My Porter Davis Build Blog

This is a nice door. I doubt Porter Davis can do this but just food for thought... Seriously, for anyone else adding a door under their stairs, take note that Porter Davis will not plaster the inside AND they will not put flooring their either (!).  They just put a door and you do the rest post handover.  

Our Tender appointment was completed last month. One word of warning... it is very very long! We started 9am sharp and still had open items past 5pm. In the end, we ended up getting our Tender emailed to us which was great because we got to review it over the weekend and spot a few more errors. I remember reading someone else's comments saying their Tender was long and at the time not understanding why it would take that long. I had emailed all my changes I wanted before hand so assumed it would be a matter of going through the Tender document and ticking off all the boxes. Not quite! Here's how the day went.. 9-11:30pm: Walk through Tender page by page, line by line. There is Site siting, how far the minimum set back is, whether you want dispensation to bring it closer, where all the silt pits are for collecting water, which trees and vegetation need to be cleared, which windows and overlooking and need to be glazed, and all the floor plan mark ups. 11:30 - 12:30: Go thr

We parted with our $1000 deposit for the sales stage late last year. Here's some tips for anyone else who hasn't paid up yet Visit other builders to compare prices (not just the base price, but also ask about upgrades, changes to floor plan options, timber bi-folds, double glazing, etc., etc.,). This will give you an idea of where Porter Davis sits compared to the competition. In our comparisions, 'most' of the PD upgrades were cheaper Get ALL your changes in the sales quote - structural AND internal selections. Even if the sales consultant has no idea on the price, just get it written down. Once we paid our deposit, we were told all changes must now be made at Tender. Needless to say, our Tender took a FULL day (9am to 5pm) with a 1.5 hour lunch break in between AND there were open items that had to be deferred to Contract because pricing wasn't available that day. The only way to have a short Tender appointment is to be more diligent and included everything e