Omg, $2200 for the moulding. You got a great deal....and that didn't include the front door!
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 201Oct 03, 2017 3:58 pm Building a Madison 45 with Porter Davis Madison 45 Blog (Send me a PM with your email address to be added) Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 203Oct 03, 2017 8:42 pm fademan How did you go today? Lots to take in and review I guess. Would love to hear your thoughts and experience overall during your tender appointment. I hope you got your entry door centred so you can avoid the issue with the arch, that is if you are still having arch around the door. Did you get the robe door upgraded to 2340? alfresco? Would love to hear how you went today. Building the Madison 40 | By Porter Davis Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 204Oct 04, 2017 1:12 am hang on - writing my blog post now Ok, being told to goto bed by my better half. Will post tomorrow...err later this morning. Building a Madison 45 with Porter Davis Madison 45 Blog (Send me a PM with your email address to be added) Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 205Oct 04, 2017 10:42 am Ok, I found a few minor mistakes on the plans that I signed. Were anyone able to make minor adjustments after tender without getting whacked with the $1200 amendment charge? Building a Madison 45 with Porter Davis Madison 45 Blog (Send me a PM with your email address to be added) Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 206Oct 04, 2017 10:44 am fademan Ok, I found a few minor mistakes on the plans that I signed. Were anyone able to make minor adjustments after tender without getting whacked with the $1200 amendment charge? We made some pretty fairly minor changes post tender without getting hit with the fee, the earlier you tell them about the changes the better. Also if it's their mistakes rather than yours they will presumably be more accommodating. Building a Kew 28 with Porter Davis Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 207Oct 04, 2017 11:06 am Our BC wouldn't even move the location of the toilet roll holder in the bathroom when we asked her too! I'm just going to wait and ask the SS when the time comes. Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 208Oct 04, 2017 1:06 pm fademan Ok, I found a few minor mistakes on the plans that I signed. Were anyone able to make minor adjustments after tender without getting whacked with the $1200 amendment charge? I did make some changes, such as changing door profile, I had couple of flush door for hidden areas, i got 4 changed to match the rest of the house, make kitchen changes to the height of the table, and electrical changes then more colour changes. I only paid 250$ fee for the kitchen changes Building the Madison 40 | By Porter Davis Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 209Oct 04, 2017 4:21 pm nikil Our BC wouldn't even move the location of the toilet roll holder in the bathroom when we asked her too! I'm just going to wait and ask the SS when the time comes. Good idea. The site supervisors are fairly flexible I have found. - View my blog at www.waldorfgrangebuild.wordpress.com Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 210Oct 04, 2017 4:24 pm Waldorf_Grange_Build nikil Our BC wouldn't even move the location of the toilet roll holder in the bathroom when we asked her too! I'm just going to wait and ask the SS when the time comes. Good idea. The site supervisors are fairly flexible I have found. - View my blog at http://www.waldorfgrangebuild.wordpress.com That's what I have heard. I can't imagine it's a big deal. Hopefully I remember when the time comes! Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 211Oct 04, 2017 10:28 pm OK everyone, I've posted my experience of tender on my blog. The mistakes I found (some of them are mine - I should have picked some of these up yesterday): - Lounge bulkhead section at the front of the house needs to be 500 wide to accommodate in-ceiling speakers that are 300mm in diameter. (same section of the bulkhead that has the pelmet --- so maybe 500 + 90 for the pelmet = approx. 