Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 26, 2012 7:58 pm -------- Found our dream home : Porter Davis Marbella 42 Me and Mojo's build thread I'm still a rookie please don't shoot me!! -------- Re: Our Marbella Build with Porter Davis 2Nov 26, 2012 8:03 pm Custom downslope build Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=61873 Blog http://www.buildingroyalmanor.blogspot.com.au Re: Our Marbella Build with Porter Davis 3Nov 26, 2012 8:08 pm -------- Found our dream home : Porter Davis Marbella 42 Me and Mojo's build thread I'm still a rookie please don't shoot me!! -------- Re: Our Marbella Build with Porter Davis 4Nov 26, 2012 8:17 pm Custom downslope build Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=61873 Blog http://www.buildingroyalmanor.blogspot.com.au Re: Our Marbella Build with Porter Davis 9May 15, 2013 7:48 pm Custom downslope build Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=61873 Blog http://www.buildingroyalmanor.blogspot.com.au Re: Our Marbella Build with Porter Davis 10May 20, 2013 6:42 pm -------- Found our dream home : Porter Davis Marbella 42 Me and Mojo's build thread I'm still a rookie please don't shoot me!! -------- Re: Our Marbella Build with Porter Davis 13May 20, 2013 11:48 pm -------- Found our dream home : Porter Davis Marbella 42 Me and Mojo's build thread I'm still a rookie please don't shoot me!! -------- Re: Our Marbella Build with Porter Davis 15May 22, 2013 11:56 pm Oops for some reason the link in your signature didn't come up on my phone but now I see it on my computer. Very nice design! How exciting.. I can't wait to get to that stage. Unfortunately we won't have any activity til next month! boo.. -------- Found our dream home : Porter Davis Marbella 42 Me and Mojo's build thread I'm still a rookie please don't shoot me!! -------- Re: Our Marbella Build with Porter Davis 16May 23, 2013 10:27 pm BrownKokonut Well it feels like it's been yonks but our site cut date was today!!! Going over tomorrow to take some pics.. getting excited again! Congrats on the site start Ashy Redbacks but bit wary now hearing all this extra cost you've had to come up with.. Did you get a credit back for any appliances? the 2nd soil survey.. is that done during tender? What does it mean when you say underpinning your neighbours garage? I'm all new to this building thing. is there an existing property already? or are they building same time you are? ---- the Story so far ----- Deposit down 14/11/2012 Tender 01 February 2013 Tiles @ National Tiles 06 February 2013 Colours & Electrical @ Hopetoun 18 February 2013 Contract 25 February 2013 Post Contract Variation + Contract Signed 02 April 2013 Final Drawings 14 May 2013 We are knock down rebuilding in Ashburton Our next door neighbours garage is on our right side boundary, and our site cut is 3 ft below her garage slab. The disappointing thing is that this was not picked up after the first soil survey. Anyhow it's too late to stop, so onward and upward. Yes Porter Davis finally gave in and credited the Blanco appliances. (It took 4 months) We have purchased two high end Siemens ovens, together with a 90 centimetre Siemens Induction plate, as well as a high capacity range hood and Asko Dishwasher. Slab pour has now been put back till June 3rd due to PD waiting for a report that they ad forgotten to order. The site slab supervisor has been very apologetic about the fact that we are almost a month behind in the build and has said that he will be pulling tradesman off houses that are running in front of time in order to get our build back on schedule. Time will tell I suppose. Re: Our Marbella Build with Porter Davis 17May 30, 2013 12:42 pm Thats really interesting to read how yours is going. We are doing a Sandarah 45 and its been a huge pain. So much so we decided to start a blog about it so we can start to get the word out there. We had similar delays due to incompetence and that got very frustrating but its finally getting under way. If you are keen to check out the blog, please feel free to go to http://buildingwithporterdavis.com/ Its really good that we all stay together to let them know exactly how things are. Cheers! Dave. Re: Our Marbella Build with Porter Davis 18Jun 01, 2013 9:28 pm Hi Dave, Your story sounds very familiar to me. Delays seem par for the course. Your house sounds like it will be fantastic once finished. Like your dream home our Marbella 42 is fully optioned, with additional rumpus (music) room and Alfresco minus the PD Blanco kitchen appliances and their flooring. We have organised all this to be done by our own tradesmen once we have the keys. It will all be worth it in the end. Re: Our Marbella Build with Porter Davis 19Jun 05, 2013 2:20 am We were delayed as well because we didn't have all our figures in by our (first) contract date and had to be scheduled in at a later time as they were backed up with jobs. No complains here, they wanted us to sign without giving us a full quote on what we asked for.. mm don't think so. Ashburton in Vic? Beautiful suburb for a beautiful house! Went to high school around that way.. How annoying that they delayed your slab pour. Grrr. I do hope SS keeps his word, or PD offers to pay rent (wishful thinking!) Slight envy reading about the appliances you picked up instead. I had a slight inclination to do that as well, but didn't follow that little voice.. We're hoping to do flooring ourselves too.. What are you planning to put down in terms of flooring? -------- Found our dream home : Porter Davis Marbella 42 Me and Mojo's build thread I'm still a rookie please don't shoot me!! -------- Re: Our Marbella Build with Porter Davis 20Jun 05, 2013 2:45 am P/s following both blogs - interesting reads! -------- Found our dream home : Porter Davis Marbella 42 Me and Mojo's build thread I'm still a rookie please don't shoot me!! -------- Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12344 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17615 of course there are legal avenues. You've already mentioned it. Sue them. I find it odd that lawyers wouldnt be willing to take on the case, given CCT evidence and… 1 23784 |