Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Anyone heard of PLACES HOMES LAND LIFE builder??? 71Apr 27, 2011 9:25 am We didn't get the package because were originally quoted the cost of the land and the cost of the house. When we went to put the deposit on, they added another $10,000 and told us that was there package price. They advertised that site costs were included but they were only included after they added on the extra costs. We knew that our land didnt require any work and so did the builders. The builders had a copy of the engineering plan and so sis we, so we all knew there was no need for any work on the site prior to construction. We eventually convinced the builder to let us do it as an order job which meant we didn't pay the site costs. I just feel sorry for all the other people in the same estate who paid the money for nothing. Re: Anyone heard of PLACES HOMES LAND LIFE builder??? 72Apr 27, 2011 9:52 am Actually, another thing, looking back over the sh!tlist....a few mistakes were made due to incorrect plans being given to the tradies...so did you submit your altered plans to the builder? What construction plans did you sign off on? Where are you at anyway?. Re: Anyone heard of PLACES HOMES LAND LIFE builder??? 73May 01, 2011 12:25 am We built with them 18 months ago. I got to admit. Ive built houses before kinda knew what to expect. However wasn't prepared for the amount of problems we are encountering. We have numberous walls that where at some spots up to 15 mm out of square. We have had blocked toilets for almost a year took the plumbers 8 visits to work out what was wrong. It also seem now that we have a problem where the house is starting to sink into one corner which we have been trying to get on to them about. This has created about 20 or so cracks in the house happy to attach some photos. Because of the house sinking we now have problems with all our doors and windows opening. Ive spoke to an independant builder who believes they may have to underpin the house. We also had pipes leeking in our wall. ( I thought thats why plumbers pressure tested). Numberous other problems which could go on and on. Places claim the severe it is due to the wether however, spoke to both my neighbours and neither have cracks (built with metricon) and certainly don't have sinking houses. Fairly fed up with them. To be honest. All in all building with places has been a distaster and yes they do fix things eventually but 18 months later I'm still waiting and still finding more major problems with the house. These guys are reasonably new on the scene. There will always be a lag time between when they build and the problems they find. ATM their maitenance guy is flat out and there is no wonder. Id hate to be building with them now as Its only gonna get worse the more houses they have out there. I have actually waited along time hoping the problems would be fixed that I wouldn't have to take this to a public forum like this. From a sales and administration point of view places was excellent. No doubt the best I have dealt when building a house. http://img853.imageshack.us/slideshow/w ... g0247o.jpg here is a link to some of the photos I have uploaded of some of our walls. This where taken today. There are serval more however these ones are the worst of them. Total Breeze Air Conditioning and Electrical - Based in Melbourne http://www.totalbreeze.com.au Re: Anyone heard of PLACES HOMES LAND LIFE builder??? 74May 27, 2011 3:55 pm Places Homes teams up to create dream design portfolio Just wanted to share some Porter Davis news with you, we will be undertaking a brand consolidation of Places Homes. The consolidation means that Places properties will be transferred into Porter Davis Homes group, so we will have even more stunning designs under the PD brand. For those of you who aren’t aware of Places Homes, it was founded in 2008 during which time many first and new home buyers discovered an affordable opportunity to build a brand new home with a stunning range of bespoke Places designs. The consolidation of brands will not affect Places’ existing obligations, as all current customer and supplier contracts will be honoured and construction will continue as planned. Also the entirety of the Places staff will be transitioning into Porter Davis Homes group. The rebranding program is due to commence on 1 June and all current Places and Porter Davis display homes will remain open, with Places Homes being rebranded by 1 July 2011. Current or existing Places Homes clients can call their local Porter Davis Lifestyle office for any further information. East – 9709 1200. North – 8467 1200. West – 9363 9555. Porter Davis Homes Questions? Call 1800PORTER Mon - Fri 9am-8pm Sat - Sun 10am-4pm info@porterdavis.com.au http://blog.porterdavis.com.au/ http://www.porterdavishomes.com.au You should pressure clean your roof first and make sure the paint you buy also is anti mould. 4 19003 Sounds like rubbish to me. Ask for the contamination report which I doubt they have. If it's part of a normal subdivision it would have had a contamination report done… 9 5688 |