Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building a PD Illoura 262Feb 19, 2009 10:01 am Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: Building a PD Illoura 271Feb 20, 2009 5:57 pm thanks mate re the list
we were told pci is in 4 wks!! i was in the house today and listed things that i seen one of the light switches was "ganged the wrong way"!!! cracks in skirts are bad! its like the next guy in the process line cops the guy befores stuffups when i walked in front door the two peirs are about 15 20 mm out funny how you dont see things till later!!!! thanks again Re: Building a PD Illoura 272Mar 14, 2009 10:18 pm Hi MikkyG
Long time, no update. Whats happening at your end? Re: Building a PD Illoura 273Mar 15, 2009 10:17 am House is looking good. I've grabbed a copy of your pci list to get us started. Ours has to be at least 8 weeks away. DH has already started a list of things we've spotted before we got locked out on thursday. Your list will be really helpful. Re: Building a PD Illoura 274Mar 16, 2009 9:17 am Sorry for the massive lack of updates, things were happening at a frantic pace.
We had handover scheduled and delayed about 3 times due to us finding more and more things wrong, some were simple, paint scuffs etc some were major glass splash back too short and walls that were WAY out of alignment. However as of last Friday we are offically moved in. There is still plenty of work to do, but my work kinda went **** up so we needed to make the move sooner rather than later. A quick list of things still to do: * Get carpet stretched in bedroom as there is currently a cap between carpet and wall * Exhaust cover for range hood needs to be reordered and fitted * Missing electical point in bathroom needs to be addressed * Service on the bifolds as they are jamming * Tile replaced in roof, we had a leak after the rain on the weekend * Complete the install of the aircon Im sure they'll make us wait and wait and wait now that we have handed over the money, but we'll see. As those who have followed our progress will know we have been pretty big supporters of PD, perhaps the most vocal supports in the face of some pretty ordinary construction. To sum up the whole thing heres a few observations about PD and perhaps building in general: * In our opinion PD had 4 out of the 5 top designs we chose, we really like their designs above all others * The sales people were totaly transparent and told us everything and sometimes more than we needed to know when it came to inclusions and costs of display items * The customer service reps were FANTASTIC and very understanding when things werent going the way we expected. * The building stage is where I'll level my aim at, some of the things that gave us the most trouble were (as explained by PD themselfs) 101 f_ck-ups. The simplest stuff they got wrong, and even having their independant inspectors + our own wasn't enough to keep this sinking ship afloat. * Keeping on your SS's back is ESSENTIAL, dont feel like a bastard just do it! Had we been more active in this area we would have found our first SS to be a complete waste of air instead of having to find that out after so many screw ups. To PD's credit they pulled this bloke off the job and got a much better guy in to get us over the line. But the mistakes from that initail tool has left such a bitter taste. In short I would say that if we ever built a house again it would be a PD design.... not build by PD. Re: Building a PD Illoura 275Mar 17, 2009 3:49 pm Hi MikkyG
Seems like you are still not happy with the overall experience. Are you not happy with the quality of your house or is it the muck ups that you cant get over. I remember, you being the biggest supporter and very positive about the whole thing. Its a real shame for PD to make a customer like you unhappy. Where are the pics. Are you settling down better. What is PD doing about the leaks? Re: Building a PD Illoura 276Mar 17, 2009 7:29 pm I walked past tonight and figured you were in - since your blinds are up, and the HWS installed. Nothing gets past me....
I think you'll find that most of the items that need attention will get taken care of pretty quickly. But just in case, ring your SS every week until it's done. Ours was probably sick of hearing from us. Hopefully everything will be sorted out in a few weeks and you can settle down to enjoying your new home. Re: Building a PD Illoura 277Mar 20, 2009 8:27 am homeishome Hi MikkyG Seems like you are still not happy with the overall experience. Are you not happy with the quality of your house or is it the muck ups that you cant get over. I remember, you being the biggest supporter and very positive about the whole thing. Its a real shame for PD to make a customer like you unhappy. Where are the pics. Are you settling down better. What is PD doing about the leaks? They quality is fine, theres plenty of painting that even I could do better, but maybe thats me expecting too much from experiances professional painters, *shrugs* And the carpet nail strips are starting to come through also. But generally its the screw ups along the way, we didnt really get held up too much but to hear your new SS say your house was built back to front and that there are so many just little things that are wrong it really puts a downer on it all. But they have been good about getting things organised and fixed, the air-con got connected yesterday, the flue over the rang hood is still on order but we got an update yesterday so still feel in-the-loop, the carpet is getting restreched in one of the bedrooms, the leaking roof got taken care of yesterday afternoon, the painter is waiting for any staining on the ceiling from the leak to appear before he comes back through to do some touch ups and seal the bathroom, electrician is booked for monday to put in the missing power point, and the bifolds will get a service once they find the instruction manual and get someone out. Re: Building a PD Illoura 278Mar 20, 2009 8:29 am kek I walked past tonight and figured you were in - since your blinds are up, and the HWS installed. Nothing gets past me.... I think you'll find that most of the items that need attention will get taken care of pretty quickly. But just in case, ring your SS every week until it's done. Ours was probably sick of hearing from us. Hopefully everything will be sorted out in a few weeks and you can settle down to enjoying your new home. Yeah and now the fence has been completed we can begin setting up the backyard for the 2 little dogs that will anoy the neighbours Our SS has been good and hes already been around himself once now to check on things, so I feel the after handover customer service is up to scratch even for a large builder. Re: Building a PD Illoura 279Mar 20, 2009 8:52 am Oh and the reason theres been no photo updates is we cant get our bigpond internet account setup out at our place, infact we cant get ADSL2 at all. So I've organised to move to TPG but they have a 1-2 week turn around, so maybe next week. Re: Building a PD Illoura 280Mar 20, 2009 10:19 am We have Canterbury Doors coming to do a service on our bifolds on the 7th... maybe they can call round and do yours at the same time.
Good luck with the internet thing - ours was no drama, just a bit of a delay for a week or so. I guess it depends on the provider. Thanks for your reply. I will just wait and see I guess. Trying to get some more information from our builder. 9 30235 go upvc window frames ensure insulation under colorbond. not just sarking, lighter color roof also not sure if you have seen this viewtopic.php?t=5823 last couple of pages… 4 110524 |