Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis homes 6841Mar 14, 2013 7:37 pm 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 6853Mar 16, 2013 8:58 am Building the Montague 21 by Porter Davis at The Estuary, Leopold. Our Blog: http://porterdavismontague21.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Porter Davis homes 6856Mar 16, 2013 9:25 pm pdkallara33 I found I was so exhausted by the end of administration I was almost over building, which is not a good start because you really need to be on top of your build especially during slab/frame/pre-pre-plaster stages as this is where alot of things are "sure sure we'll fix it" but in reality this is not always the case and you have be on top of it and push for it. I agree here.. the amount of things during the build that you have to keep an eye on is RIDICULOUS. Like look what I just found today. My SS asked the people responsible for the plaster to seal up the fireplace areas (provision only) as it was to be a straight plaster wall. Guess what the "geniuses" did? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ They sealed in boxes of rubbish!! WTH? The only words to use to describe such work is "lazy, can't be bothered, hope nobody finds out" attitude. How hard is it to just move the boxes (left by other tradies) out of the area before nailing the plaster in? My SS is trying really hard to get things done properly but there are so many things beyond his control.. I have to keep annoying him about things like this unfortunately.... Re: Porter Davis homes 6857Mar 16, 2013 11:31 pm LOL, I just read this same post from your BLOG and I must admit it made me pretty angry, because I know exactly what you’re going through, how it happens, and how ridiculous it is that our country’s workers can't do any type of decent work. Add all this together and you end up with a pizza box plastered in your fire place, a stacking sliding door that has been sent off to get fixed only to return more damaged than it was sent, 2 extra load bearing walls than what your construction plans were drawn with and plumbers who can’t seem to read a building plan even after 5 attempts at installing a mixer and a spout. I don’t remember paying peanuts??? And then my wife tells me today that her cousin in Japan is building a house.. I asked when are they starting she said next month, I asked when will it be complete and was answered in MAY this year, and it isn’t a KIT house, and when I had a think about “how” I realised, it’s because they care about their work and they do the job right the first time. Re: Porter Davis homes 6858Mar 16, 2013 11:41 pm MummaDJ neilrosh Hi, I'm trying to get ball park figures on a couple of electrical items if anyone can help me..... I want to add a dimmer switch to the theatre room, add under cupboard lighting to the kitchen, add a sensor light to the portico and add a double para-flood light to the rear roller door. Also I want to add wall lights to the portico including the light fitting, so if anyone knows how much (roughly) to add for any of these items would be great. BTW I have uploaded my tender costs to the Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs thread if anyone is trying to find prices on items. Hi Neil Electrical team told us to just put junction boxes for outside lights and get them fixed later. Something about occupancy certificates I think and if they install exterior lights they all have to be on sensor lights. To put the junction box on pillars is $132 and junction box on brickwork is $70 Dimmer lights - they don't do LED downlights with dimmers. Not sure about Batten lights. Kitchen under cupboard light - Triangle - $130.90. Single Parafloods are $92.40 Hope that helps. Drill 20mm hole in the top plate either side of your range hood where your kitchen cupboards will be drill another hole in the nogging in the wall where you want the switch. Get an extra shelf in your overhead cupboards then get an electrician after handover to wire up some Clipsal 1.1W Led L507WH cabinet lights, one per door section usually works as the triangles look terrible. Unfortunately the cabinet lights don’t dim. Re: Porter Davis homes 6859Mar 17, 2013 9:12 pm gabster Exactly what happened with me too! Except there were a couple of minor things I didn't manage to pick up after they 'amended' the drawings and they got transferred to my construction drawings. Come building time, PD moves SO quickly you don't even get a chance to blink and BAMM! the mistake from the construction drawings become a reality. SS will not budge because you've signed a 'contract'. I have been put in that EXACT same position too.. for example.. my staircase detail plan clearly shows glass balustrades all the way to the top of the stairs. http://i1327.photobucket.com/albums/u67 ... 17455c.png But when the stairs were built, they just added a dwarf wall to the top of the staircase. Their argument was "Oh the mistake was made by the draftsperson in the Staircase detail plan and all Waldorf staircases comes with a dwarf wall on the top of the stairs due to the stairs extending over the fridge space, as shown on the construction floor plan, which is the correct one, so we are going to ignore the staircase detail plan because we are saying it is wrong" (which I have attached and highlighted the area in question) http://i1327.photobucket.com/albums/u67 ... 6ee1b5.png So now its going to cost me $$$$$ (and quite a lot of it) just to have the stairs redesigned and rebuilt to have the glass all the way to the top. I can't help but wonder, if they just want to blame me for signing a plan that is EXTREMELY hard to notice one small detail there and pass the costs on to repair their mistake to me. I argued that the detailed staircase plan should over-ride that floorplan but they refuse to concede.. bottom line... PD seems to just pick and chose whatever is in their favour when it comes to a mistake in the plans.... so I am left with no choice but to fork out more $$$. Re: Porter Davis homes 6860Mar 17, 2013 9:14 pm gabster Also, my master ensuite bathroom is located on the ground floor. Is it a building reg to have at least the shower a ducted outlet for the air ventilation? At the moment, we have a fan above the shower and the air is just going to circulate between the joists. I don't see any outlets for it. I know for the upper floor, the builder is allowed to let the air into the ceiling space, but im not sure about ground floor toilets. I made sure the draftsperson drew a vent on the elevations for my bathrooms on the ground floor. But after my drama with external vents not meeting up with internal vents (see my blog under DEFECTS), which is still yet to be fixed (although in fairness my SS says he will make sure it is done), I am not 100% confident the internal bathroom vent will meet up with the external vent! Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12344 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74715 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 105587 |