My Porter Davis Build Blog

This massive 1000sqm apartment with screaming city views and literally walking distance to CBD has just listed on the market. It is expected to fetch a new record for an apartment in Melbourne. Strangely the listing price is in USD so the final price could depend on how the AUD is fluctuating at settlement! http://www.domain.com.au/property/for-sale/apartment-unit-flat/vic/east-melbourne/?adid=2011580160&sp=1

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.

Painting is complete. We've gone for the grey finish to the walls. Here's how the Winter Mushroom looks. Originally we thought of doing white for the architraves and doors but got convinced by the colour consultant to use the same paint all round. Was a bit worried at first but it has come off nicely. 

The carpenter has been around the last couple of weeks installing the architraves, skirting, ... and doors! Here's photos of the Deco 2D doors for anyone who is thinking of choosing them. They haven't been glossed over yet so hopefully they will 'pop' out more once painted. 

The stairs were installed a couple of weeks ago on 8th October. Here's the pics for the default Classic Stairs Option 2 you pretty much see in all the Waldorf displays. 

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.

Plastering pretty much happened straight after lockup. In fact it was booked for the day of lockup but the plasterers didn't show up. That's pretty good of Porter Davis to just get on with the show without waiting for the invoice or my payment. As it turns out, the guys rocked up for work on the Sunday 28th September and the walls were fully plastered by Tuesday. Here's a tour of my plastered house! It's a pretty surreal experience to see the realisation of your 2D plans come to life.   Starting with the entrance, this is the view from the front door. Stairs, powder room, study to the left, the lounge to the right