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9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

FirstTimePDBuilder - our plumber guy was really great. We didn't need anything fancy - mainly levelling, some cutting in (later we will install retaining walls to perimeter garden beds) and…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

Hi MichaelQ
I actually think it looks darker over a larger area than the original sample.. that's in fairly well lit rooms against 'cool' white paint. We did originally look…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

Thanks MichaelQ!
Here's the final blog post for the last month of the process https://hasslingthehoff.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/the-final-home-stretch-of-the-marathon
and then the last post with pictures https://hasslingthehoff.wordpress.com/the-end-result

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

oh. and our floor levelling was $650 (we had been expecting around $400). I'm not 100% happy with the levelling job though. So even though floor was within tolerances, you…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

Hi all, sorry for the post handover radio silence.. we are in our beautiful new house after an epic move.
We had our floors installed post hand over by F0wles…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

Thanks all :)

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

Quick post from me.. we had handover on Friday and now have the keys to our beautiful house :z:
We landscaped with an excavator over…

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9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

Quick post from me - PCI went well earlier in the week. Amazing effort from PD to tidy up and do the last little bits and pieces. No major issues…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

ChrisHeli, I don't like your tone. I hear that you disagree and you personally would do things differently, but my build, my choice. Please drop it.
I am not saying…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

That's some of the best news I've heard all weekend! :) I'd already emailed my bc this weekend to confirm it had been actioned - that's…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

We'll have to agree to disagree on that ChrisHeli - given our anticipated tight turn around times I want to ensure I can communicate the most severe issues to our…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

I saved our painter from a run in with our neighbour. He then took me through our house (this is weeks back) and asked what I thought of their work.…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

The word 'independent' is very questionable. Isn't it a different branch of the same owning company?

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

Hi All,
Things are still crawling along onsite but no word about rescheduled PCI dates. Communication is virtually non existent, although our new BC seems quite good.
The temporary…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

Hi All,
Two new blog posts from us
https://hasslingthehoff.wordpress.com/2015/08/21/the-on-coming-train
Pictorial progress https://hasslingthehoff.wordpress.com/2015/08/21/664
PCI has been moved back to.. ahem.. yeah, sometime between now and Christmas? Maybe a fortnight? Handover will be.. umm...…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis

Really pleased to hear that your PCI process sounds like it was fairly painless Knyght! We are approaching ours with a great deal of trepidation..
Also interesting to hear at…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Butlers pantry

We have our dishwasher and a sink in our butlers pantry, and a sink in the main kitchen.
We figure you need a sink next to the dishwasher (well we…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

Thanks! We've bought Bashworth's PCI guide on his website - recommended by lots of people. There are lots of useful things to go through and check.
Given we go past…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

Hi All,
We were all set for a rescheduled PCI next week, but we are getting the feeling it will be moved back again, so we haven't bothered to apply…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis

The 'alternative' solution can be seen in the PD contract documents, and is that basically you are required to always use a bathmat.
Not sufficient for our house, particularly with…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis

I saw our PD tiler on site last week. He had been waiting for our extra building variation waterproofing to dry - he noted that full waterproofing is now standard…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

Apparently we are now looking at PCI around 20 August, and handover at the end of the month.
I think the tiler has now finished his work, with all tiles…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

Hey First Time PD builder
We were really concerned about the knock down part, as we were renting elsewhere whilst the house was built.
We had a January site start…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

That's awesome to hear - at the end of the day, as long as there is a quality house, we can take it in our stride. It's reassuring to hear…

Porter Davis homes
9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

That's disappointing to hear. I do have a work mate who was having issues putting in an understairs cupboard for some reason.. different medium volume builder, but they were saying…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis

His blog has stopped as has his posting on the forum. I was hoping he was taking a break with the school holidays.. perhaps someone else knows more? Hopefully he…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

We are nearly finished building our Hoffman (Lifestyle range), having started the process mid last year, and seem to have been allowed whatever upgrades we asked for - I don't…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

The first stacker doors look like the standard lifestyle range doors.. the second doors look like what we have, which is A&L stacker doors in the Boutique range (4.6m wide).…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

MichaelQ - I think ours was being quoted installed from $110 per sqm in the Eastern Burbs, which I think is pretty reasonable. From what I can see, the profit…

9 years9 yearsPungentiaPungentia posted:
Porter Davis homes

More blog with more pictures
https://hasslingthehoff.wordpress.com/2015/07/22/lights-camera

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