Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis homes 17162Aug 15, 2018 6:17 pm Instagram blog: https://www.instagram.com/ourforevertonhome/ Re: Porter Davis homes 17171Sep 13, 2018 7:42 am Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/853390798159713/ Re: Porter Davis homes 17176Sep 18, 2018 8:50 pm goldencrumble I am so over water issues. We are so close to our build finishing and we have had a pretty good run, which run out! I got the water bill for our property, its been approx. $150-200 per bill during the build, mainly service charges. I almost dropped dead when I opened it up to $4500!!! WTF!!! There had been a leak, which both myself and our SS noted. The plumbers sure took their time in fixing it though. Obviously as soon as I got the bill I called my SS and left a message. He also was shocked. I emailed the bill through to him and our BC, basically saying we aren't paying it etc. Unfortunately, since the account is in our name we were the ones that had to deal with the water company. And if we have used that much water, where has it gone?? So today we got answers. It was from the leak, underground. Thankfully for us the leak was located right near our 6 massive soakage pits, which took the water away from the house, which is also why the leak didn't look as bad. We have made PD check all the pipes and the foundation/soil etc. No damage thankfully. Then PD were going to do a BV for the bill. Um, that's great that your going to pay for it but a BV isn't helpful, this means I still have to find $4.5k for the bill - the bank isn't going to give me that money. After my husband explained this to our BC, who must had had a lightbulb moment, and they are now depositing the majority of the bill money into our account, with the exception of service charges etc. So I was thrilled to have all this in writing today, as I didn't want it to hold up handover, as I wasn't going to accept handover without the bill resolved. So you can imagine how thrilled I was to see they had cleaned the front yard today and levelled the ground. And you can imagine that turning to absolute anger when I release they have hit the water meter and what do I have....ANOTHER LEAK!! Its been pushed over, water leaking out, they would of known they had done it, there is water everywhere. Yet another call to our friends at the water company. As its the water meter, fingers crossed south east water just come out and fix it. But as soon as they see it they will know its been run over.....I have turned off the water but its still leaking, which I think means it on their side so hopefully its fixed sometime next week. Seriously, I never want to deal with a plumber again. Oh gosh what a nightmare. So much stress you don’t need. Re: Porter Davis homes 17177Oct 04, 2018 9:17 am Madison_45_Vic Method 1 should be:- Deposit - 5% Base Stage - 10% Frame Stage - 15% Lock-up - 35% Fixing - 25% Completed - 10% Very helpful post! Re: Porter Davis homes 17178Oct 04, 2018 9:51 pm Waldorf_Grange_Build inexp_user If your contract build time includes 28 days for Christmas but your build was outside the Christmas period do damages get paid from the build timeframe- the 28days for Christmas? What have people's experiences been? We started in March 2017 and we had the allowance for Christmas written into contract but we should have been finished before Christmas. The build was delayed however and went 106 days over and we had handover late March 2018. So did they try to include the 28 Christmas days as part of the building contract? Or because they were due to finish before Christmas kicked in, did that mean they were not allowed to count those 28days a?nd had to pay damages during that time? Re: Porter Davis homes 17179Oct 10, 2018 7:18 pm Charly6s Waldorf_Grange_Build inexp_user If your contract build time includes 28 days for Christmas but your build was outside the Christmas period do damages get paid from the build timeframe- the 28days for Christmas? What have people's experiences been? We started in March 2017 and we had the allowance for Christmas written into contract but we should have been finished before Christmas. The build was delayed however and went 106 days over and we had handover late March 2018. So did they try to include the 28 Christmas days as part of the building contract? Or because they were due to finish before Christmas kicked in, did that mean they were not allowed to count those 28days a?nd had to pay damages during that time? It was a simple mathematical equation that the contract said 266 days and they took 106 more days to build so we got compensation for the 106 days. In the end they did go through the Christmas period so it didn’t change the contract. Re: Porter Davis homes 17180Oct 10, 2018 7:44 pm goldencrumble Has anyone pulled up the laminate floorboard skirting before? In the picture below, this is a fridge space. That extra 30mm would give us a lot more options with a new fridge. I obviously don't wish to damage the boards. The white skirting boards are fine to stay, just the wooden ones. Like ⋅ 1 comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 13731 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 77797 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 108453 |