Browse Forums Building A New House Re: structural changes after contract with Porter Davis 5Apr 13, 2012 11:38 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: structural changes after contract with Porter Davis 9Sep 17, 2012 8:36 am We are at lock up stage and it has been good up to now except I found the subcontractors trying to fit the wrong stair case. It was a mistake by PD and should be soon sorted. Apparently we are the first to build this house in the south eastern sub so they have had a lot of things to sort through but it has been not too bad up to now, if it goes at this phase we should get the house before completion date BUT who knows?. Where are you building? My main recommendation building with PD is you need to look at what you want and have a pretty good idea what you want and have all that included as early as possible. After contract its pretty much impossible to do any or even minor structural changes. I went and spent a lot of time at the display house in Clyde just to get a feel for it. I also went to almost all PD display villages and houses and look at ideas, colours, kitchens, bathrooms floors and made a display book for my self for what I liked. When you go to choose your tile, and colour selections this helps. You could tell them the house and which village its from and they give you all colours and brands used in that house. We are building the same as the display with two master bedrooms, same stair case, galley and the same facade as the display. Few things I would have liked and did not include but now regret is Bathroom niches, wider garage so there is storage space and a door from the theatre room to the living area at the back so the whole area could be opened for a party. As they say I found its better to include more and take out than add later. Also make sure that your sales consultant gives you accurate costing. We found that a lot of things cost a lot more when we went to tender. Also because you wouldn't have done your electrical they do not include the electrical amount at tender. Just remember this will be an additional cost at contract. Very carefully check all initial sales tender and contract documents they do a few mistakes. For electrical we only got the lower level done completely and got battens and wiring done for top level. Electrical is a significant cost. We knocked down our old house and rebuilt. Happy to give any advice and help just ask. My overall experience to now with PD has been good not many complains. Re: structural changes after contract with Porter Davis 10Dec 29, 2012 9:27 pm Hi ita2007, how is your build going with the Marbella ? We are about to start building in the New Year (18th January) and our house sounds very similar to yours, we have hasically taken most of the features from the display home at Clyde North including the facade. We are building in Glen Waverley, where are you building. Cheers, Stuart Re: structural changes after contract with Porter Davis 11Jan 02, 2013 7:44 am Hi We built in Glen Waverley, we had handover in December 2012. currently enjoying the house. Very happy with the build except for some minor issues. Whereabouts in Glen Waverley are you? who is your site supervisor? Re: structural changes after contract with Porter Davis 12Jan 26, 2013 12:51 pm stuartPDMarbella42 Hi ita2007, how is your build going with the Marbella ? We are about to start building in the New Year (18th January) and our house sounds very similar to yours, we have hasically taken most of the features from the display home at Clyde North including the facade. We are building in Glen Waverley, where are you building. Cheers, Stuart Hi Stuart How is it going? Have PD started building yet? We are building the Marbella 42 in Ashburton with a commencement date sometime in April. Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12592 I engaged my builder in December last year and we’ve been working on preliminary drawings for last couple of months. I got a call from the salesperson this morning… 0 617 You talk about deletions, are they variations or PS and PC adjustments? pleas list them 1 16628 |