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Browse Forums Building A New House  27 Feb 2012 128 VIC Senior Member 28 Nov 2010 475 VIC Gold Member Re: Porter Davis homes 6142Sep 24, 2012 11:41 pm  Rups J & CCan someone please let me know if the pre-wired cables are left inside the wall or is to be pulled out. They'll be pulled through and terminated appropriately. The guys that do that are different to the ones that do power and lights. Thanks Rups for this but when we queried this with our SS we were informed us that the wires will be left in the wall and that we will have to pull them out later. When you pre-wired the home theater the speaker cables are pulled out (not all though...that's another story...WIP) but the projector cables are left in the ceiling this does not make sense. According to the SS the intercom wired will be left in the wall even though we have specified the height. Re: Porter Davis homes 6143Sep 25, 2012 12:59 am ma2531hi guys, updated blog for thise intrested. Hey MA I'm blog stalking you (3 months in myself) and it's looking good ! Love the tiles. How long to go ? regards Mikey 25 Oct 2011 256 Melbourne Silver Member Re: Porter Davis homes 6144Sep 25, 2012 9:34 am ma2531hi guys, updated blog for thise intrested. Wow! It looks great, you must be so pleased  27 Feb 2012 128 VIC Senior Member Re: Porter Davis homes 6145Sep 25, 2012 12:00 pm J & C Rups J & CCan someone please let me know if the pre-wired cables are left inside the wall or is to be pulled out. They'll be pulled through and terminated appropriately. The guys that do that are different to the ones that do power and lights. Thanks Rups for this but when we queried this with our SS we were informed us that the wires will be left in the wall and that we will have to pull them out later. When you pre-wired the home theater the speaker cables are pulled out (not all though...that's another story...WIP) but the projector cables are left in the ceiling this does not make sense. According to the SS the intercom wired will be left in the wall even though we have specified the height. hi j&c. just on ther cabling story, it must depend on the s/s. cause ours have had the wires pulled thru as you can see in our blog pics. they did have to locate them as after they plastered they could not find them. aslo called the intercom people and they installed our intercom which now they have removed just in case someone breaks in, now they will come back on handover day to install. Also on the cabling in the theartre room our s/s has said if we have the sound system ready will can get it fit off on handover day,but if we havnt the system ready he will comw back with the plans for cabling and pull them thru when we are ready after handover so just ask ur s/s if he can do the same for you. 27 Feb 2012 128 VIC Senior Member Re: Porter Davis homes 6146Sep 25, 2012 12:04 pm  Mikey_Harrison ma2531hi guys, updated blog for thise intrested. Hey MA I'm blog stalking you (3 months in myself) and it's looking good ! Love the tiles. How long to go ? regards Mikey thanks mickey, hopefully within 2 weeks now. hope ur enjoying the blog even thou its a bit boring.but to us building we get exicited! 27 Feb 2012 128 VIC Senior Member Re: Porter Davis homes 6147Sep 25, 2012 12:06 pm monkeypantz ma2531hi guys, updated blog for thise intrested. Wow! It looks great, you must be so pleased hey monkeypantz, hopefully we can get on this site in a couple of weeks and have the same handover day! 25 Oct 2011 256 Melbourne Silver Member Re: Porter Davis homes 6148Sep 25, 2012 1:11 pm Our temporary fencing came down yesterday, and the rubbish cage moved  There's still a toilet in the front yard, but the house looks great without all that junk in front of it Re: Porter Davis homes 6149Sep 25, 2012 2:23 pm With the cabling we asked at our appointment they said if we didnt specify to have them pulled through And where we wanted them they would just be left behind the plaster Building the Montague 21 by Porter Davis at The Estuary, Leopold. Our Blog: http://porterdavismontague21.blogspot.com.au/ 21 Jan 2011 1,289 VIC Gold Member Re: Porter Davis homes 6150Sep 25, 2012 2:24 pm  seashoremontague21With the cabling we asked at our appointment they said if we didnt specify to have them pulled through And where we wanted them they would just be left behind the plaster same here, we specified that the cables had to be pulled through the ceiling and wall. 28 Nov 2010 475 VIC Gold Member Re: Porter Davis homes 6151Sep 25, 2012 9:13 pm Rups J & CCan someone please let me know if the pre-wired cables are left inside the wall or is to be pulled out. hi j&c. just on ther cabling story, it must depend on the s/s. cause ours have had the wires pulled thru as you can see in our blog pics. they did have to locate them as after they plastered they could not find them. aslo called the intercom people and they installed our intercom which now they have removed just in case someone breaks in, now they will come back on handover day to install. Also on the cabling in the theartre room our s/s has said if we have the sound system ready will can get it fit off on handover day,but if we havnt the system ready he will comw back with the plans for cabling and pull them thru when we are ready after handover so just ask ur s/s if he can do the same for you. Your house looks brilliant, I like the stain that has been used on the doors. We will get the SS to do the same as far as pre-wires are concerned, its amazing to note that they have different process for similar tasks. 06 Jan 2012 120 VIC Senior Member Porter Davis homes 6152Sep 26, 2012 8:25 am Frustrating! Day 5 of nice weather after slab pour and NOTHING has happened.... How often did u guys actually hear from your SS with updates? 