Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis homes 16954Apr 26, 2018 3:10 pm goldencrumble We have contracted Darbecca for our house inspections and I need to get back to them. Can I ask everyone what parts they used an independent inspector for? see more About the hoffman – Building the hoffman https://hoffmangoldwithporterdavis.wordpress.com/about/ Re: Porter Davis homes 16955Apr 26, 2018 3:15 pm brucefil2011 goldencrumble We have contracted Darbecca for our house inspections and I need to get back to them. Can I ask everyone what parts they used an independent inspector for? We did slab, frame and final inspections. My feeling is a flat well made slab and a frame that is built correctly = a well built house. see more About the hoffman – Building the hoffman https://hoffmangoldwithporterdavis.wordpress.com/about/ That's what I originally had down to do. Did you do the pre-slab inspection, or after the slab was poured? I didn't realise they were 2 different inspections available. Re: Porter Davis homes 16956Apr 26, 2018 3:22 pm goldencrumble brucefil2011 goldencrumble We have contracted Darbecca for our house inspections and I need to get back to them. Can I ask everyone what parts they used an independent inspector for? We did slab, frame and final inspections. My feeling is a flat well made slab and a frame that is built correctly = a well built house. see more About the hoffman – Building the hoffman https://hoffmangoldwithporterdavis.wordpress.com/about/ That's what I originally had down to do. Did you do the pre-slab inspection, or after the slab was poured? I didn't realise they were 2 different inspections available. You need to see if the slab is flat and doesnt have waves in it if you want flat floors. The Victorian building authority has a tolerences guide you can download that all builders must meet. This includes allowable fall and wavyness in slabs. see more About the hoffman – Building the hoffman https://hoffmangoldwithporterdavis.wordpress.com/about/ Re: Porter Davis homes 16957Apr 26, 2018 3:39 pm We did the pre-slab, if you then get the frame inspection they do a complimentary slab inspection anyway. There's a whole bunch of stuff that gets combined and you get discounts if you do more than a couple of inspections anyway, our total cost for them all was about $2,600. Building a Kew 28 with Porter Davis Re: Porter Davis homes 16960Apr 27, 2018 10:22 am goldencrumble We have finally started! Site started yesterday with a our site cut. I just wanted to ask what people have done with tracking their build and documenting things. I'm trying to find a way that will work for us, whether its a note book with notes, excel spreadsheet, some app etc. I plan on taking photos of the site with my timestamp app so the date and time are shown on every photo. I have all the email correspondence in folders on my email, I may print some out as well. Thanks!! We setup a specific gmail account for the whole build. That meant that the 2 of us could read/send the same messages. It also gave us access to google drive which we used to keep all build documents. Again, it allowed either of us access to the same documents. Any photos from the build from either of us were saved to the same google drive. Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 13619 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 77571 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 108137 |