wow, totally understand the stresses mentioned above. I think at the worst of times, what got us through this journey, was looking at furniture and creating moodboards. Honestly a therapy in disguise, we were renting at the time too. Hope everything speeds up for all in construction.
The waldorf is a beautiful home, once you move in and get settled in, you will love it!
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Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis 8342May 13, 2017 4:31 am  Angel8888wow, totally understand the stresses mentioned above. I think at the worst of times, what got us through this journey, was looking at furniture and creating moodboards. Honestly a therapy in disguise, we were renting at the time too. Hope everything speeds up for all in construction. The waldorf is a beautiful home, once you move in and get settled in, you will love it! Thanks Angel- just the encouragement I need right now. You are so right about needing some sort of therapy to get through the journey. We visit Waldorf displays when we have the time to drive all the way there or otherwise furniture shopping too. But I must admit, I went through about a month of not even wanting to do that and preparing to sell the house. People always warn you about building and no matter how prepared you are, things will go pear shaped somewhere somehow. We all just have to manage through. The homeone forum really helps  How long have you been a settled Waldorfian? How has the quality been so far? Do you find the alfresco big enough? I'm deciding whether to extend the alfresco by way of landscaping somehow- extended pergola, etc? Building Porter Davis Waldorf 44 (KDR) in Melbourne East Sales: Oct '15 Tender: Jan '16 Contract: Apr '16 PCV: ?? Site Start: ?? Re: Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis 8344May 16, 2017 1:01 am Angel8888We built with Eden Brae, quality has been amazing honestly, alfresco was extended to the side and is big enough. I'll be updating the blog sometime this week. I can understand your frustrations, how long do you have left until house is complete? That's great to hear bout the quality. You must have better trades up in Sydney I haven't been happy with the quality so far since everything seems to have been fixed and not done properly the first time. But I'm glad attention does go into getting it fixed. We are about 3 months away till the end but that's if there are no more delays. We will hit the contract sunset deadline in 4 months time... cutting it fine. Building Porter Davis Waldorf 44 (KDR) in Melbourne East Sales: Oct '15 Tender: Jan '16 Contract: Apr '16 PCV: ?? Site Start: ?? Re: Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis 8347Jun 05, 2017 12:59 pm NishkHi guys Hi Guys, I am new to this group. We are deciding to build the waldorf grange. But can't decide on the facade. We are building with Hebel, so it is fully rendered. My wife like the long island facade. But for me as I won't be doing the classic hampton feel inside, and most probably will go something more contemporary. Wouldn't the Long island facade look out of place. I was thinking of the Sterling, still grand but can go modern inside (ps need an facade with balcony ) any suggestions will be great I think you could still definitely get away with doing the Long Island facade and a contemporary style inside. Have you visited World of Style yet? There are lots of modern interior options to choose from that would still suit. Also you never really see the outside and the inside together so there's less need for them to 'match' as such. I see lots of people going for the Scandi/Indistrial interior these days too which looks very nice. - View my blog at www.waldorfgrangebuild.wordpress.com  05 Jun 2017 4 New Poster Re: Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis 8348Jun 05, 2017 1:49 pm  Waldorf_Grange_Build NishkHi guys Hi Guys, I am new to this group. We are deciding to build the waldorf grange. But can't decide on the facade. We are building with Hebel, so it is fully rendered. My wife like the long island facade. But for me as I won't be doing the classic hampton feel inside, and most probably will go something more contemporary. Wouldn't the Long island facade look out of place. I was thinking of the Sterling, still grand but can go modern inside (ps need an facade with balcony ) any suggestions will be great I think you could still definitely get away with doing the Long Island facade and a contemporary style inside. Have you visited World of Style yet? There are lots of modern interior options to choose from that would still suit. Also you never really see the outside and the inside together so there's less need for them to 'match' as such. I see lots of people going for the Scandi/Indistrial interior these days too which looks very nice. - View my blog at http://www.waldorfgrangebuild.wordpress.com Re: Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis 8350Jul 03, 2017 10:44 pm 9528 Snail_D3For those of you playing along at home. I recently updated our Waldorf build blog with more posts in the coming days. http://hydeparkwaldorf48.blogspot.com.au/ Hi snail, could you share how much open balustrade costs? I'd like to have balustrades, get rid of the void and the bulkhead next to void as well. Thanks Hey, sorry I missed your post. Our stair case was option 2 and included as a promo item. The balustrade extension in lieu of dwarf wall at the rumpus room was $1045 upgrade. I'm not sure if they can get rid of the void and bulkheads or not. Thanks. 