25 Oct 2011 256 Melbourne Silver Member Porter Davis homes 6153Sep 26, 2012 8:40 am cinderella_375How often did u guys actually hear from your SS with updates? Sporadically. Early on it was probably every 3-4 weeks, and we might hear from the BC fortnightly. Must be so frustrating for you seeing nothing happen. Sometimes I'm glad we can only visit our site weekly so we usually see some change (although TBH, mostly I hate it and wish we lived closer!) 21 Jan 2011 1,289 VIC Gold Member Re: Porter Davis homes 6155Sep 26, 2012 9:41 am cinderella_375Frustrating! Day 5 of nice weather after slab pour and NOTHING has happened.... How often did u guys actually hear from your SS with updates? The slab takes 28 day to reach 99% of its structual strength. take it as a good thing that PD are taking time to build the frame. 04 Dec 2011 58 VIC Loyal Member Re: Porter Davis homes 6156Sep 26, 2012 11:26 am Hi All. Did anyone on here get 300x600 porcelain matte finish tiles and have issues cleaning initially? What do you recommend using to get a nice finish? Cheers Re: Porter Davis homes 6157Sep 26, 2012 4:21 pm Doreen_Kallara33Hi All. Did anyone on here get 300x600 porcelain matte finish tiles and have issues cleaning initially? What do you recommend using to get a nice finish? Cheers Hi Doreen_Kallara33 I'm concerned if you are still having problems with your tile cleaning as I had responded to your previous post on this issue on August 27. At that time, I sent you a link (below) to an overall guide on how to look after porcelain tiles from Lithofin, the supplier of tile care products recommended by National Tiles. If following the recommendations outlined in this link are not giving you the desired result, please feel free to send me a private message and I will look further into this matter for you. Cheers Helen http://tools.cdkstone.com.au/index.cfm/page/productdetail/id/678/FZ-INFO Porter Davis Homes Questions? Call 1800PORTER Mon - Fri 9am-8pm Sat - Sun 10am-4pm info@porterdavis.com.au http://blog.porterdavis.com.au/ http://www.porterdavishomes.com.au 10 Sep 2012 21 VIC Junior Member Re: Porter Davis homes 6158Sep 27, 2012 12:35 am just updated ourhttp://sandringham45.blogspot.com.au frames have almost been completed! we made a dear error in our colour selections. Does anyone know if we can even have the slightest chance of changing it now that we're in construction stage? For some odd reason, our colour coordinator didn't note down in his selections that we want our garage door pale WHITE. He instead had it down as the same as our downpipes, some faded BROWN colour (colourbond dune). Our BC says that theres NO way possible that we can get this sorted out since we're at construction already. If theres no way then it looks like we'll have to do a paint over the door after hand over. Im thinking something like this: http://www.bnd.com.au/timber-coat/ I can't believe we mange to miss it...but i guess when you're building a house, theres always a chance for an error. PLEASE advise!! 05 May 2011 998 VIC Gold Member Re: Porter Davis homes 6159Sep 27, 2012 12:41 am gabsterjust updated ourhttp://sandringham45.blogspot.com.au frames have almost been completed! we made a dear error in our colour selections. Does anyone know if we can even have the slightest chance of changing it now that we're in construction stage? For some odd reason, our colour coordinator didn't note down in his selections that we want our garage door pale WHITE. He instead had it down as the same as our downpipes, some faded BROWN colour (colourbond dune). Our BC says that theres NO way possible that we can get this sorted out since we're at construction already. If theres no way then it looks like we'll have to do a paint over the door after hand over. Im thinking something like this: http://www.bnd.com.au/timber-coat/ I can't believe we mange to miss it...but i guess when you're building a house, theres always a chance for an error. PLEASE advise!! Force teh issue, they would not have ordered your door yet, not 4+ months out. PCV.  10 Sep 2012 21 VIC Junior Member Re: Porter Davis homes 6160Sep 27, 2012 12:45 am humble gabsterjust updated ourhttp://sandringham45.blogspot.com.au frames have almost been completed! we made a dear error in our colour selections. Does anyone know if we can even have the slightest chance of changing it now that we're in construction stage? For some odd reason, our colour coordinator didn't note down in his selections that we want our garage door pale WHITE. He instead had it down as the same as our downpipes, some faded BROWN colour (colourbond dune). Our BC says that theres NO way possible that we can get this sorted out since we're at construction already. If theres no way then it looks like we'll have to do a paint over the door after hand over. Im thinking something like this: http://www.bnd.com.au/timber-coat/ I can't believe we mange to miss it...but i guess when you're building a house, theres always a chance for an error. PLEASE advise!! Force teh issue, they would not have ordered your door yet, not 4+ months out. PCV. Are you speaking from experience humble? Would I just ask them again? haha! I don't want to seem like a pain in the butt to them... but then again, it could save me $$$ !! Wow that is terrible about the insurance! I guess ideally proof of insurance should be provided prior to first deposit but I'd imagine they would refuse to be out of… 17 9796 There isn't any need to. As I wrote previously, there isn't a set term, there is just commencement based on earlier of contract signing or building permit issue and… 24 9451 Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 2862  |
