Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis homes 7763Aug 01, 2013 8:34 am Building the Montague 21 by Porter Davis at The Estuary, Leopold. Our Blog: http://porterdavismontague21.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Porter Davis homes 7764Aug 01, 2013 8:57 am Building the Montague 21 Site Start: 22/05/13 Slab: 11/06/13 Frame: 13/06/13 Lockup: 12/07/13 Fix Stage Complete: 17/07/13 PCI: 09/09/13 Handover :20/09/13 Re: Porter Davis homes 7765Aug 01, 2013 8:58 am Building the Montague 21 Site Start: 22/05/13 Slab: 11/06/13 Frame: 13/06/13 Lockup: 12/07/13 Fix Stage Complete: 17/07/13 PCI: 09/09/13 Handover :20/09/13 Re: Porter Davis homes 7767Aug 01, 2013 1:23 pm Building the Montague 21 Site Start: 22/05/13 Slab: 11/06/13 Frame: 13/06/13 Lockup: 12/07/13 Fix Stage Complete: 17/07/13 PCI: 09/09/13 Handover :20/09/13 Re: Porter Davis homes 7768Aug 01, 2013 4:49 pm Hi everyone, I am a newbie here; although have been stalking this forum for a while, I haven't been able to offer anything yet. Thanks for all of your great stories and sharing of information; been a great help to get my head around. We have a block of land in SE Melbourne and want to knock down re-build a two storey 43-45 sq home. We are now in the builders short listing stage. After much of research and display home viewing, we narrowed our preference to PD and Carlisle; due to Carlisle unable to build second floor outside by bricks, PD seems to be a real stand out. ( also thanks to our friends referral and some of the relatively positive reviews). As much as we have the confidence of PD' s work, a main concern for us is PD' floor plans. So far we can not pick any one of its floor plans that makes us instantly fall in love. Waldorf seems to be the closest one; because it offers spacious Master Bedroom, living area and a second kitchen,etc, but not quite really ... Now I have a few questions that hope can get some assistance, thanks: - we would love the stairs NOT to be seen soon after entering the main entrance. The ideal stairs position would be very much like Brooklyn, or even Bristol. We know PD can offer to "tweak" the stairs bottom bit a little, making it look like facing different direction, but can they offer to move it back behind the hallway wall? - We would love the Master bedroom in the front upstairs, facing street. But Waldorf' s one is at the back. Can this be changed by any means? Has anyone had any experience successfully making such changes to your preference? Any suggestions or comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks Re: Porter Davis homes 7769Aug 01, 2013 5:06 pm Settlement date for our land finally!!! 15th of August! Wahoo!!!! Re: Porter Davis homes 7770Aug 01, 2013 5:21 pm Hi mzmOntague! We just finished building the Montague 21, handover was 4 weeks ago today! Hard to believe, it's gone so fast! We haven't done a wrap up post on the blog yet as we're waiting for our front landscaping to be finished (not PD's fault for the hold up there). Have you got any pics of yours so far? Did you do many modifications?[/quote] I'm eagerly awaiting your handover pictures! I've got your blog saved to my bookmarks! Re: Porter Davis homes 7772Aug 01, 2013 5:52 pm chrystee inglewood Settlement date for our land finally!!! 15th of August! Wahoo!!!! Yay that's very exciting! I just settled on the 25th of July and can't wait to start! What house are you building Chrystee? Re: Porter Davis homes 7773Aug 01, 2013 5:54 pm inglewood Settlement date for our land finally!!! 15th of August! Wahoo!!!! That's great, which estate, suburb? Our land was supposed to be titles in aug now it's moved to sep Re: Porter Davis homes 7775Aug 01, 2013 5:58 pm Quote: That's great, which estate, suburb? Our land was supposed to be titles in aug now it's moved to sep Typical land developers We were told when we bought our block it would settle in April/May - June being the worst case scenario We are building in the Rangeview Estate in Riddells Creek. Re: Porter Davis homes 7776Aug 01, 2013 6:43 pm Oh that's not good, hope our wont be delayed any further. I haven't been there, but seems like a lovely place. Re: Porter Davis homes 7777Aug 01, 2013 6:45 pm Sambogirl81 Sorry to hear that Mirz, such a frustrating time Hopefully it would be titled early September or we will be really mad. Re: Porter Davis homes 7778Aug 01, 2013 8:27 pm YoungStar Hi everyone, I am a newbie here; although have been stalking this forum for a while, I haven't been able to offer anything yet. Thanks for all of your great stories and sharing of information; been a great help to get my head around. We have a block of land in SE Melbourne and want to knock down re-build a two storey 43-45 sq home. We are now in the builders short listing stage. After much of research and display home viewing, we narrowed our preference to PD and Carlisle; due to Carlisle unable to build second floor outside by bricks, PD seems to be a real stand out. ( also thanks to our friends referral and some of the relatively positive reviews). As much as we have the confidence of PD' s work, a main concern for us is PD' floor plans. So far we can not pick any one of its floor plans that makes us instantly fall in love. Waldorf seems to be the closest one; because it offers spacious Master Bedroom, living area and a second kitchen,etc, but not quite really ... Now I have a few questions that hope can get some assistance, thanks: - we would love the stairs NOT to be seen soon after entering the main entrance. The ideal stairs position would be very much like Brooklyn, or even Bristol. We know PD can offer to "tweak" the stairs bottom bit a little, making it look like facing different direction, but can they offer to move it back behind the hallway wall? - We would love the Master bedroom in the front upstairs, facing street. But Waldorf' s one is at the back. Can this be changed by any means? Has anyone had any experience successfully making such changes to your preference? Any suggestions or comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks The PD Hoffman has both of these features. We have up sized by extending the lounge and the Mayfair faced which gives the master upstairs at the front a balcony the width of the master bedroom. We made a few other changes as well. Ours is 46sq now. Can I ask why 43-45 sq? You really need to look at features e.g. 3 living areas, 5 beds etc find the floorplan and then make rooms bigger if you need to. My DH loved the Waldorf but we both don't like the current idea of opening the front door straight into the staircase. Good luck with it! Re: Porter Davis homes 7779Aug 01, 2013 9:37 pm Big progress to report - today we saw the air conditioning system get installed along with tiles and the garage doors! Better still I have a handover date scheduled, and it isn't next year!! It'll be very interesting to see if we hit the target dates for both PCI and handover, they're not too aggressive but are definitely a few weeks ahead of the initial schedule. That said, we didn't get hit by any weather delays and there were only a handful of items that had to be re-ordered or fixed. Still waiting on carpets, floor boards, kitchen appliances, electrical fitout, feature walls (painting), tiles (they're halfway), splashbacks, some cabinets, showers, toilets and sinks. Not all that much compared to the original list of hundreds of items. I gotta say, despite the office staff being a bit of a pain to deal with my site supervisor has single-handedly salvaged this build. He has consistently proven his commitment to handing me a quality home. Re: Porter Davis homes 7780Aug 01, 2013 9:38 pm inglewood chrystee inglewood Settlement date for our land finally!!! 15th of August! Wahoo!!!! Yay that's very exciting! I just settled on the 25th of July and can't wait to start! What house are you building Chrystee? Randwick 24 at Berwick Waters 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 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74717 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 105609 |