Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 401Aug 26, 2011 11:53 am Building Waldorf 44 with PD Feel free to follow our build progress - http://melnrobsknockdownrebuild.blogspot.com/ Re: Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 405Aug 29, 2011 11:00 am 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 Re: Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 408Aug 30, 2011 9:11 am JPZ Just an update regarding my fridge space jutting out from under the stairs. PD initially came back and said they will not fix it as they built it as per contract. After pushing, they said they will allow it at this late stage but stung us with the price for doing so. We had no choice but to agree as this cannot be done after handover. We didn't want it to be a point of contention as we walk into our beautiful dream home. What I' not happy about is that they did not even take any responsibility for this. We were not provided with elevation drawings for the stairs, from the ground floor drawings, its hard to tell if it will jut out (coz it could be hidden by the stairs height). Everyone else building the Waldorf has been advised not to extend their fridge space. We were recommended to do so by our sales consultant and no one warned us that it will stick out. If it is so obvious from the plans (and our fault we did not pick it up), wouldn't it have been so obvious to our CSC/drafter/estimator etc (as they look at plans all the time)? Can’t believe they charged you to change it back to the original dimensions. That’s crap, they are already making a huge profit from your build and little amendments like this should be rectified instantly. Did they sting you with a big fee? Re: Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 409Aug 30, 2011 2:48 pm tstr1a Can’t believe they charged you to change it back to the original dimensions. That’s crap, they are already making a huge profit from your build and little amendments like this should be rectified instantly. Did they sting you with a big fee?[/quote] Yes, huge... $1400. Definitely not happy. I spoke to Consumer Affairs and they wanted me to lodge a formal complaint. They reckon I have a case under a lack of duty of care by their staff. What would you do? Re: Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 412Aug 31, 2011 9:16 am This is what the plans show. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I couldn't tell that it would stick out at ground level. I was not given any elevations of the stairs. Bearing in mind that I have 2740 high ceilings. And also the fact that it was the sales consultant who suggested I extended my fridge space and no one at admin bringing up that it would jut out. Re: Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 413Aug 31, 2011 9:32 am JPZ This is what the plans show. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I couldn't tell that it would stick out at ground level. I was not given any elevations of the stairs. Bearing in mind that I have 2740 high ceilings. And also the fact that it was the sales consultant who suggested I extended my fridge space and no one at admin bringing up that it would jut out. take them on JPZ.. ACCC Re: Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 414Aug 31, 2011 9:43 am I would have assumed the bit that sticks out would have extended up to the ceiling of the first floor as well. Without the elevation of the stairs, how would you have know that not to be the case? I think PD should have advised you of this (duty of care - and how many times have PD built this house?); and your supervisor should have brought this up during construction (and how many times has he built this house?); so an amendment could have been made there and then. Our S has been excellent during our build and making sure things are right. He always checks with us first when something doesn't look right or something has to be altered slightly. It is hard to check everything is correct in your plans; even when you go over them again and again. Re: Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 415Aug 31, 2011 9:49 am I thought the protruding wall went up to the ceiling? That’s what the drawing show or that’s how a common person would have interpreted it. JPZ I would take them on... couldn’t believe that they stung you with a $1,400 charge. Re: Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 416Aug 31, 2011 1:29 pm About time Porter Davis has opened a Waldorf display home in the South East (Berwick – Bernly Gardens). No more travelling to the other side of the world to view this display. Personally this is my favourite Waldorf display as it looks and feels fantastic and PD has finished it off with all the trimmings. One small improvement is that store room, which has been converted to a wine room, is accessible from the theatre. The display at Kingsford has the wine room assess from the laundry which looked cheap and tacky. Imagining showing your friends your wine room and walking past your dirty laundry (someone has used their brains). Well done PD, another beautiful home. If your interest in seeing pics I took of this display please check out my blog. I wish I took pics of the sandpiper display. All I can say is that is HOT! Re: Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 417Sep 02, 2011 4:17 pm I'm still waiting for the building variation for reverting to the original fridge space... I think they expect me to be rapt that it is now getting fixed, despite the cost. I'm really not happy. Re: Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 418Sep 05, 2011 9:40 am Hi all, We went to visit the new displays at Bernly Gardens on the weekend and I must say, it is absolutely beautiful.... So inspiring... Was looking thru the new promo list and notice that it now comes with a designer kitted out master BIR/WIR. Does anyone have the plans of this? We hadn't thought about it before. Obviously its too late now for a BV but I'm thinking of retrofitting it after handover. Has anyone had it done after handover and what designs did you come up with and by whom? Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 419Sep 05, 2011 11:31 am Hi JPZ, We have had quotes done by Creative by Design and U-nique Storage. Very different systems. Creative by Design constructs like a kitchen and U-nique uses the clip on ladder design. Both cost around the same if you go for white melamine. We are building the Sandpiper, the quotes were for master WIR, 2 BIR and 1 smaller WIR. We have shelves, short hanging, long hanging, drawers, tie drawers, shoe drawers and soft close. This came to about 6k. If you go for it, tell PD not to install anything in these robes. Re: Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 420Sep 07, 2011 9:40 am No progress will happen this week as the brickies are away waiting for the scaffolding to be erected before they can continue working on our house. I went to the site last night and to my surprise scaffolding was delivered ready for installation today. Brickies are scheduled to come back on Monday to finish of the remaining brick work and couple of weeks after I will be in lock-up, which mean that a major invoice will need to be paid. At lock up we would have paid PD 70% of the construction costs but it doesn’t look like the house is 70% complete (PD manages their cash flow very well). The risk is if PD goes broke right now I would find it extremely difficult (actually impossible) to find a builder to finish off the remaining works for 30% of the total contract price. Also, imagine the nightmare dealing with insurance to pick up the bill; it would set us back at least a year. Also delivered were the plaster boards (Gyprock) and our 75mm cornices. I noticed that the plaster board were 6 metres long which means less joins and hopefully no cracks in the future. Going upstairs I am fathomed on how they managed to get the plaster boards up there (still scratching my head) they couldn’t have carried the boards on by one as this would be inefficient. My new lovely pivot door frame was also delivered, SS managed to fix this error swiftly. So far I have had a trouble free build and I’m extremely happy with the quality of the build. Keep it up PD. I’ll post some pics up on the weekend for those interested. Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12345 go upvc window frames ensure insulation under colorbond. not just sarking, lighter color roof also not sure if you have seen this viewtopic.php?t=5823 last couple of pages… 4 110592 |