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Browse Forums Building A New House  25 Sep 2013 176 VIC Bronze Member Re: Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs 301Nov 14, 2013 10:18 pm Hi guys If anyone is interested in seeing the prices we got from PD for our build, many of our upgrades have been itemised on our blog. We are building the dunes 29 http://buildinginballarat.wordpress.com/ 24 Oct 2013 833 VIC Gold Member Re: Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs 302Nov 14, 2013 10:52 pm  BuildingInBallaratHi guys If anyone is interested in seeing the prices we got from PD for our build, many of our upgrades have been itemised on our blog. We are building the dunes 29 http://buildinginballarat.wordpress.com/ Thanks BIB May I ask which bolero flooring u choose? Looks nice 25 Sep 2013 176 VIC Bronze Member 24 Oct 2013 833 VIC Gold Member Re: Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs 305Nov 15, 2013 11:04 pm  meowsyScott, of course- floating floor. No volume builder will do solid timber floors! I thought you thought the bolero was timber. Oops! 2 Hi Meowsy Thanks for the infor, so PD charge u how much for each Sqm? 24 Oct 2013 833 VIC Gold Member Re: Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs 308Nov 17, 2013 9:00 pm  mirzI would go with builder for flooring only as my lender does not allow me separate quotes for post build stuff. If you can, pls check other flooring suppliers. You will get heaps better quality for same price. But keep it in mind PD has free flooring option at the moment, great savings. I see, PD has new promotion on called - "dream big", it is better than the " dream wait for no one" promo. We want to jump to the new promotion since it cover more stuff we want, not sure is it possible ( we r not in tender yet.) 25 Sep 2013 176 VIC Bronze Member Re: Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs 309Nov 17, 2013 11:48 pm The same thing happened to us before tender. We paid our $1000 with free colourbond and dreams wait for no-one packs. then the free flooring came in effect, so we were prepared to walk away unless they honored the new promotion. We got our own way 24 Oct 2013 833 VIC Gold Member Re: Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs 312Nov 18, 2013 9:48 am BuildingInBallaratThe same thing happened to us before tender. We paid our $1000 with free colourbond and dreams wait for no-one packs. then the free flooring came in effect, so we were prepared to walk away unless they honored the new promotion. We got our own way Hi BIB, do you need pay extra to get the free flooring? or it is a bonus?  25 Sep 2013 176 VIC Bronze Member Re: Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs 313Nov 18, 2013 8:26 pm Scott2233 BuildingInBallaratThe same thing happened to us before tender. We paid our $1000 with free colourbond and dreams wait for no-one packs. then the free flooring came in effect, so we were prepared to walk away unless they honored the new promotion. We got our own way Hi BIB, do you need pay extra to get the free flooring? or it is a bonus? Hi Scott, Not exactly - the way it worked out is funny. We negotiated when we paid our $1,000 deposit that we would not sign unless the $5,000 regional build fee was waived... They agreed to this as a sales incentive if we signed before the end of August - we agreed and coughed up our $1k, the very next week the free flooring package promotion started (which we had just locked in for $8500). So, we asked them if we could have that promotion as well, they agreed but put the $5k surcharge back on, so basically we saved $3,500... if they hadn't of agreed it would have been pretty poor of them and we literally would have saved $2500 if we walked away and forfeited our $1000, then come back the next day... 24 Oct 2013 833 VIC Gold Member Re: Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs 314Nov 18, 2013 11:06 pm BuildingInBallarat Scott2233 BuildingInBallaratThe same thing happened to us before tender. We paid our $1000 with free colourbond and dreams wait for no-one packs. then the free flooring came in effect, so we were prepared to walk away unless they honored the new promotion. We got our own way Hi BIB, do you need pay extra to get the free flooring? or it is a bonus? Hi Scott, Not exactly - the way it worked out is funny. We negotiated when we paid our $1,000 deposit that we would not sign