Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis homes 7965Sep 03, 2013 9:05 am Ally007 mzmOntague That sounds great! I would of loved that option, but unfortunately do to limited land space we had to make some sacrifices . We went for the ceiling dumper in the en suite shower and niches also, I cant wait to use it! Good luck with your colour and electrical appointments this Friday. Do you know what colours you want yet? Fingers crossed for you for October site start, it will fly from there. What area will you be building in? I do have photos, I need to stop being lazy and upload some! Are you putting the dumper in the middle of the shower or is it towards the outside wall? I want it in the middle, if they will move the vent over the shower a bit towards the toilet. We did pick some of the colours this weekend but I keep changing my mind, we will probably go for white/grey/black in the ensuite and bathroom, I picked the tiles as well, they are white but with stripes so now I'm worried that having the cabinets grey with stripes will clash... aaaaah so many decisions.. We are building in Ambrosia, Cranbourne West. Which Montague displays did you visit before deciding? stop being lazy and get me some photos lol Good question! I'm pretty sure it is closer to the middle but still a bit more towards the outside wall, so it's not right in the middle. lol if that makes sense . To be honest I didn't even think to have it moved right into the middle, but it's ok where it is anyway. I think those colours would go really nice together, we chose a grey, black, brown and red theme which has turned out really nice, but I just hope it looks as good with all the furniture we have picked out. What colour are you thinking of making the splashback? Have you been to Hoptoun yet to check out their options? We went nearly every weekend and had finally thought we knew what we wanted but when we got the the appointment they would show us some colours or options that weren't on display and it made us second guess our decisions, especially when it came to upgrades and their prices.. We only looked at the Montague display in Taylors Hill and fell in love with it, even though our layout is pretty different different. Did you visit a few different Montague display homes before you decided? 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 7966Sep 03, 2013 10:48 am hocm oh we are building a single storey as well which makes it easier to have anything done to it post handover And that's the problem with a double storey It just becomes too hard to do any changes to wiring to the ground floor post-handover. I wanted to do the alarm and downlights post handover but quickly came to the conclusion that it would be too much hassle. Even something simple like a doorbell would be a nightmare threading the wire through all the floor joists! Also as a side note, something I didn't realise until yesterday - I was told by my BC yesterday that for single storey homes, the interior garage walls are plastered but for double storey homes its exposed bricks. Re: Porter Davis homes 7967Sep 03, 2013 11:30 am Serenity_Now hocm oh we are building a single storey as well which makes it easier to have anything done to it post handover And that's the problem with a double storey It just becomes too hard to do any changes to wiring to the ground floor post-handover. I wanted to do the alarm and downlights post handover but quickly came to the conclusion that it would be too much hassle. Even something simple like a doorbell would be a nightmare threading the wire through all the floor joists! Also as a side note, something I didn't realise until yesterday - I was told by my BC yesterday that for single storey homes, the interior garage walls are plastered but for double storey homes its exposed bricks. We have a double storey and our garage is plastered, however this might be because we have hebel. I kept asking all the time at Tender and Contract - how with the inside of the garage be finished off. I did learn through my build that the internal wall between the garage and house (ie the hall way) is just plastered - no bricks or hebel there. Re: Porter Davis homes 7969Sep 03, 2013 6:49 pm hocm Hi all. Just came back from my tiles appointment. Question got raised during tiling discussions. Does the glass splashback for the kitchen extend to behind the rangehood area or is this an upgrade? Ours extends behind the rangehood and was not an upgrade, but remember that PD does have a habit of changing the rules pretty frequently. Check your kitchen plans, the diagram should show where the splashback covers. It'll be a separate piece of glass though, with the rangehood covering the seam. Re: Porter Davis homes 7970Sep 03, 2013 6:57 pm Happystarz, we had the same problem with the downlights. I got three external quotes and basically none of them were comfortable to touch downstairs as they were concerned if we had battens put where we wanted the downlights that they might be on a beam.... If that was the case they couldn't put a downlight there. So, after much hassle, we decided just to get the downlights. It would also cost $65 for the batten to go where you wanted the downlight - and you had no choice but to pay that. It all of a sudden made the downlight option a lot better (if that is your preference). You do need more downlights with the 8 Watt and we were annoyed they weren't dimmable but they put them in a way where we had more switches with lights separate on them - so for example if we wanted to watch TV we could have the 3 front lights off and the back lights on etc. The DL were $126 for a white downlight and $135 for a gold one. They are workable. And I have a friend who has the same LED lights who in 3.5yrs has not had to change one globe. And she thinks they are heaps cheaper than halogen downlights. So, I don't know. That is what we found... Re: Porter Davis homes 7971Sep 03, 2013 8:00 pm hocm Hi all. Just came back from my tiles appointment. Question got raised during tiling discussions. Does the glass splashback for the kitchen extend to behind the rangehood area or is this an upgrade? Hi Hocm, Our glass splashback extends behind the range hood right too the roof, if you can picture an upside down T, but as Lurgen mentioned we bought under PD 'brave new year' promotion but I cannot remember if this was part of that or not. How are all your plans coming along and what hourse have you decided on? Sam Re: Porter Davis homes 7972Sep 04, 2013 10:09 am Sambogirl81 hocm Hi all. Just came back from my tiles appointment. Question got raised during tiling discussions. Does the glass splashback for the kitchen extend to behind the rangehood area or is this an upgrade? Hi Hocm, Our glass splashback extends behind the range hood right too the roof, if you can picture an upside down T, but as Lurgen mentioned we bought under PD 'brave new year' promotion but I cannot remember if this was part of that or not. How are all your plans coming along and what hourse have you decided on? Sam Ours