Porter Davis homes

Got to agree with you Mirz, I am feeling very disillusioned at the moment, and to be honest I would happily lose my initial 15k deposit and walk away from PD at the moment if I could. My land hasn't even been scrapped as yet and I have had a couple of thing's happen that make me feel very uncomfortable about building with them. I am not excited one little bit, I am feeling more sick to the stomach about what I am in for.

Hi all, i am new here so pls be nice/patient

I am currently in the framing stage of my build (hoffman 39), so far it has been relatively painless and i am amazed at the speed of which things are progressing. Just recently finished the slab pour last weekend and right now we are nearly halfway with framing which i am told should conclude by end of next week, weather permitting...

I wish i discovered this forum a whole lot sooner, some very valuable tips/advice here, and i am following some blogs with keen interest re your progress

Question for those who have been less than satisfied with their SS - what is his name (first name and last initial is fine)?

We get the keys on Nov 26th

Floating Floors, Light Fittings, Carpets, European Kitchen Appliances, Air-conditioning, Window Dressing, and Landscaping have all been ordered or are already underway.

December 16th (Move In Day)

Christmas House warming party booked as well

well everything was going well with PD until our brickies started!!!! the PD expereince was great up until now. Someone (unsure who) didnt order enough bricks to start with, so when more came they were from a different batch. our fears of different colour and texture became a reality!!! we have very obviously looking differnt coloured bricks between the top half and bottom half of our house, and a different render colour as well. We have put together a letter that is 13 pages long (though mostly photos) of all the issues we have with the bricks. And we wont be paying the lock up stage invoice until they have been rectified. Luckily we found a blog last night where PD agreed to pull down the terrible bricks and start again, so luckily we have a precedence.
Has anyone else had issues with their bricks?
The rest of the house has been going really well, and again the expereince has been great, until the brick issue.

Ohhhhh NOOOOOO! That's terrible!!!!!!!!!!!!

we really dont like render, and wont be agreeable to have it, we are building in GIppsland where there are frequent mini earth quakes, and most render looks foul after a few years. Some looks ok, but not a lot.

We are hoping to have a re do, as another person had.

but will have to await a see, but definately not going to let them blow us off on this one.

just a matter of wait and see i guess

Suzybuzy - Yikes, that is terrible...

What brick is that? There is something they can do - altho I am sure they will be reluctant... It is called Nawkaw. (google it - they have a website) It recolours the brick... I would be demanding that occurs.

Did they say they didn't order enough bricks? Maybe the wrong batch was sent out and the brickies didn't notice it... But to me, doesn't really look the same colour at all....

Good luck...

Ah, the joys of chasing builders. I disliked it during construction, and now that I'm two months past handover I like it even less.

The list of problems is shrinking slowly, but my bet is we will reach the three month inspection with items outstanding from handover day.

If it had the chance to do it again I would not have accepted the keys.

It's a nice house, I'm happy with the overall product but the little mistakes, oversights and incomplete items really do take the fun out of the experience.


Small handover tip too - test your heating. If it's not working you can expect a fairly horrible experience dealing with a Brivis. I'm up to my fifth service fallout for a problem that existed at installation. PD leaves you to deal with the manufacturer by yourself, and they have the most unprofessional way of making service bookings I've ever encountered (you get a vague time no earlier than 7pm the night before they come out, making it impossible to organise time off work without taking a full day off). After five days off to let heater repairers in I'm just about ready to have the heater decommissioned and destroyed.


HD

Suzybuzy - sorry to hear about the bricks, I really hope you get a solution as I wouldn't be happy with that either!
It is great to see that so many builds are ticking along! I can't wait until ours starts.

Not much to update from our end - our land has been delayed, again, we should get it in Feb. So at this stage we have a March site start.

We've had a few administration issues - we signed our contract 4 months ago and we are still working on our PCV but I think we've nutted them out. A month of that 4 months was spent putting our build 'on hold' and looking at other builders but after a lot of consideration, we decided the PD house we had chosen was for us.

We've had a second electrical appointment to clarify a few things and work through some changes. This has made us comfortable with everything moving forward and I think we should have a final PCV to review this week.

Many thanks to Helen for assisting with my concerns. If anyone here has any issues, it is best to contact Helen via PM as she can help direct your query to the most appropriate person. Thank you Helen