Browse Forums Building A New House Porter Davis homes 5567Jun 11, 2012 9:12 pm koukli Agreed. The more I think about the things that have gone wrong so far, and how excited we were a month a go, the more gutted and frustrated I get. I guess I should let it go as they have until Wednesday to wow me with straightforward information in writing. Otherwise ill be seeking our initial deposits and moving on. Everything happens for a reason, the universe must have other plans for us :p Hey koukli, just seeing your posts I know how you feel...FH and I pulled out of PD at the very very last minute...we were lured into the complete package promo back in 2010 which inc site costs...the sales rep had ALL engineering plans of our block paid the $1,000 deposit and on our way...had tender 16 or so weeks later to be told site costs would be around $15,000 which was questioned...then once out block settled in September and had tender 2 it came in at $35,000!!!!!!!!! If we wanted to change house because of budget we would have lost our initial deposits an would have to start again...we pulled out...had a sales rep call and try lure us back by saying we won't get as much of a resale then f we built with PD BLAH BLAH BOO HOO Was shattered...I loved the Darnley and couldn't wait...but that put a massive damper and we changed...wished we had have gone with Carlisle Do with what your gut tells you. It's a lot of money and a massive investment you might find a smaller builder will come up on top Good luck! Re: Porter Davis homes 5569Jun 12, 2012 1:45 pm L & O Technologies Replacing dinted rangehood that was installed damaged - attempt one, fail. Rangehood now sparkes and blows light, switching off the television and microwave and throwing the safety switch - attempt two, fail. Now waiting for attempt three. I wonder if I electrocute myself, maybe that might get someone's attention Re: Porter Davis homes 5570Jun 12, 2012 3:33 pm Hi @koukli, @nutta, @milesy71, @micharlrezk, @sencillez, @wateman, @mak_, @humble and @lewispa, I really appreciate all your honest comments and feedback regarding the experiences each of you has had with PD. I have passed on all the comments to the main PD office for them to absorb. We do care about your build journeys with us and try to make it as smooth as possible so feedback like this is very important to us and how we operate our business. If you have specific issue that you would like me to follow please feel free to send me a private message and I will help where possible. Regards, Ebony 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: Porter Davis homes 5571Jun 12, 2012 6:25 pm Hi Ebony I want to talk about PD as a bussiness not Persons. I had 4 BC and my houses hasn't started building yet and everytime I feel for the staff member who steps in and know nothing about the job. But what about me as a client.. Your internal handover has 0% accuracy it's like wipe their hands clean and say the next person will clean my mess!!! The regional manager Julian I am dealing with is a fantastic guy and step in everytime I have stuff up but how many stuff up can I take. My last issueI called today to confirm that I am starting construction on site tomorrow and the answer from BC was yes. I called the SS and he didn't have my file and know nothing about my job. You are supposed to be the best builder in Melbourne becuase you make the building experience easy but this is far away from easy. I feel that I have to double check every step that you do and I havnt even started yet. I have been defending PD all the way but at this stage i started to think are you really going down hill and is this a live nightmare. This is not the last post you hear from me becuase I will be updating my construction progress step by step and hopefully it will be good from here onward. Re: Porter Davis homes 5572Jun 12, 2012 9:14 pm Things moving along nicely at my end, tiler is still going and plumber due to come this week and do the bathroom fit off. I loooove the tiles I chose for my bathrooms so can't wait to see it all to come together. SS is as fabulous as ever and is happy for me to meet onsite to have our windows measured for curtains and blinds then I'm off this weekend to start looking at fabrics etc and start to make some decisions. I always manage to pick the most expensive thing in the room without even trying so fingers crossed I can keep costs under the national debt I think we're about 4 weeks away from finishing which is amazing really. Now to do my homework that I haven't done for weeks and get photos and plans to our landscape designer so we can get a design together. Need this pretty soon so I can start getting quotes for concrete and booking someone to do the work ASAP after handover. Re: Porter Davis homes 5573Jun 13, 2012 8:08 am Team PD Hi @koukli, @nutta, @milesy71, @micharlrezk, @sencillez, @wateman, @mak_, @humble and @lewispa, I really appreciate all your honest comments and feedback regarding the experiences each of you has had with PD. I have passed on all the comments to the main PD office for them to absorb. We do care about your build journeys with us and try to make it as smooth as possible so feedback like this is very important to us and how we operate our business. If you have specific issue that you would like me to follow please feel free to send me a private message and I will help where possible. Regards, Ebony Honestly Ebony, It goes on deaf ears.. Cant wait for 9am this morning.. going to be a interesting phone call. Re: Porter Davis homes 5574Jun 13, 2012 10:51 am Surprise surprise.. I swear people go into hiding at PD. So the person we were dealing with in regards to our water has left, her last email to