Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis homes 7306May 16, 2013 7:46 pm 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 Re: Porter Davis homes 7307May 16, 2013 7:50 pm 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 Re: Porter Davis homes 7308May 16, 2013 7:56 pm 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 Re: Porter Davis homes 7309May 16, 2013 10:19 pm Building a Porter Davis Dunedin 31 with the Mansfield Facade Floor Plan: http://porterdavis.com.au/content/Houses/Dunedin/Floorplans/PDL_Dunedin%2031.pdf Re: Porter Davis homes 7312May 17, 2013 5:34 pm Lurgen MummaDJ nique01 Can anyone recommend a good building inspector for south eastern suburbs? I'm thinking this is the way to go. Also, what stages should we get an inspector for? Hi, we are using Houspect Inspections, others have also mentioned New Homes Inspections. If you search those names you will find their contact details a little earlier on this thread with discussions around them also. +1 for Housepect. I am using them at each payment stage. HD Thanks for the info. Roughly what price are you paying to use them at each payment stage? Our house is 28squares. Re: Porter Davis homes 7313May 17, 2013 6:37 pm nique01 Lurgen MummaDJ [quote="nique01"]Can anyone recommend a good building inspector for south eastern suburbs? I'm thinking this is the way to go. Also, what stages should we get an inspector for? Hi, we are using Houspect Inspections, others have also mentioned New Homes Inspections. If you search those names you will find their contact details a little earlier on this thread with discussions around them also. +1 for Housepect. I am using them at each payment stage. HD Thanks for the info. Roughly what price are you paying to use them at each payment stage? Our house is 28squares.[/quote] Here's the summary from them. I'm building a Drysdale 30 so these figures should be about right. Houspect provides a package for the five inspections with a discount applied to the final inspection. The five stages (in brief), and the fees including GST for the property you have described are; 1) Slab down/base $350 2) Framework (walls and roof frames) $440 3) Lock-up (Roof covering, external walls, doors) $418 4) Fit out/Fixing $396 5) Practical Completion $595 but reduced to $550. (Package discount applied if 3 or more stages inspected). They've already paid for themselves in the first inspection so I'd definitely recommend them. HD Re: Porter Davis homes 7314May 17, 2013 7:38 pm ajd78 Hi All, After the dramas we had last week, all has been forgotten (for now )... I spoke with our BC yesterday and sorted out all the niggling issues.... Today we had tile selections. Beside our expensive tastes lol, the process was a breathe of fresh air. I am very happy and back on board!!! Thanks to all for the advice. And thanks to Helen for the concern. I thought it was best to publicly acknowledge that all is ok and we are happy again Great news! Thanks also Helen. Our BC has been in contact and we are also happy again too. I'm sure that communication will be much better for many people now Re: Porter Davis homes 7315May 17, 2013 10:16 pm ajd78 Hi All, After the dramas we had last week, all has been forgotten (for now )... I spoke with our BC yesterday and sorted out all the niggling issues.... Today we had tile selections. Beside our expensive tastes lol, the process was a breathe of fresh air. I am very happy and back on board!!! Thanks to all for the advice. And thanks to Helen for the concern. I thought it was best to publicly acknowledge that all is ok and we are happy again Hi ajd78 Pleased to hear things are back on track. If you ever have any issues moving forward you can always PM me. Cheers, Helen 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 Re: Porter Davis homes 7316May 17, 2013 10:21 pm inglewood ajd78 Hi All, After the dramas we had last week, all has been forgotten (for now )... I spoke with our BC yesterday and sorted out all the niggling issues.... Today we had tile selections. Beside our expensive tastes lol, the process was a breathe of fresh air. I am very happy and back on board!!! Thanks to all for the advice. And thanks to Helen for the concern. I thought it was best to publicly acknowledge that all is ok and we are happy again Great news! Thanks also Helen. Our BC has been in contact and we are also happy again too. I'm sure that communication will be much better for many people now Hi Inglewood, Good news. Please let me know if ever need any assistance. Cheers, Helen 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 Re: Porter Davis homes 7317May 18, 2013 2:14 pm HD[/quote] Thanks for the info. Roughly what price are you paying to use them at each payment stage? Our house is 28squares.[/quote] Here's the summary from them. I'm building a Drysdale 30 so these figures should be about right. Houspect provides a package for the five inspections with a discount applied to the final inspection. The five stages (in brief), and the fees including GST for the property you have described are; 1) Slab down/base $350 2) Framework (walls and roof frames) $440 3) Lock-up (Roof covering, external walls, doors) $418 4) Fit out/Fixing $396 5) Practical Completion $595 but reduced to $550. (Package discount applied if 3 or more stages inspected). They've already paid for themselves in the first inspection so I'd definitely recommend them. HD[/quote] Thank you so much! I just emailed them. Re: Porter Davis homes 7319May 20, 2013 12:42 am Team PD tinker Back Pocket Hi Tinker, I have been told that unless the house is designed with a laundry shute that they will not do one as they have to make changes to the joists between the floors which means re engineering. I am trying to get a heating vent in the laundry and they have said no extra heating downstairs because of the location of service ducts however they have put one in the store in the craigieburn display so I know it has been done and I am trying to get it. You probably need to look at what is upstairs over the laundry to see if there is anyway it could be put there. Hope that this helps. We have our second go at tender tomorrow, supposedly it has all been entered correctly now. Hi We wanted a heating vent to the study as per the hoffman at aspire display. But we were told that its not possible and the one in display might not function and could only be for "display" purpose that doesn't make sense. If you do manage to get it pls let me know? Good luck for tomorrow. Hi Tinker, I'm going to look into this for you. Someone will be back in touch with you shortly. Cheers, Helen Hi Helen still waiting for someone to get back to me regarding the heating duct in the study for the Hoffman. Re: Porter Davis homes 7320May 20, 2013 7:14 pm Yeay we finally have some activity happening on our lot! Site cut happens today! we're building the Marbella 42.. So far we've been very happy with how things have panned out.. There were some hiccups along the way and it was quite stressful past few months but now I'm just excited that we're finally building! I really hope our build experience would be as good as it's been with the admin side of things.. -------- 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 13998 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 109628 Hi there! Putting the feelers out there for those who have (or almost) built with Arli homes! Interested in your experiences who've built from their stock home designs… 0 26645 |