Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis homes 17207Nov 28, 2018 9:02 am Building a Madison 45 with Porter Davis Madison 45 Blog (Send me a PM with your email address to be added) Re: Porter Davis homes 17209Nov 28, 2018 9:32 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 homes 17210Dec 02, 2018 8:43 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 homes 17215Feb 11, 2019 1:09 pm Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/853390798159713/ Re: Porter Davis homes 17217Feb 26, 2019 1:19 pm Hi all, I am new to this forum, but have so many questions... First of all we are in the final contract stages and are waiting to sign our contract - waiting on amendments from BC, as you all might know they take so much time!!!! We are now curious to understand whom to go for building surveyor or building inspectors.. I know some of you have gone with Darbecca, what is the feedback? anyone else whom we should consider? Thanks, Anu Re: Porter Davis homes 17218Feb 26, 2019 2:16 pm Anyone’s else have corrosion issues on their colourbond roof and down pipes? Re: Porter Davis homes 17219Jun 30, 2019 9:49 am Charly6s Fongeo Hi, We are looking at building the Astor 49 with Porter Davis. It is a pretty new plan and not sure if anyone is building it in this forum. We had asked for a few changes in our ground floor and thought will share this with the wider community to get some feedback. We have removed the lounge and made it into a guest bed and made the study smaller. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thoughts appreciated. Cheers. G Hi G It's a great plan, I like your changes to the guest suite. Had you thought about adding a window to your galley, lets in light and out the smell of burnt toast. Also changing the window in front of the kitchen sink to a bi-fold so that you can create a servery? I personally like my pantry to have a door on it, that way it stays dark and cool. Also, don't forget to put a nech in the shower, it doesn't cost that much and looks so much better. Lastly, get a costing to upgrade the hight and width of your alfresco doors, if you keep the standard style (not boutique) and just get it taller (2250mm) and wider it doesn't cost that much more, also, ask for fly screens on the alfresco doors, they are surprised cheep through PD. So much you can spend extra money on! If you get it put on the plan and into the quote now, you can always take it out later at no charge. All the best. C. Hi Charly, We are pretty impressed with Astor 49 and we are planning to build this house. I love your ideas and I assume you’re building this house too? When you say windows in the galley, are these sliding windows? Did you make some changes in your kitchen too? If you don’t mind, can you post some photos of the outcome of your pantry with the door, window in the galley, kitchen where the cooktop is, island bench, sink, the family room where the big windows are and lastly your staircase? Just want to have an idea on what changes should I do before we sign the contract. Thanks! Re: Porter Davis homes 17220Jun 30, 2019 10:17 am i would like to chime in here 2 years on today nearly we moved into our new waldorf 48 we had a multitude of problems longer than my arm, so much stuff went wrong during the build and it took a year to get all of my maintenance issues sorted, however porter davis were always really good to work with fixed everything i complained about and more that....stuff they didnt have too. took patience but they did get it all done and was annoying having to wait but again in turn they realised the mucking around and actually either reimbursed us in full for some stuff (like i have a small amount of paint splash on the stairs so we chose to leave it and porter davis paid us a nice amount to not have to re stain etc) they damaged our garage floor during the build and instead of just fixing it they paid nearly 10k to have a special topping and coating of our choice over the whole triple garage (at our request) i found them pretty good and reasonable if not a bit slow. i know its annoying but hang in there, we love our new home and havent had any issues at all with it since we finally got rid of the maintenance guys lol. 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 14236 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 13391 Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 6495 |