Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis homes 7898Aug 27, 2013 1:12 pm mummadj, i have actually read your posting on your blog prior to posting. what i have thought of doing instead having researched a bit would be to leave the standard batten in the middle of the room to be replaced with a downlight/fan in the future if need be. i will then specify for another single batten on one corner of the room. The thinking behind this would be if i could get each batten point (2 in total) controlled by an individual switch. Therefore for the future prehaps link up all downlights to the switch for the batten in the corner and then another switch for the ceiling fan? any thoughts or ideas? feel free to rip it to shreds anyone. Re: Porter Davis homes 7899Aug 27, 2013 8:05 pm Well we are at 7 weeks left in contract build on Monday the 2 September. Site start 22 Feb building the Heathcote 36sq. There have been no hold ups with the build, only one day of bad weather and we are yet to have started painting little own paint preparation!!!!!!!!!!! No words could describe this experience with PD, respect the dream lol Re: Porter Davis homes 7900Aug 27, 2013 9:00 pm Corz11 No words could describe this experience with PD, respect the dream lol Tell me about it... I'm two days away from PCI with no certificate of occupancy, no idea what is expected of me on Thursday, and apparently I'm expected to be ready for handover next week. My BC isn't answering my emails (except with one form-letter that caused more confusion than anything else), perhaps because she's upset that I'm not happy with her (or PD's) performance. I'm sorry, but neither of my BCs have been much help - maybe I'm misinterpreting their role in all of this and it's somebody else I should be upset with but she dodges my questions about who is actually responsible. Maybe all builders are like this, but I have to say this is the most stressful thing I've done in years. For the money I'm spending I really expected a higher degree of organisation and quality. It's a shame they've ignored my pleas for somebody to check that their sub-contractors are all working off the right drawings or this last phase would have been so much easier. Instead now they're busy fixing these mistakes instead of finishing off my house. PCI can't include electrical because of this, which strikes me as unfair on me (I told them they were using the wrong plans months ago). The bank is refusing to even book in their valuation inspection without the right paperwork from PD and yet somehow I suspect it'll become my problem to find a way around their shortfall next week when handover comes along. Not that handover seems likely for next week, I doubt they'll have everything lined up in time. Thankfully I held back on cancelling my current lease but I still have removalists, curtain installations, driveway, insurance, time off work and all sorts of other things lined up to make next week a possibility. All for nothing if they don't get their act together in the next day or two. I hate to think of how much money this delay will cost me Frustrating is an understatement. That whole "respect the dream" tagline seems particularly offensive lately. Wow that is terrible about the insurance! I guess ideally proof of insurance should be provided prior to first deposit but I'd imagine they would refuse to be out of… 17 14232 There isn't any need to. As I wrote previously, there isn't a set term, there is just commencement based on earlier of contract signing or building permit issue and… 24 13385 Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 6491 |