My Porter Davis Build Blog

The Fixing Stage invoice was officially sent to me on 27th Oct which put it at week 19 of my build. That's just over four months which, especially considering my delay due to the power lines, is damn quick. Anyway, back to the fixing invoice, it was sent a tad premature because there were just a 'few' outstanding issues that needed to be attended to... 1. Bedroom 2 door not straight Here the door is not aligned to the cornice or the wall.

Here's some photos of our Hawthorn bricks. These were category 4 upgrade and costs ~$5k. The off white mortar was another $1k on top. We chose to have the rolled joints instead of a flush finish. I think the off white mortar together with the rolled joints make the bricks stand out better and have been well worth the money.

Went to visit the World of Style over the weekend. Wasn't intending to, but my Tiles Consultant rang up during the week to inform me that I needed to rechoose one of my Tiles (Belgium Diamond Lapparto) as they have been discontinued.

My Pre Plaster Inspection was carried out by Branko from Building-Expert.net.au . I decided to switch from Houspect because I wasn't completely satisfied with the review process during the slab stage. I found that I wasn't really engaged, and it wasn't explained to me what the issues were, what fixes would be expected, etc. Essentially I paid the fee, got the report emailed to me and that was that.  With Branko, I organised to meet him on site so I could see get explanations on the spot on what the issues were. You will notice the photos are of a bit less than desirable quality. It is because his DSLR battery ran out and he had to revert to his iPhone camera. Such a bummer. For the brickwork, it wasn't washed yet and scaffolding was still up, so he couldn't report much except to say that it looked satisfactory. I happen to think the bricks were amazing but I guess satisfactory is good enough from his standpoint. He did note that expansion joints were all co...

Lockup happened over a week ago Friday 26th September - Week 15 of my build! Everything's moving faster than I can blog, which is a good problem to have! Ever since the scaffolding went up a month ago, there's been 6 to 10 guys working furiously on site, sometimes even on weekends! Here it is fully bricked up, roof, eaves, windows and doors

This is our colour selections post. The Colour appointment was one of the better consultations we've had with Porter Davis. The colour consultant was friendly, knowledgeable, and gave us some nice suggestions. The only negative we have is perhaps towards the end, she got a bit tired and rushed a bit more than she did at the start. This is quite understandable though as there are a lot of rooms to go through for a 48 square house! We were the last to finish of all the morning appointments that day. Without further ado... Corinthian Deco 2D doors Melbourne Hawthorn bricks Kado Lux BTW Inwall Toilet Pan (We actually wanted the Roca Meridian Wall Hung Toilets but got quoted at double the price of these Kado ones) Mizu Deep Soaker Bath (not offered at Hopetoun) Kado Arc Freestanding Bath Nikles Fresh Twin Rail Shower Posh Domaine Round Ceiling Dumper Bolero Dusty Rock Floorboards (we actually chose Rustic Coffee thinking it was a safer choice b...