Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis homes 12203Feb 06, 2016 12:21 pm Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Re: Porter Davis homes 12208Feb 08, 2016 3:47 pm sunshine83 Hi all, We like the Madison floor plan as well as Waldorf 44 (both with guest suite at front of house) What is the main difference (besides price) going with a prestige PD over lifestyle PD. Also we like the master suite at the front upstairs aka Madison option, do you think we could do that with the Waldorf? It's tough as we don't live in Melbourne but in Sydney (moving there permanently next year) so can't just pop down to the displays. Hi Sunshine83, the Madison and the Waldorf are both stunning family homes. As thewoodies kindly advised the difference between the Lifestyle and Prestige brands, are firstly house designs, and that the standard inclusions within the base house price differ. In regards to the Waldorf master bedroom location, with all our homes we have a number of structural variations on the standard design available, outside of this as we are not a custom design builder there is little room to be make significant room or wet area relocations. Please PM me with your contact details should you like a consultant to assist you further with your queries prior to your relocation to Melbourne? Regards, Joanne. 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 12209Feb 08, 2016 3:52 pm lokster Does anyone have experience building with PD on sloping blocks, ie Diamond Creek VIctoria. We want to build there and have been researching builders PD seems OK, but this is our first foray into the home market and we are on a sloping block (just to make things more difficult). Cheers L Hi Lokster, there is definitely a lot of information to take in and research to cross off at the early stages of building a new home. As Drew01 as replied Porter Davis are a 'slab on ground' builder and our designs are not suitable for lots that exceed 2.5-3m of fall across the building platform. If you would like your lot to be assessed by a consultant who can advise if any of our designs would give you the optimum outcome on your lot then please PM your contact details, and I look forward to assisting you further. Regards, Joanne. 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 12210Feb 08, 2016 3:56 pm lizbf85 thewoodies surja Do you have any reference for independent inspector in NSW As Porter Davis only build in Vic, it's pretty unlikely. Maybe try one of the other builder threads? is that the waterside facade by any chance? we are looking at using this also and wanted to actually have the entire front rendered. waiting for our selection appointment to see just how much this will set us back Ours? Our facade is called Thorngate. We wanted to render our entire front, but unfortunately our estate would not allow it (had to have a variety of materials). Might be worth checking that out before you get your heart set on it! Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Re: Porter Davis homes 12211Feb 08, 2016 4:04 pm have just been advised our slab is scheduled to be poured on the 15th of Feb woo.. one more week!! Ashgrove 33, Porter Davis Contract: 09/09/15 Site start: 03/02/16 Slab: 22/02/16 Frame: 04/03/16 Lock-up: 02/05/16 Fixing: 19/05/16 Completion: Underway http://ashgrove33.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Porter Davis homes 12212Feb 08, 2016 7:27 pm Ours? Our facade is called Thorngate. We wanted to render our entire front, but unfortunately our estate would not allow it (had to have a variety of materials). Might be worth checking that out before you get your heart set on it![/quote] \ ohok it looked very similar! we arent building in an estate as such. in a built up area without any real restrictions that we are aware of. we want to get a quote before we go in to our appointment Re: Porter Davis homes 12213Feb 09, 2016 8:08 pm Does anyones contract have a definition of PCI in it? I've looked through mine, but can't see anything. With my PCI inspection happening next week, I want to make sure that I'm fully aware of exactly what should be completed. The inspection company mentioned something along the lines of complete and reasonable, but I can't remember the exact wording. They also mentioned about internal cleaning, bin removal, site clean and the like, but I can't find anything like that in my PD HIA contract. Thanks. Porter Davis homes 12214Feb 12, 2016 5:37 pm Just received our slab/frame report. Boy, I am angry. Some really serious defects. I feel for those who didn't do inspections. What's the point of putting the frame up in two days if the quality of the work suffers? Update: husband talked to the site supervisor. Apparently the tradies rushed the job as one of their friends died (?) and finished at 2.30 instead of 5. Would have been nice to be told so we could have held off the inspection until the job was done properly. PD are sending their quality team to look at it in Monday. Communication lacking from the SS, he should have been proactive about calling us about this stuff. However some of the slab concreting stuff is very concerning and that's nothing to do with the poor job by the tradies. Basically says PD have left themselves open to a VCAT claim in the future due to the quality of the work if it wasn't rectified. Thank goodness for Darbecca. And for this forum for getting me onto them. Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Re: Porter Davis homes 12215Feb 12, 2016 6:09 pm What's in the report? Our Bayside KDR Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78298 Re: Porter Davis homes 12216Feb 12, 2016 6:15 pm thewoodies Just received our slab/frame report. Boy, I am angry. Some really serious defects. I feel for those who didn't do inspections. What's the point of putting the frame up in two days if the quality of the work suffers? No way what happened??? Gets me a little worried. Got my inspector booked in for Monday before they pour the slab fingers crossed! Re: Porter Davis homes 12217Feb 12, 2016 6:23 pm I've updated my original post... Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Re: Porter Davis homes 12218Feb 12, 2016 6:25 pm thewoodies Just received our slab/frame report. Boy, I am angry. Some really serious defects. I feel for those who didn't do inspections. What's the point of putting the frame up in two days if the quality of the work suffers? Update: husband talked to the site supervisor. Apparently the tradies rushed the job as one of their friends died (?) and finished at 2.30 instead of 5. Would have been nice to be told so we could have held off the inspection until the job was done properly. PD are sending their quality team to look at it in Monday. Communication lacking from the SS, he should have been proactive about calling us about this stuff. Very poor work all around, I blocking missing all over, junctions missing, so much jargon I don't really know but my blood was heating up as I read each of the 22 pages At least it will be fixed. However some of the slab concreting stuff is very concerning and that's nothing to do with the poor job by the tradies. Basically says PD have left themselves open to a VCAT claim in the future due to the quality of the work if it wasn't rectified. Apparently they won't get a chance to rectify for 3 weeks. Thank goodness for Darbecca. And for this forum for getting me onto them. Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Re: Porter Davis homes 12219Feb 12, 2016 6:25 pm And I just quoted instead of re-editing again. Oh well. Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Re: Porter Davis homes 12220Feb 12, 2016 6:28 pm SS was saying "oh we'll have to push X and Y out". Um, we don't care? Trying to work at light speed is stupid if the work isn't up to scratch, we'd prefer them to take their time and get it right first time so we don't have to pay for reinspections. Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover 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 13383 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 |