Browse Forums Building A New House 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 13801 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 108712 Hi there! Putting the feelers out there for those who have (or almost) built with Arli homes! Interested in your experiences who've built from their stock home designs… 0 26230 |