only goes up to the rangehood so a rectangle. The glass splashback for us was an upgrade. Maybe it depends on what range you are building with? Land title: July 2013 .. Oct 2013 ... Nov 2013, Dec 2013 and now February 2014 Anticipated start date: sept 2013... Feb 2014 ...back to Jan 2014 and now March 2014 One day it might happen ... Re: Porter Davis homes 7973Sep 04, 2013 2:09 pm WOW WOW WOW!!!! I am beyond mad. I can barely watch my language right now! We picked out tiles on Saturday that are an upgrade, National tiles wants to charge us $72 for that upgrade. The tile costs $39.95 in their store. I tried to get an explanation to why is it that much more expensive than what the actual tiles cost, my BC requested an explanation and what they said is that the price of $39.95 is the retail price and the price of $72 includes charges associated with labour/installation, glues, grout, delivery etc.. REALLY? REALLY? REALLY? So my basic tiles would go on foot to my building site and install themselves???? and the basic tiles are so cool that they don't need any glues or grout??? This is beyond ridiculous!!! Re: Porter Davis homes 7974Sep 04, 2013 2:31 pm mzmOntague Ally007 mzmOntague Good question! I'm pretty sure it is closer to the middle but still a bit more towards the outside wall, so it's not right in the middle. lol if that makes sense . To be honest I didn't even think to have it moved right into the middle, but it's ok where it is anyway. I think those colours would go really nice together, we chose a grey, black, brown and red theme which has turned out really nice, but I just hope it looks as good with all the furniture we have picked out. What colour are you thinking of making the splashback? Have you been to Hoptoun yet to check out their options? We went nearly every weekend and had finally thought we knew what we wanted but when we got the the appointment they would show us some colours or options that weren't on display and it made us second guess our decisions, especially when it came to upgrades and their prices.. We only looked at the Montague display in Taylors Hill and fell in love with it, even though our layout is pretty different different. Did you visit a few different Montague display homes before you decided? My splashback is on the island bench, if you go look at the photos of the displays look at the Californian style, it has a seafoam (or something like that, I'd say turquoise) splashback on the bench, that is what I want to go for, gloss white cupboards and brown/cream tiles. If I manage to keep calm at my tiles appointment (which I doubt). We have been to Hopetoun twice, we are going for mostly neutral colours so I don't think we are going to change our mind much. I'm worried about the basins though because the only one we like has been discontinued. We have to be careful with the upgrade budget, so we need to allow some money for the tiles and the cupboards (gloss) and then we will see if we can afford anything else. We saw 2 displays, the one in Officer and the one at Selandra rise. We went to see them about 5 times each I think and each time we had more and more questions, especially about the WIP. I'm happy with everything else. I'm just losing my mind over tiles right now and the upgrade price, I think I'll throw a hissy fit at my appointment. Re: Porter Davis homes 7975Sep 04, 2013 2:38 pm Ally, I found a similar thing when we looked at tiles- we were looking at the Carrara Gloss which is a lovely tile, and although it was the same price in National Tiles it was going to be double the price of the Cat 2 tiles we ended up choosing. National Tiles told us the PD charge those prices. Our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64705 Re: Porter Davis homes 7976Sep 04, 2013 2:49 pm meowsy Ally, I found a similar thing when we looked at tiles- we were looking at the Carrara Gloss which is a lovely tile, and although it was the same price in National Tiles it was going to be double the price of the Cat 2 tiles we ended up choosing. National Tiles told us the PD charge those prices. So PD is saying NT is charging the difference and NT is saying PD is charging the difference? Well someone will have to own up because this is just ridiculous! and I actually called NT, they didn't want to give me any explanation until my appointment. So rude! Re: Porter Davis homes 7977Sep 04, 2013 5:03 pm Hey Meowsy - how's the build coming along - I keep checking for more pics Re: Porter Davis homes 7978Sep 04, 2013 6:02 pm i have to say that even though the last few weeks have felt a bit slow going - my site supervisor and bc have been tops about it all - cant wait to meet our ss he seems like a great guy and the folks across the street spoke highly of him when I bumped into them on the weekend. and on the build front - the roof trusses are almost don't probably 3/4 by the look of it - not sure about the balcony side of things, maybe they keep working on it afterwards like the garage and alfresco side of things...the lead carpenter did explain the second story window thing (I was confused as they were huge openings but he said once the fascia was on they do the second storey window frames so it meets the right height due to eaves etc.) nice of him to take the time to explain it. Re: Porter Davis homes 7979Sep 05, 2013 9:13 am Claire, thanks for asking The roof tiles are on, I am hoping some bricks will be delivered today! I will get a photo soon and post. It is looking great, it's a bit different to many of the houses you see around, with the surfmist fascia, which I love the look of. D@n on here gave me the confidence to go with the light fascia. I wonder if we have the same SS? Ours seems great too, easy to communicate with and seems to be keeping an eye on everything well. Our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64705 Re: Porter Davis homes 7980Sep 05, 2013 9:39 am Ally007 WOW WOW WOW!!!! I am beyond mad. I can barely watch my language right now! We picked out tiles on Saturday that are an upgrade, National tiles wants to charge us $72 for that upgrade. The tile costs $39.95 in their store. I tried to get an explanation to why is it that much more expensive than what the actual tiles cost, my BC requested an explanation and what they said is that the price of $39.95 is the retail price and the price of $72 includes charges associated with labour/installation, glues, grout, delivery etc.. REALLY? REALLY? REALLY? So my basic tiles would go on foot to my building site and install themselves???? and the basic tiles are so cool that they don't need any glues or grout??? This is beyond ridiculous!!! What size are the upgrade tiles you have chosen? If they are porcelain and/or 600mm x 600mm then they are more difficult to lay and can require two tilers, so this may possibly explain the additional charges? Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 13683 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 77710 I would never build with Fowler homes. 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