Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building the Waldorf Grange by Porter Davis 282May 13, 2017 7:22 pm Customised Burbank Indigo/Hawthorn in Officer VIC https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.p ... 2#p1680752 Re: Building the Waldorf Grange by Porter Davis 285May 13, 2017 9:26 pm Home Blog: https://waldorfgrange.wordpress.com/ Re: Building the Waldorf Grange by Porter Davis 289May 15, 2017 5:29 pm Waldorf_Grange_Build bd3watson Looks good fingers crossed Darbecca don't find much Yes, hope so. How is yours coming along? Slowly, very slowly... We would have been in this week however everything was pushed back because of them having to redo the master ensuite... All that is left is: Driveway Light in void for stairs Shower screens Then I will assume we will have PCI... I want it to be this week so badly(and maybe it will be, I should find out tomorrow however most likely it will be early next week...) it's like a kick in the guts that the house is so close yet so far.... It's so so so nice inside, I want the keys so badly!! When is your Darbecca inspection? I remember being at that stage and I was like "oh the tradies have done a great job" and was even considering giving them a slab for the good work but my wife said "just wait till the inspection" then we got back the report and I felt so good that I didn't give them the slab especially when it was like 50 pages!! Home Blog: https://waldorfgrange.wordpress.com/ Re: Building the Waldorf Grange by Porter Davis 290May 15, 2017 5:43 pm bd3watson Waldorf_Grange_Build bd3watson Looks good fingers crossed Darbecca don't find much Yes, hope so. How is yours coming along? Slowly, very slowly... We would have been in this week however everything was pushed back because of them having to redo the master ensuite... All that is left is: Driveway Light in void for stairs Shower screens Then I will assume we will have PCI... I want it to be this week so badly(and maybe it will be, I should find out tomorrow however most likely it will be early next week...) it's like a kick in the guts that the house is so close yet so far.... It's so so so nice inside, I want the keys so badly!! When is your Darbecca inspection? I remember being at that stage and I was like "oh the tradies have done a great job" and was even considering giving them a slab for the good work but my wife said "just wait till the inspection" then we got back the report and I felt so good that I didn't give them the slab especially when it was like 50 pages!! Wow you are so close. It must make it hard to see the finish line and be waiting. Nice that you got the driveway as part of the PD work. We will get our keys and then have to book that in later. We showed our Site Supervisor your blog from frame stage before they started so I am hoping it means they were extra careful on those things so as to not have the same issues. Inspection is 8am this Thursday. Re: Building the Waldorf Grange by Porter Davis 291May 18, 2017 6:23 pm We had our slab and frame inspection this morning. I've just summarised the findings on the blog here >> https://waldorfgrangebuild.wordpress.co ... nspection/ 24 items! Re: Building the Waldorf Grange by Porter Davis 292May 18, 2017 6:55 pm Waldorf_Grange_Build We had our slab and frame inspection this morning. I've just summarised the findings on the blog here >> https://waldorfgrangebuild.wordpress.co ... nspection/ 24 items! That's a lot of issues, and most of them don't sound minor either! Building a Kew 28 with Porter Davis Re: Building the Waldorf Grange by Porter Davis 293May 18, 2017 6:57 pm Waldorf_Grange_Build We had our slab and frame inspection this morning. I've just summarised the findings on the blog here >> https://waldorfgrangebuild.wordpress.co ... nspection/ 24 items! Wow!!! That's very thorough, we will definitely be using them. Hopefully it doesn't take to long for them to rectify the issues. Re: Building the Waldorf Grange by Porter Davis 294May 18, 2017 9:18 pm Hurrow Waldorf_Grange_Build We had our slab and frame inspection this morning. I've just summarised the findings on the blog here >> https://waldorfgrangebuild.wordpress.co ... nspection/ 24 items! That's a lot of issues, and most of them don't sound minor either! Yeah there are quite a few that relate to the overall structural integrity of the home. If not fixed could have led to major problems down the track. Re: Building the Waldorf Grange by Porter Davis 295May 18, 2017 9:28 pm nikil Waldorf_Grange_Build We had our slab and frame inspection this morning. I've just summarised the findings on the blog here >> https://waldorfgrangebuild.wordpress.co ... nspection/ 24 items! Wow!!! That's very thorough, we will definitely be using them. Hopefully it doesn't take to long for them to rectify the issues. I'm hoping they will be motivated to fix the issues promptly so that they can receive their next progress payment. They haven't invoiced us yet but if it comes through we will be holding off processing until these items are rectified. Re: Building the Waldorf Grange by Porter Davis 296May 18, 2017 9:29 pm Waldorf_Grange_Build nikil Waldorf_Grange_Build We had our slab and frame inspection this morning. I've just summarised the findings on the blog here >> https://waldorfgrangebuild.wordpress.co ... nspection/ 24 items! Wow!!! That's very thorough, we will definitely be using them. Hopefully it doesn't take to long for them to rectify the issues. I'm hoping they will be motivated to fix the issues promptly so that they can receive their next progress payment. They haven't invoiced us yet but if it comes through we will be holding off processing until these items are rectified. And rightly so. I wonder how many people (like myself before