We just had our first call with our building coordinator yesterday. Spent about 40 minutes on the phone with her. She was very nice and didn’t rush or push things, patiently explaining the process and making sure that we understand what is required of us. Told her that we plan on making changes to the …
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Category:Pre Contract
Tender Appointment booked
Forgot to update the blog… we got a call on August 23 to book in our tender appointment… finally! Anyway, we did a bit of research to be an owner builder thinking that it will save us some money. After speaking to a custom builder who does this sort of work, we found out that …
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No news… silence…
So we haven’t heard anything from Porter Davis for a while now. The last contact we had was on July 18 when we received the soil test and surveying report – turns out our soil classification is “P”. If you don’t know what that means, here’s a table that explains it. So that’s right, we …
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First visit to World of Style
Today we went to the World of Style by Porter Davis in South Melbourne. It’s our first visit so we had no idea what to expect. I’m colour blind and apparently I have no taste when it comes to design and clashes of colour, so I left it to my wife to make all the …
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And off we go!
We have been looking for a month or so at various display homes, travelled to distant suburbs from Berwick to Altona and literally changed our minds about a hundred times between who to build with and which house to build. Long story short, we decided to build the Waldorf Grange 49 with Porter Davis. It’s …
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