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9 years9 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs

What's the brick neutraliser for?

9 years9 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs

Ours has a power point behind the tv
Plus a hdmi cable and aerial cable.

9 years9 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Porter Davis homes

There isn't much useful in there:
Birk blinds had a discount in there, bursons I think it was had discounts. There was a winery in yarra glen somewhere that had a…

9 years9 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Porter Davis homes

Being a single story couldn't you do the downlights after handover, when money permits?

9 years9 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Porter Davis homes

We had neale for our slab, was no dramas and the inspector was happy with the slab.
Our build was meant to be 203 days, which ended up being the 15th…

9 years9 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Cost involved when buying house and land package

Rates on land before/when building
Utilities when building
Morgage whilst building can be abit of a killer if you're paying rent at the same time
Blinds/ curtains
Upgrades you can't live without on the…

9 years9 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis

on our place they put the skirting in, then when the tilers came they pulled it out and put a tiled skirting in.

9 years9 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis

How did your meeting go?

9 years9 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Porter Davis homes

That will make it a lot better, when I looked through the PD displays there you can see all the livingston estate from the 2 story house on the end.…

9 years9 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Porter Davis homes

Good thing! He's a typical sales guy, but very helpful. I thought he went beyond his call. Really nice guy.
Mayfield looks like a very nice Estste, only thing I…

9 years9 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Porter Davis homes

Is that with jaime?

9 years9 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Exposed aggregate vs grey concrete driveway

Definitely get it looks so much better. Seems to cover up stains a lot better too.

9 years9 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis

People who are looking into blinds & shutters check out Interlux in Berwick.
I've had about 5-6 quotes all were about the same $6000 mark for 7 shutters & 7 …

9 years9 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
VIC Independent Building Inspectors Recommendations

X2 Darbecca are great Explain everything to you & their reports are very thorough.

9 years9 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Porter Davis Category 1 Bricks???

http://blog.porterdavis.com.au/what-are ... vingstone/
Theres 6 in cat 1... But they're either red or sandy yellow

9 years9 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis

Has anyone upgraded their drive from coloured concrete to exposed aggregate?
Our drive is the garage wide by probably 2m long and a small path to the front door.
We were quoted…

10 years10 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Porter Davis homes

We went to the one at ambrosia, incredible amount of people we got there at 10 mins before it was meant to start and there was a massive line at…

10 years10 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
If builders and tradespeople are supposedly so incompetent

Are you saying that you always have to pay the builders invoices, even if the stage isn't finished? Perhaps they have to fix up items you've found on your inspections?…

10 years10 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis

Tiles look great what type of basin is that? Is that the extended mixer?

10 years10 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Porter Davis homes

We got the ones on the second page on the right second from the bottom, they were also $7.
I thought it was pretty good
When we first went to the old…

10 years10 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Porter Davis Walk Throughs

I go through ours all the time after hours, they always leave doors unlocked. Gives you a good chance to look at everyone with out someone trying to rush you…

10 years10 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Porter Davis homes

X2 for holding up the cash gets everything fixed, paying them everything gets forgotten & they move on until you kick up about it.

10 years10 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis

That's what I was thinking, I was also told the final invoice won't be far behind this one... The house is contracted to feb, they are about 2-3 weeks…

10 years10 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis

Hi everyone,
Those of you who have employed private building inspectors..

When they've found things that need to be fixed, and porter Davis send an invoice through are you still meant…

10 years10 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Building a Waldorf or Marriot by Porter Davis

What does the Fixing stage Involve? Doors, Skirting, Architraves, Kitchen Bathroom Laundry Cupboards is that it?
Do all the Lights, Switches & Sinks go in at this stage as well?
Thanks

10 years10 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Building with Porter Davis

One is possibly the vent from the rangehood on single stories it's an upgrade I believe, standard in double story.
The other I'm not too sure possibly from the toilet or…

10 years10 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Stamp Duty Concession & FHOG

Our settlement was the end of May, I would say the 60 days is from when they receive the form not from when your land settled or when you applied…

10 years10 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Porter Davis homes

Hey guys we're nearly at lock up with our home in Clyde. There's been a few hiccups along the way, but we're getting there slowly.
Over the weekend we went to…

10 years10 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Porter Davis homes

I can understand the niche if you upgrade the tiles. They might categorise it differently.
The render makes no sense though!

10 years10 yearssim_r32sim_r32 posted:
Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs

What sliding doors did you get the fingertip ones?
I saw on our contract they wrote finger tip but I knew we wanted to nice ones that were in the display…

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