600mm in total?) - Upstairs Bath window should be Square set reveal (15-18A.DG (SQ SET)) o Tender doc may also need to be updated here (couldn’t find it)? OOPS! - Elevation C (top elevation) – “ALUMINIUM FRAMED WINDOWS” comment is pointing to the sliders, and “ALUMINIUM STACKER SLIDING DOOR” comment is pointing to the window…reverse! I also had a clarification question: - Clarification: “Provide gloss wood to afresco ceiling” covers both the alfresco, and grand alfresco extension (the lines / comments are only displayed under the standard section of the alfresco? (Does it need to be duplicated to ensure that both sections / whole alfresco is covered?). I contacted my BC today (she was sick yesterday so I didn't get a chance to meet her at my tender), and she said that the changes / mistakes I found will get added to the "Change Control" of my file - as the drafty is going to have to make changes to the plan after our WoS - and the mistakes / amendments we want to make will get applied then - so I'm going to keep a record of the things to change / amend. I think the final updates to the plan are made at contract (for example, where all the cabinets go, the electrical plan etc...). Building a Madison 45 with Porter Davis Madison 45 Blog (Send me a PM with your email address to be added) Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 212Oct 04, 2017 10:35 pm Gio Here is my front facade with the mouldings added. I wonder if the mouldings I asked for are the same as what you asked for, hence the price difference. My inspiration was the Waldorf Grange 50: Waldorf Grange 50 Display - Long Island FacadeLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our facade projection: Like ⋅ 2 comments ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ They also adjusted the front portico to be in-line with the second floor in terms of height. I'm not sure if having it all lined up is better than having it at a different height - I guess this way the moulding along the top will run along the entire house seamlessly. Building a Madison 45 with Porter Davis Madison 45 Blog (Send me a PM with your email address to be added) Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 213Oct 05, 2017 8:35 am fademan @Gio Here is my front facade with the mouldings added. I wonder if the mouldings I asked for are the same as what you asked for, hence the price difference. My inspiration was the Waldorf Grange 50: Waldorf Grange 50 Display - Long Island FacadeLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our facade projection: Like ⋅ 2 comments ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ They also adjusted the front portico to be in-line with the second floor in terms of height. I'm not sure if having it all lined up is better than having it at a different height - I guess this way the moulding along the top will run along the entire house seamlessly. I prefer having the front portico on the same level, I think it would drive me nuts not have it at the same height. Building a Kew 28 with Porter Davis Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 214Oct 05, 2017 8:36 am fademan OK everyone, I've posted my experience of tender on my blog. The mistakes I found (some of them are mine - I should have picked some of these up yesterday): - Lounge bulkhead section at the front of the house needs to be 500 wide to accommodate in-ceiling speakers that are 300mm in diameter. (same section of the bulkhead that has the pelmet --- so maybe 500 + 90 for the pelmet = approx. 600mm in total?) - Upstairs Bath window should be Square set reveal (15-18A.DG (SQ SET)) o Tender doc may also need to be updated here (couldn’t find it)? OOPS! - Elevation C (top elevation) – “ALUMINIUM FRAMED WINDOWS” comment is pointing to the sliders, and “ALUMINIUM STACKER SLIDING DOOR” comment is pointing to the window…reverse! I also had a clarification question: - Clarification: “Provide gloss wood to afresco ceiling” covers both the alfresco, and grand alfresco extension (the lines / comments are only displayed under the standard section of the alfresco? (Does it need to be duplicated to ensure that both sections / whole alfresco is covered?). I contacted my BC today (she was sick yesterday so I didn't get a chance to meet her at my tender), and she said that the changes / mistakes I found will get added to the "Change Control" of my file - as the drafty is going to have to make changes to the plan after our WoS - and the mistakes / amendments we want to make will get applied then - so I'm going to keep a record of the things to change / amend. I think the final updates to the plan are made at contract (for example, where all the cabinets go, the electrical plan etc...). It is very important you keep track of all this. As soon as you remember something, note it down because you will forget. I do a lot of thinking when i am on the train on the way to work, by just looking at the drawings over and over I see things that I have missed or PD missed. So write it down and go over the drawing again and again.