unless the $5,000 regional build fee was waived... They agreed to this as a sales incentive if we signed before the end of August - we agreed and coughed up our $1k, the very next week the free flooring package promotion started (which we had just locked in for $8500). So, we asked them if we could have that promotion as well, they agreed but put the $5k surcharge back on, so basically we saved $3,500... if they hadn't of agreed it would have been pretty poor of them and we literally would have saved $2500 if we walked away and forfeited our $1000, then come back the next day... I c, so there will be a charge one way or the other, but still a good win In our case, the base price will up 8k, the extra upgrade new promotion included will cost 10k ( we need upgrade all of them anyway).... So...... Will fight to get that..... 12 Dec 2012 513 Melbourne Gold Member Re: Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs 315Nov 19, 2013 2:56 pm I can see a couple of posts a few months back with regards to fly screen sliding doors. Has anyone else had these fitted by PD? I've just been given a price of $1217 PER SLIDING DOOR for a fly screen.  Re: Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs 316Nov 19, 2013 3:12 pm ftdt7882I can see a couple of posts a few months back with regards to fly screen sliding doors. Has anyone else had these fitted by PD? I've just been given a price of $1217 PER SLIDING DOOR for a fly screen. Ours worked out to roughly $330 per screen, with the stacker door consuming two of those. I actually felt they were quite reasonably priced, as they're made by the same company who built the door frames. If you have a four panel stacker door $1217 might not be impossible, but it definitely sounds unlikely to me. Maybe give A&L a call for a quote on a fly screen of the same dimensions and get it done after handover? HD 12 Dec 2012 513 Melbourne Gold Member Re: Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs 317Nov 19, 2013 3:18 pm  Lurgen ftdt7882I can see a couple of posts a few months back with regards to fly screen sliding doors. Has anyone else had these fitted by PD? I've just been given a price of $1217 PER SLIDING DOOR for a fly screen. Ours worked out to roughly $330 per screen, with the stacker door consuming two of those. I actually felt they were quite reasonably priced, as they're made by the same company who built the door frames. If you have a four panel stacker door $1217 might not be impossible, but it definitely sounds unlikely to me. Maybe give A&L a call for a quote on a fly screen of the same dimensions and get it done after handover? HD Well that was per door/screen, and 2 of the doors are the same size (just a standard sliding door) and we have a stacker. I think maybe they've quoted on security mesh?! $330 per door sounds much more reasonable, I was budgeting $1500 for all three doors as the stacker is quite large. I'm just waiting to see what my BC comes back with - I will also do what you suggested and give A&L a call and see how much it would be to do after handover 12 Dec 2012 513 Melbourne Gold Member Re: Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs 320Dec 11, 2013 9:56 am  tlblhaywardHow much does each downlight and double powerpoint cost? This was some of the pricing I was provided with a few months ago - it may have changed though. Lighting: - Batten light- $48.51 - Wall light- $46.20 - LED downlight (white)- $125.84 - LED downlight (brushed chrome)- $132.99 - Single fluorescent tube light- $107.00 - Double fluorescent tube light- $123.20 - Under cupboard triangle light- $130.90 - Step light- $123.20 Power Points: - Single power point- $40.04 - Double power point- $43.12 - Quad power point- $80.08 - Kitchen island bench double power point- $107.80 - Double weatherproof power point- $107.80 Switches: - 2-way switch- $55.44 - 3-way switch- $110.88 - 1 switch with 1 dimmer- $77.00 - 2 switches with 2 dimmers- $154.00 - 3 switches with 3 dimmers- $231.00 Fans: - Batten & noggin (fan & pendant provision)- $104.00 - Exhaust fan- $200.20 - Heat/fan/light with 2 lamps- $284.90 - Heat/fan/light with 4 lamps- $361.90 Extras: - Phone point- $77.00 - Data point- $77.00 - Free to air TV point- $55.44 - Foxtel TV point- $161.70 - Smoke detectors- $123.20 - Motion sensor- $214.50 - Door bell- $170.00 Thank you for your response Simeon. 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