Browse Forums Building A New House RE march/ feb starts 38Oct 27, 2006 8:33 pm Hi Intoxicated
The free carpet and tiles was part of a promotion they were running only on the Francis 26 that we decided to purchase. We made our descision at the right time, as we also got free flyscreens, brick infills over the windows, and a stone benchtop (for an extra fee, but reduced). We have been to the interior showroom and discovered that the free cat 1 carpet is 100% nylon. This does not interest us, and I have asked for the carpet and tiles freebies be exchanged for a mod on the house (which they did). This is our second home, and we decided to do our own flooring afterwards. NOTE: I have read in other posts that they charge quite a bit for flooring, you may want to get your floor plan and get some independant quotes. From what I know, they must supply the house to you with the 'wet area' tiled - bathroom(s) and laundry. You could be free to arrange your own tiling / flooring in all other areas if you wished. We are off to the colour appointment next Friday, followed by Tender the same day. So far, we have found PD excellent to deal with and hope it continues. Have heard some horror stories with other builders, and at least one about PD in this forum. Good luck Re: Porter Davis homes 39Nov 02, 2006 1:11 pm Mmmmm .. just a word of warning to newbies to the building industry like myself. I love PD ... we all know that .... but we have just been through a bit of a horror period with them re. the flooring.
Since the start of the process we have always said that they would not do the flooring as they are too expensive ... which is fine .... so our CLO kept saying 'just leave it in your contract with a note saying to remove it prior to handover and we will give you an allowance for it'. Sounds good to us! Bank has valued the house ... given approval .. yada yada yada but the most recent hitch is that PD don't give 'allowances' for the carpet therefore they had to give us a variation to remove the flooring, which subsequently means that the bank want to revalue the property. Therefore an additional few hundred dollars extra for fees all because we are putting something into the house that is CHEAPER than what the builder could do (better quality too mind you) PLUS it meant that with the money we saved on flooring, we got quotes on putting the ducted air con. If I was a bank it's a no brainer that we are adding more value (at the same price) by having the air con installed as well as better flooring so why do we need to have it revalued!! Anyway .. .sorry for the vent. Just a bit annoyed that the whole time PD were saying one thing that wasn't actually true. So PD people .. beware. Other than that ...still love them )) Amber http://ourdreamhouse.blogspot.com/ Re: Porter Davis homes 40Nov 02, 2006 4:47 pm HI AMBER!
Checked out your blog what a good idea, now I can keep tabs on your house as well. Excellent! My other half’s got a motor bike, nothing like yours though, his looks like something “Batman” would ride. Now if he got one like yours I might think about getting on it! It looks very comfortable. Good to see you so excited about your home….enjoy and have fun! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12954 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 76106 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 106772 |