Building the Madison 40 | By Porter Davis Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 215Oct 05, 2017 10:23 pm hey nikil Now that I've gone through the tender process, I understand why they don't want to make trivial modifications to plans (like moving a toilet roll holder) - they get signed, printed, distributed to council, issued to builders, and a bunch of other places. Making a change in AutoCAD would take 2 seconds - however getting the current version of the plans re-issued to all the various people that have copies of them is much harder. Gio I've thought about this, and I've been using a word document to record everything so far. Now that I have signed tender documentation, I'm going to replace that with a spreadsheet with a bunch of columns: - the document that needs changing; - the page - description of the change - date discussed and channel (email / phone) and - with who; will make things easier I think. @everyone --- Our tender price was vastly lower than our sales quote - mainly because all the allowances, and things that get discussed at WoS, were removed. I'm going to create yet another spreadsheet to estimate / budget our WoS, but there are a few things that I haven't worked out yet: - Cost of painting interior walls with different colours; - Cost of an additional outdoor facade colour; - Wallpaper Can someone shed some light? Building a Madison 45 with Porter Davis Madison 45 Blog (Send me a PM with your email address to be added) Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 216Oct 06, 2017 12:05 am fademan hey nikil Now that I've gone through the tender process, I understand why they don't want to make trivial modifications to plans (like moving a toilet roll holder) - they get signed, printed, distributed to council, issued to builders, and a bunch of other places. Making a change in AutoCAD would take 2 seconds - however getting the current version of the plans re-issued to all the various people that have copies of them is much harder. Gio I've thought about this, and I've been using a word document to record everything so far. Now that I have signed tender documentation, I'm going to replace that with a spreadsheet with a bunch of columns: - the document that needs changing; - the page - description of the change - date discussed and channel (email / phone) and - with who; will make things easier I think. @everyone --- Our tender price was vastly lower than our sales quote - mainly because all the allowances, and things that get discussed at WoS, were removed. I'm going to create yet another spreadsheet to estimate / budget our WoS, but there are a few things that I haven't worked out yet: - Cost of painting interior walls with different colours; - Cost of an additional outdoor facade colour; - Wallpaper Can someone shed some light? Sounds like you are very organised, which you need to be. I often wonder how people without an eye for detail build houses as so much onus is on the client to micromanage the progress. In regards to pricing we were told that it would be $400 per feature wall to pick a different paint colour. That was mid 2016 so not sure if it has changed since then. - View my blog at www.waldorfgrangebuild.wordpress.com Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 217Oct 06, 2017 4:35 am fademan hey @nikil Now that I've gone through the tender process, I understand why they don't want to make trivial modifications to plans (like moving a toilet roll holder) - they get signed, printed, distributed to council, issued to builders, and a bunch of other places. Making a change in AutoCAD would take 2 seconds - however getting the current version of the plans re-issued to all the various people that have copies of them is much harder. @Gio I've thought about this, and I've been using a word document to record everything so far. Now that I have signed tender documentation, I'm going to replace that with a spreadsheet with a bunch of columns: - the document that needs changing; - the page - description of the change - date discussed and channel (email / phone) and - with who; will make things easier I think. @everyone --- Our tender price was vastly lower than our sales quote - mainly because all the allowances, and things that get discussed at WoS, were removed. I'm going to create yet another spreadsheet to estimate / budget our WoS, but there are a few things that I haven't worked out yet: - Cost of painting interior walls with different colours; - Cost of an additional outdoor facade colour; - Wallpaper Can someone shed some light? see more at hoffmangoldwithporterdavis.wordpress.com Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 218Oct 06, 2017 9:54 pm Right, so I bet each extra wall will be $500...lol Building a Madison 45 with Porter Davis Madison 45 Blog (Send me a PM with your email address to be added) Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 219Oct 07, 2017 12:41 am Building Surveyor. I am just curious to find out if any of you appointed a private building surveyor or selected one that was recommended to you by PD. If private, have you been in constant communication with your private building surveyor about progress, permit or quality issues picked up or reported by your building surveyor? Building the Madison 40 | By Porter Davis Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 220Oct 07, 2017 2:07 am I called Darbecca , as there are many people on this forum that use them, to ask this exact question. I'm going to use them as our independent inspector. They said that if you use their services, they'll check everything anyway so you can pick one of theirs. I asked my bc which was the best to use and just signed up with their recommendation. Building a Madison 45 with Porter Davis Madison 45 Blog (Send me a PM with your email address to be added) Wow that is terrible about the insurance! I guess ideally proof of insurance should be provided prior to first deposit but I'd imagine they would refuse to be out of… 17 14248 There isn't any need to. As I wrote previously, there isn't a set term, there is just commencement based on earlier of contract signing or building permit issue and… 24 13408 Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 6510 |