10 Jul 2015 19 Lynbrook Junior Member Re: Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis 8351Jul 08, 2017 6:02 pm S&G World of Style - 6/8 and 7/8 Tender Appt. - 09/09/2015 Contract Appt. - 30/09/2015 13 Oct 2017 5 VIC Junior Member Re: Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis 8354Oct 13, 2017 3:03 pm lizbf85 Momiji yoyo72hey, we have had major slab issues in multiple places, at the moment 8 months after they knew there were problems I'm still waiting for the slab to be repaired, my render all over my house (we built hebel) is 3 different colours and i have hebel missing on parts of the house, apparently now i just get told that my frame never passed inspection and they are having to remove all skirting etc in garage so inspector can inspect, so i hope to god it actually got done or we wont have that either. then on top of that i have a bunch of smaller issues like wrong shower screens, front doors upside down, power in wrong places, my house still isn't fully locked up as you can just push both front doors wide open we had major flood in the house as rebel wasn't sealed and i had bought this up many times before that there was a leak, now i need new carpet in there as well.....plus there is more i just don't have time to list it all....we can't extend rental house has been sold, we have a lot of pets and won't find another short term rental, I'm seriously running on a few hours sleep a night worrying, I'm at the point i don't even want the house anymore. Omg that is just awful! I'm sorry your family has to go through this. Someone's home should be their sanctuary and I completely empathize with you. What has PD offered to do at this stage? If they told you at this late stage that the frame never passed their own independent inspections then you may have grounds to fight this at VCAT as they didn't follow HIA process and have impacted your family living conditions and well being by causing significant delays? Did you have independent inspections as well? To be honest though, their own independent inspections mean absolutely nothing. Our frame PD inspection passed even though the roof was undulating because the entire frame wasn't building properly. Roof was sagging and many many studs were not aligned etc and slab was very uneven. They had to not just fix the problems, some had to be fully replaced. So it's mind boggling that it passes their own inspection. How did you go getting all of the issues rectified? We are currently having the same issue with different colour render. Is your build complete? Our waldorf has taken 11months so far and there is still heaps to fix. I am so sorry to hear you too are going through this. This is all dejavu for me!!! PD did nothing to help or speed up any process no matter our housing arrangement after months of advising wed be in by feb. We too were left in your position. I really hope you get some action asap because at this point you just have no choice. In regards to the pd inspection its a joke. There is no report or photos but a peice of paper that says approved even if its not approved. Take no chances and do not even factor their inspector into ur equation Good luck Re: Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis 8356Dec 08, 2017 5:50 am Congratulations! If I recall correctly it’s been an awful long journey for you. Glad the big day has finally arrived. Building Porter Davis Waldorf 44 (KDR) in Melbourne East Sales: Oct '15 Tender: Jan '16 Contract: Apr '16 PCV: ?? Site Start: ?? Re: Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis 8357Dec 08, 2017 7:04 am Fantastic! Please post indoor progress shots if you are able. Would love to see it set up. Re: Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis 8359Dec 08, 2017 8:46 am KCR4Hi can I ask how long the build took? Our build is currently at 380 days 😯 Oh gosh. We are at 262 and I thought that was long. Have they started paying you compensation or will that come through at the end? Our contract deadline is Tuesday so I'm wondering how it works. 13 Oct 2017 5 VIC Junior Member Re: Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis 8360Dec 08, 2017 10:43 am In our contract they have allowed 389 days so no compensation yet!! It is practically completed yet failed certificate of occupancy. Had 14 pages worth of things to fix after our last inspection. 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