

At handover it was noted that 3 of our window frames would get repaired/touched up as they were previously damaged from an attempted theft (in addition to 2 others which already had been repaired). I was concerned that the repairs would be noticeable but SS was confident they could be done well and if we weren't happy they would be replaced.

The repairer came and repaired one of the windows (a slight dint was still visible but we were willing to let that go) but said he couldn't do the other two but said he'd get someone else out to put an aluminium cover on each one. He also said he'd called the SS to come out and inspect them for himself on that day. When SS didn't come I texted him and he said he couldn't make it that day.

Days later when I didn't hear back from the SS I sent a few emails to him and BC. I eventually got a reply from the BC who said our SS said 'all has been completed). All had not been completed so I called the SS to explain that the 2 other windows were in the same condition as the they at handover so he said he'd come and look for himself the next day.

The next day I texted him to ask if he came and he said no, he couldn't make it. The day after that he didn't show again. My partner then contacted him and he told her that we should stop with the messaging and that he doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with them.

What gives? When someone says they'll do something I expect them to do it. It's already been 6 weeks since handover. Our new house has already got repaired windows (not new ones as one would expect) so I don't think we're being unreasonable.

Can someone at PD please help?

Below is an image of one of the windows that needs attention. There's also another one with a slight blemish.