The pic looks great. I’d love to hear your colour selections.
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Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 242Nov 04, 2017 7:59 am 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 244Nov 04, 2017 1:28 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 245Nov 06, 2017 12:25 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 251Nov 06, 2017 2:40 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 253Nov 06, 2017 6:04 pm nikil They are unbelievable, and yes ripping off the people who can least afford it! PD really need to sort that out as it reflects poorly on them as a company. seems some local australian companies have some way to go. We dont mind paying a fair margin but...... see more at hoffmangoldwithporterdavis.wordpress.com Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 254Nov 06, 2017 6:08 pm fademan Our WIR and other storage quote came in at 8k, which is reasonable, for 18 different inserts. For Birk, shutters in bath, and ensuite. Romans for sliding doors, and curtains for bedrooms. Just standard materials to be honest. I didn't ask for imported Italian silk drapes, woven together using Rapunzel's hair! I seriously choked on my coffee. Unbelievable. We budgeted for about 12-15k and think we can make that work elsewhere. very easy to install post handover. purchased a pivot door solid wood, 5 horizontal glass pre-stained in the colour I want 1.5k. PD 5k.... easy to install post handover. pull frame 1 out put frame 2 in see more at hoffmangoldwithporterdavis.wordpress.com Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 255Nov 08, 2017 7:50 am We got a quite through impact blinds near fountain gate for a mixture of shutters and roller blinds/ sheers for $13.5k Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 256Nov 08, 2017 1:05 pm We went with impact as well. We have been with them before. Never had any problem with them. We requested a quote from impact back in April 2017 after our tender appointmentt, and since then we've been going back and forth to change colours or to remove something and add something else. Originally we ended up with a quote of about 17K, then last few months with our changes it went down to 14K. We have just settled the final payment 2 weeks ago. blindsonline is not bad, they do have some good pricing but after working out the differences between impact and blindsonline, the prices were very similar but the point of difference was impact provided professional installation whereas blindsonline is a DIY. If you are handyman/woman and have time to do the installation then blindsonline is probably the answer. I have done this in the past for a single storey but there is no way I am doing it again for a double storey by myself. I have no time for this and would rather have a team doing it for me. Tip: if you doing it by yourself, and you have more than 5 windows/blinds/roman to install you gonna need an extra person. Trust me, holding a roman blind up for 5 mins is tough...especially if it is 3metres long As of today we have sheers, shutters, and couple of roller blinds to use as blocker. We ended up removing all roman blinds and went for sheers and shutters. My wife wanted the option to change the colours every couple of years hence we went with sheers as it's easy to remove, wash and replace. Also today I got my final invoice. That's right FINAL..! . Building the Madison 40 | By Porter Davis Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 257Nov 09, 2017 7:08 pm Speaking of curtains, birk came back with a revised quote under 20k that would cover the bedrooms and front of the home, with no shears to try and get my business. They proposed to upgrade the curtain brackets to double so shears can be installed later. Upgrade of brackets for four rooms was $900. So going from a $10 bracket to arguably $20 bracket is $900. The brackets weren't even drawstring, but manual. I ask again: what planet do they think they're on? Can you get quotes from curtain companies using just the tender drawings and elevations? I feel like giving the birk quote , which includes fabrics, to another company to see what they come back with. 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 258Nov 09, 2017 7:12 pm On another note, our selections are looking like this: Kitchen culture $33k (all cabinets) Wardrobes $8k Electrical: $25k Interior selections: $18k Tiles $17k...might be closer to $22 (tossing up upgrading the downstairs tiles to Capri travertini grigio in lieu of Alpine Stone). So we're looking like $100k in upgrades and a total build cost of just over $600k. Seems excessive....sigh. 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 259Nov 09, 2017 8:14 pm fademan On another note, our selections are looking like this: Kitchen culture $33k (all cabinets) Wardrobes $8k Electrical: $25k Interior selections: $18k Tiles $17k...might be closer to $22 (tossing up upgrading the downstairs tiles to Capri travertini grigio in lieu of Alpine Stone). So we're looking like $100k in upgrades and a total build cost of just over $600k. Seems excessive....sigh. Wow fademan, deep pockets. So far we have had Kitchen culture $8,350 Tiles $6,800 Warbrobe $2,700 Brivis $3,500 Interior $16,500 Electrical $21,000 All up, around $59k.... so far I have it back to $52k with cost cutting... sigh It's easy to spend money, that's for sure. Re: Porter Davis - Madison 40 260Nov 09, 2017 9:14 pm Omg, I haven't factored in brivis...what is that cost for? We were supposed to meet with them but instead expecting a phone call of some kind. Building a Madison 45 with Porter Davis Madison 45 Blog (Send me a PM with your email address to be added) Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12332 |