Thursday, July 17, 2008

Our Experience with PD So Far

Given the blogs we have read so far on the web, we were rather dubious of what our building experience would be with PD. Most blogs have had a fairly positive experience with PD but of course, there are always those negative ones that make you worry.

We started with our sales appointment with J who was lovely to deal with. Like most of you we found our sales quote ended up substantially higher than first quoted due to a couple of errors in the true cost of the "as displayed items" such as render and balcony costs, pantry sinks and benchtops and heating/cooling options. A word of warning to those about to start the building process, be prepared to add $30K to $60K from your original "sales quote" to the final contract price. It is amazing how much it all adds up once you start looking at all the little extras like tiles, carpets, electrical and structural changes. It is also likely that the sales consultant doesn't really let you know the true cost of some of the extras you choose. Makes sense really, if they did you probably wouldn't sign up in the first place.

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