Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis 3Jan 24, 2018 10:12 pm Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/853390798159713/ Re: Porter Davis 5Jan 25, 2018 3:13 pm Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/853390798159713/ Re: Porter Davis 6Mar 16, 2018 12:30 pm Building a Madison 45 with Porter Davis Madison 45 Blog (Send me a PM with your email address to be added) Re: Porter Davis 13Jun 29, 2018 2:46 pm gillybean Day85 We went with Poter Davis and our site cost was $55k, and they haven't confirmed until the contract signing day morning. ( in the initial quote it was $20k) with the pressure and the excitement of the day, we decided to sign the contract and paid 5%. They said that it's based on the initial soil test and they will be doing another one, once the land gets titled. Later we decided to do our homework and went for few other builders. Henley and Carlisle Homes managed to the fix the site costs with bigger houses compared to PD house. Henleys - $27k and Carlisle Homes - $30k. Those are fixed site cost and looks like they have a good team behind fixing the site cost. A contract is a legally binding document and not something you sign because of pressure and/or excitement. Maybe (obviously) the homework should’ve been done before the signing. Anyway better to rip the bandaid off fast as you have done, take a small financial hit but learn a big lesson. Yeah agree. We have terminated the contract today morning. And we felt very relieved!!! [/quote] Re: Porter Davis 14Jun 29, 2018 7:15 pm fademan I would love to know, as a percentage of builds across the large builders, how many were built with the 'included slab'. I bet it would be in single digits. It's basically a hidden extra cost on every build, for almost all builders. When we went through the sales process our PD sales guy whacked $50k for site costs straight up, which is a huge number for a block that is completely flat. It ended up being $35k extra, which is still significant, again, for a completely flat block. It's rubbish. The sticker price should assume an average slab, imho I'm building with Fairhaven Homes and I was able to go with the included slab. My soils came back as P though H1 with piers would be suffice (which was standard). My block is relatively flat and my house is 19sqs, and the site fees were less than $7k. I couldn't believe it when I was told. I haven't started building yet but so far Fairhaven has been great. Fairhaven Homes - Clovelly 191 Re: Porter Davis 15Jul 06, 2018 9:29 pm I would not sign a contract unless the final cost is known. I hope you have a better experience with your new builder. Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/853390798159713/ Re: Porter Davis 16Jul 09, 2018 2:26 pm Guys just to give you an update about our current status... We got our money back from Porter Davis. We initially paid $16500 and they refunded $9300. We never got any email or follow up call or anything from PD to discuss this matter and we are very glad that we terminated the contract. By the way if you are planning to go to PD, please keep in mind that they don't give you any indication of prices of any upgrades until you go to the actual colour appointment where as Henley and Carlisle will give you all the prices after your first visit to the sales consultant. What a shame all the time we went blind with Porter Davis. The whole process is not transpatent. Based on our experience you should avoid Porter Davis or should be the last option. I am more than happy to share our whole experience if someone needs our honest opinion. We are now with Carlisle Homes : ) Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12679 |