October 2014 - Construction Update

The developer has just posted a construction update for October 2014.

Quick summary:

• Titles for Stage 1 & 2 issued
• Landscaping commenced Stage 1 neighbourhood park
• Stage 3 civil works are complete <-- This is the most exciting bit!
• Stage 4 works tracking well
• Stage 5 works to commence end of October

http://www.merrifieldmelbourne.com.au/living/constructionupdate

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Imagine Estate - PD Dunedin 29 display home

Today was the grand opening day for the new Imagine Estate in Stathfieldsaye (Near Bendigo). One of the brand new displays is a Porter Davis Dunedin 29.

We were up here visiting our parents so we decided to go have a look. Here are heaps of photos from the new PD display home.

Enjoy!

Rough landscape sketch

Did a rough sketch of what we want our front landscaping to look like as per the Developer's request.

Valuation & Developer approval request

We received two calls regarding our build today:

1. Bank =  We were informed that the valuation request has been submitted.
2. Builder = Sent drawings to developer for design approval.

A little nervous about the valuation as I have heard of many forum member receiving a valuation lower by 10-20%. We currently don't need to worry about LMI but that is if the valuation comes right at the contract price. Fingers crossed...

Our BC requested that we make a landscaping plan as they needed to have it submitted to the developer for approval. Didn't know we needed to do this until now. Looks like that will be tonight's mini project!

Independent inspector appointed...

Finally decided which company to use for our inspections. My top two choices were:

1. Darbecca
2. Building Expert

I decided to go with Darbecca as they seemed much more helpful over the phone and spent some time answering all of my questions.

After hearing all the defects other forum members had been finding with PD (and many other builders) throughout their builds, I thought it would be best to have someone that can monitor and check all the work being completed that is completely independent to Porter Davis.

Looking for some lighting options

We're doing our own lighting both outdoors and indoors. 

We were at bunnings yesterday and decided to have a look at some outdoor lighting and some pendants for the kitchen island and dining table.