finding this forum) just think well they are professional builders everything will be fine. Re: Building the Waldorf Grange by Porter Davis 297May 18, 2017 9:31 pm nikil Waldorf_Grange_Build nikil Wow!!! That's very thorough, we will definitely be using them. Hopefully it doesn't take to long for them to rectify the issues. I'm hoping they will be motivated to fix the issues promptly so that they can receive their next progress payment. They haven't invoiced us yet but if it comes through we will be holding off processing until these items are rectified. And rightly so. I wonder how many people (like myself before finding this forum) just think well they are professional builders everything will be fine. I'm sure a lot do. When you are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars for a house you expect them to build it according to the Australian Building Codes. The codes allow for a small amount of leeway in measurements etc so when building not to standard there must be a significant amount of defect, it's really unacceptable. Re: Building the Waldorf Grange by Porter Davis 298May 18, 2017 10:07 pm Hey Waldorf, Looks like we both had quite a few issues with our frames, a few of the defects in your list were also in mine. After my inspection with Darbecca I had an onsite meeting with my SS and we went through the defect list to go through all the fixes he had completed, which fixes he was still to complete and how he was going to complete them and why they hadn't/won't do it yet. A couple of them it was explained to me that they would be fixed when the fixing carpenter came through, things like the intersecting wall blocking not being nailed off and the walls being out of plumb. Apparently they deliberately don't nail them off so the walls have some 'give' and when the fixing carpenter comes through he will use that leverage to plumb the walls as much as possible and then nail them off, then he will plane/pack the wood so everything is ready for the plasterer. Also with our walls tho they seemed a little out of plumb when using a 2m spirit level, when you use a straight 2.7m piece of wood from floor to ceiling and then check the level with that - it is actually level. The fixing carpenter will come through and plane/pack this so when the plasterer comes it should be nice and plumb. We also had the issue where a few studs were notched to 30mm when they're supposed to be <20mm. All the areas where this happened in our build were on the top level on non load bearing walls so not really a structural issue although it is still part of the code. An extra piece of wood will be added alongside to add support and this will fix that. Hopefully yours will be similar. We also had some noggins missing but was told this will also be added with the fixing carpenter, all ours were near our bathtubs so the waterproofing can't be done without it, apparently this is just how they do it at Burbank and it would be impossible to do waterproofing without it so it definitely will be done when the time comes. The SS told us that Darbecca are literally the most strict when it comes to following the book and will write down every single thing they find which is even a little bit 'not to code' but in practise wouldn't really matter. We had an example of this where a fitting for an external recycled water tap protruded into the cavity by around 5-10mm which meant it didn't meet code (needs to have 50mm clearance in cavity). But it is impossible to have it any other way due to the plumbing fittings for recycled water being a little shorter and the brick being that size, the rest of the entire cavity met the 50mm criteria so there was no real issue that would occur but because it doesn't meet code according to the book so they will still add it to the report. I think it is absolutely fantastic Darbecca do this and do not let even the smallest detail slide, and it is up to the builder to explain why things are done a certain way and how it affects/doesn't affect the build. Hopefully PD do the same for you and get the fixes done quickly and to a good standard ASAP! At least I hope I helped to put your mind slightly at ease with some of the defects, they might seem a big problem but should be able to be sorted quickly and easily. Customised Burbank Indigo/Hawthorn in Officer VIC https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.p ... 2#p1680752 Re: Building the Waldorf Grange by Porter Davis 299May 19, 2017 8:47 am nikil Waldorf_Grange_Build I'm hoping they will be motivated to fix the issues promptly so that they can receive their next progress payment. They haven't invoiced us yet but if it comes through we will be holding off processing until these items are rectified. And rightly so. I wonder how many people (like myself before finding this forum) just think well they are professional builders everything will be fine. I wouldn't have even thought about getting an inspector before finding this forum, I would have just assumed that there were professionals managing the build and that everything would be done properly. Hearing about all the problems other people are having now there is no way I would be going without an independent building inspector. Building a Kew 28 with Porter Davis Re: Building the Waldorf Grange by Porter Davis 300May 21, 2017 5:21 am We had an email from our building coordinator that all defects will be rectified. Considering asking Darbecca to do a re-inspection afterwards for peace of mind before we proceed to the next stage. Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12345 We spent close to 2 years in a process with TA. It was horrible..... we got to tender, and the first cut was 50% over our budget which "they care such about meeting ". We… 18 27325 |