Porter Davis homes

hahaha.. thats quite funny.

On a serious note has anyone (I'm expecting everyone) had PD do the "telstra Underground trench". What does this involve in terms of labour and materials? The only reason I ask is at $462 it better be more than 10m of conduit and a hole in the ground!!

Thanks Mikey, done that and have received an acknowledgement from our BC that it will be repaired prior to handover.

Got a call yesterday from my SS asking to meet at the house today to discuss some stuff. Met up with him and it was great to see the house on the inside. First on the agenda was the pantry benchtop that I hate and SS is seeing if they can get a bullnose in the 20mm laminate (or pencil round) and he will fix it. Hats off to PD on that one as they don't have to but it's a compromise on the staircase so agreed to paint the staircase stringer black and am going to move on on that front.

Decision needed to be made about the main bathroom as the cabinet doesn't meet the bath hob (out by about 100mm) so would have a weird little gap. Usual fix (ongoing design fault!) is to shorten the cabinet by 150mm but my preferred fix is to extend the hob to the cabinet. This means that the end cupboard may need to become drawers but that would be perfect for us as somehow we missed the lack of drawers in the bathroom. It's so funny that you pore over your plans etc and still miss the most basic of things you'd want.

Got to look at my caesar stone on the kitchen bench (no join as promised) and in our ensuite. Can't wait to see it all finished! Plumbers were there doing the plumbing fit off inside and gutters. Painters were busy working, did I mention how excited I was that we talked to them last week??? They were going to paint the inside of our external doors the same colour as outside! Checked that again with SS and he said that Hopetoun should have noted our request to have internal colour the same as the internal paintwork, I would have been very unimpressed especially as we asked specifically about it at colours.

Overall we are really happy with the build and our SS is great. He said that he thinks we're a June finish but I've told him we don't need it to be hurried just done well. SS mentioned that we were a week behind as a SS in Melb had left and left a mess so his trades (including painter) had to go and fix up some stuff. Hope that hasn't affected one of you guys!



Ours only cost $308??



I am becoming bitter and twisted, but mine was never fixed (nothing major) just a chip. But it was never fixed.

Dont even get me started on Maintenance.

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Sorry to hear that things are going well for you after handover, other than the maintenance stuff are you happy in your house?

The council would b resposible for the crossover. Let them know whats going on. Send them photos as well.

My SS was replaced which sort of meant another week or two delay (in Week 37 now). That was 2 weeks ago so the new SS is on top of it now. As far as I know, PD had a little restructure and a few SS's were moved to other roles in the company. I guess some might of also left the company.

Hi everyone,

Quick update we are now in our house and loving it! I thought the day would never come.

We accepted the house without the render being done and a storm water drain to the patio as there was so much rain which delayed it, but we emailed our BC and SS daily until it was done which was 2 and 3 days later. Fortunately i am home for 2 weeks to make sure all is done.

We had a leak under one of the ensuite and they had a plumber out the next day. If anything comes up we email the BC and call the SS and it usally gets answered right away which is different from during the build. Our SS actually asked us the other day to not email our BC as he gets in trouble we replied saying if you actually returned phone calls we wouldnt have to email her and the SS then said your right, so he now returns calls and if he doesnt we email the BC.

All in all yes the build had stressful moments but now we are in everything is great and running smoothly.

I hope everyone else's build are still going smoothly and start packing a few weeks early because the move in date comes up quick. We thankfully had a lot of help unpacking and only now have maybe 10 boxes in the garage which have a few items we need to look at.

Best of luck everyone! I will let you know when our blog is updated with pictures.

Soooooo impatient for our build to start! I feel like we are in limbo! Waiting waiting. It also means the longer the start delay, the longer I'm in this rental. Which is ok; but it's not our lovely forever home.

I'm feeling that too! We're staying with family which is great from a financial p.o.v. but it's crowded and the commutes for hubby and I are really long.

We were told out file is due to "go to construction" next Monday, anyone care to share how long to start it was for them from this point?

5 months, MP. We were told it would be 2-3 but then SS just laughed that off saying that was never going to happen.