us was 'cheque on the way' that was 2 weeks ago. STILL NO CHEQUE! Ebony, you do a lovely job, but really, its all in vain, your support personal onsite in offices while appearing to be helpfull, really arent. Its been nearly 3 months since correspondence started over the water, and still I have no cheque, just a promise of one from someone who doesn't work there anymore. Re: Porter Davis homes 5575Jun 13, 2012 10:54 am Thanks nutta, milsey71, michaelrezk, sencillez, waterman, mark_, humble and Ebony for your replies. Got a reply today regarding my queries and apparently 10k will come back from the developer but I will need to follow up with them as to how. PD will give me 10k back at settlement. I replied back to my BC and asked pretty much all the questions I asked the SC to confirm they were correct as I am now questioning all the answers I received from him. I forgot a couple so I'll ask them when I get my next reply. I mentioned the 5% thing but I don't see there being anyway around that one. I guess that's not too bad then all in all. Now I wonder how the developers deposit works so can't wait to hear the response to that. Seems like if you don't ask, they don't tell. Still not thrilled about this now but might let the valuation go through and see what happens and take it from there. I got a call from the display home site yesterday and was told our SC has left PD.. now I need to get on to them at 11am to get someone to contact the bank to get the valuation done :/ I guess there's brownie points for letting me know that he left without me having to find out. I think I'm going to have to negotiate deposit/settlement on the land until after we have signed contracts. I don't want to get stuck with a block and no house because we don't end up agreeing with the contract. Wish me luck with that Re: Porter Davis homes 5576Jun 13, 2012 11:00 am humble Surprise surprise.. I swear people go into hiding at PD. So the person we were dealing with in regards to our water has left, her last email to us was 'cheque on the way' that was 2 weeks ago. STILL NO CHEQUE! Ebony, you do a lovely job, but really, its all in vain, your support personal onsite in offices while appearing to be helpfull, really arent. Its been nearly 3 months since correspondence started over the water, and still I have no cheque, just a promise of one from someone who doesn't work there anymore. I'm sorry your still waiting humble. I hope I'm not waiting three months after settlement for the cheques I'm being promised. Re: Porter Davis homes 5577Jun 13, 2012 11:03 am We have our PCI today. It was booked for last Friday but we had to cancel as our inspector needed more than 24hrs to write his report. We got the report back on Saturday afternoon with a few surprises, that we're not sure how they will fix. Feeling very anxious but our SS has been great thus far, so we'll see what he has to say this afternoon. Re: Porter Davis homes 5579Jun 13, 2012 12:02 pm michaelrezk Hi Ebony I want to talk about PD as a bussiness not Persons. I had 4 BC and my houses hasn't started building yet and everytime I feel for the staff member who steps in and know nothing about the job. But what about me as a client.. Your internal handover has 0% accuracy it's like wipe their hands clean and say the next person will clean my mess!!! The regional manager Julian I am dealing with is a fantastic guy and step in everytime I have stuff up but how many stuff up can I take. My last issueI called today to confirm that I am starting construction on site tomorrow and the answer from BC was yes. I called the SS and he didn't have my file and know nothing about my job. You are supposed to be the best builder in Melbourne becuase you make the building experience easy but this is far away from easy. I feel that I have to double check every step that you do and I havnt even started yet. I have been defending PD all the way but at this stage i started to think are you really going down hill and is this a live nightmare. This is not the last post you hear from me becuase I will be updating my construction progress step by step and hopefully it will be good from here onward. Hi michaelrezk, I really do appreciate you expressing your frustrations and it’s very important to share this with me so I can bring this to the attention of the main PD office. I’m truly disappointed to hear how frustrating the beginning of your journey has been and I too hope that it does become more of a positive experience from here onwards. I look forward to following your build and at any time please feel free to contact me and I’ll try and help where possible. Regards, Ebony 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: Porter Davis homes 5580Jun 13, 2012 11:18 pm humble Surprise surprise.. I swear people go into hiding at PD. So the person we were dealing with in regards to our water has left, her last email to us was 'cheque on the way' that was 2 weeks ago. STILL NO CHEQUE! Ebony, you do a lovely job, but really, its all in vain, your support personal onsite in offices while appearing to be helpfull, really arent. Its been nearly 3 months since correspondence started over the water, and still I have no cheque, just a promise of one from someone who doesn't work there anymore. Speak directly to your Accounts Receivable person who chases your stage payments. Ask if the customer service person has filled in the paperwork. We waited 6 weeks for a cheque that was promised the next day after settlement. Found out they didn't pass on the request. Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12320 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74688 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 105496 |