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NDDreamHome

23 January 2019

Re: Rawson Homes - General ThreadBuilding A New House

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Jan 23, 2019 11:55 am

Hi Nirban, Just wondering how you have found Macro as I don't think Andy wasn't too happy with their service and it's always helpful to get a few different opinions. After a delay due to the Christmas shutdown we're hopefully about to hand over our site to Rawson and start construction and I want t...

Hi James, Macro only does 2 inspections - Pre-lining (frame, brick), and PCI. I was not too happy with pre-lining as he...

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NDDreamHome

21 January 2019

Re: Rawson Homes - General ThreadBuilding A New House

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Jan 21, 2019 3:44 pm

Hi Nirban As far as I know, there is no hardline for the time between PCI & H/O. Here are some words in regards to this from "aussielivinghomes" --- " The builder has a contractual obligation to repair these minor defects by organising trades and suppliers to return to the site a...

Hi Andy, I have used same inspector from Macro. He has listed a long list of issues, most are small, 2 requires bit of ...

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NDDreamHome

18 January 2019

Re: Rawson Homes - General ThreadBuilding A New House

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Jan 18, 2019 10:22 pm

Is there any strict guideline, after PCI how soon the handover should happen? I heard it should be max 10 working days. In my case PCI was done on 10 Dec, still handover not done, SS is saying may be Feb 1st week. These guys are making me more and more frustrated day by day.

Is there any strict guideline, after PCI how soon the handover should happen? I heard it should be max 10 working days. ...

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NDDreamHome

11 December 2018

Re: Rawson Homes - General ThreadBuilding A New House

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Dec 11, 2018 10:56 am

Wow.. crazy how the stairs can be a problem for so many people. It sounds like we'll stay away from any sort of polished wood. We also wanted the display home stairs but with carpet but weren't told it wasn't possible, so will be interesting to see what they think they are building. Nirban, What ha...

Hi Lux, Some of our brick issues are getting fixed, some cannot be fixed, we have to live with that. Cheers,

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NDDreamHome

29 November 2018

Re: Rawson Homes - General ThreadBuilding A New House

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Nov 29, 2018 6:47 pm

https://forum.homeone.com.au/u/76210_1543480811.jpeg https://forum.homeone.com.au/u/76210_1543480814.jpeg https://forum.homeone.com.au/u/76210_1543480816.jpeg Hi , We are very close to PCI (Next week). Today, I have noticed that the brick finish is too bad, with many bricks chipped. Moreover, I fou...

Hi , We are very close to PCI (Next week). Today, I have noticed that the brick finish is too bad, with many bricks chi...

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NDDreamHome

26 November 2018

Re: Rawson Homes - General ThreadBuilding A New House

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Nov 26, 2018 1:07 pm

Sadly, we are having the same issue with the stairs, and asked for exactly what you did.. display home look but carpeted. I can't see Rawson or Genneral Staircase changing their ways as it's not costing them money, but it is loosing them goodwill and reputation and referrals. They need to be very d...

I'll show you mine if you show me yours Here's the two sections off our internal colour variation where they remove the...

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NDDreamHome

14 November 2018

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Nov 14, 2018 11:11 am

Hi Guys, Just wondering if anyone's had a similar experience to me and what they did about it. I have a corner that's meant to be just a normal regular plain corner. However, after my first site visit, the site manager has said that there now has to be a duct that's going to be boxed in. The first ...

Hi, Similar thing happened to me as they had to move the duct to one corner like yours. But for me it did not appear to...

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NDDreamHome

1 October 2018

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Oct 01, 2018 7:47 pm

Has anyone upgraded their ceasarstone or polytec from the standard selections, and how much did it cost? I appreciate kitchens/vanitie sizes will differ, but wondering how much the cost difference is. And with the kitchen benchtop, if you go for 80mm, do they stick some 20mm slabs together or is it...

Hi lux, I have upgraded the Island from 40mm to 80mm, costed 2k or bit more, also upgraded it to the next upgrade range...

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NDDreamHome

19 September 2018

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Sep 19, 2018 8:39 am

Hi ND Hopefully they will fix AJ issue for you soon. How about the roof frame joint issue you mentioned? My inspection is appointed on 27/Sep. Do you mind to share me with your inspector contact #? Thanks. Hi Aib, The SS said internal frame issues are fixed, however I have no way to verify as Inter...

Hi Aib, The SS said internal frame issues are fixed, however I have no way to verify as Internal lining was done thenaf...

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NDDreamHome

18 September 2018

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Sep 18, 2018 10:20 pm

Hi NDDreamhome, Have they got back to you about the expansion joints? What did they say? I hadn't paid too much attention to the before ,but I see they are referred to as articulation joints, so both expansion and contraction. A bit of reading here: https://www.nationalmasonry.com.au/wp-content/upl...

Hi Luxbuild, Yes they are AJ, Articulation Joint. I found issues with 5 to 6 AJ, one is fully missed, one is half heigh...

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NDDreamHome

13 September 2018

Re: Rawson Homes - General ThreadBuilding A New House

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Sep 13, 2018 10:31 pm

https://forum.homeone.com.au/u/76210_1536841180.jpeg Our facade now looks like this. We are at pre-lining stage. We just had the Pre-lining inspection, my inspector found 30 odd issues, some of them are incomplete work, some are internal frame related, the main ones are - one related to roof frame ...

Our facade now looks like this. We are at pre-lining stage. We just had the Pre-lining inspection, my inspector found 3...

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NDDreamHome

29 August 2018

Re: KDR with Rawson Homes - The Edge 39 - HANDOVER 26/9/16Building A New House

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Aug 29, 2018 5:00 pm

After two years of occupancy we finally have our lighting sorted on the ground floor. -Vossloh downlights with gimble deep fittings. -panorama pendant from beacon over the dining table https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180829/79f93406545fbc79f4d208dbdd28044b.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20...

Hi Steve, your floor looks gr8, it looks like Timber look tile, can you please confirm if it is, and the details colour...

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NDDreamHome

29 August 2018

Re: KDR with Rawson Homes - The Edge 39 - HANDOVER 26/9/16Building A New House

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Aug 29, 2018 4:58 pm

Looking fantastic. So lively.

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NDDreamHome

16 August 2018

Re: Rawson Homes - General ThreadBuilding A New House

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Aug 16, 2018 11:03 am

My experience with Rawson so far so good. A bit sluggish with their Pre-construction office process but once get into construction phase, it is basically on schedule and I get weekly update from SS although it looks slow as half of time nobody works on the site. And recently they changed my SS whic...

Hi AIB, It seems our slabs were poured similar time, mine was on 10 May 2018. I am also building Benham in Hornsby area...

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NDDreamHome

12 August 2018

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Aug 12, 2018 3:36 pm

My SS got moved to another project halfway through construction, only to get back towards the end. His replacement SS d...

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NDDreamHome

16 July 2018

Re: Rawson Homes - General ThreadBuilding A New House

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Jul 16, 2018 10:45 am

We moved in last week and you'd be amazed at what they deem acceptable (a cracked tile in the bathroom just for a start). Keep on them. Bear Is there anybody in Rawson, we should approach apart from SS? Whom to complain on a higher lever, if not happy with SS?

Is there anybody in Rawson, we should approach apart from SS? Whom to complain on a higher lever, if not happy with SS?

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NDDreamHome

16 July 2018

Re: Rawson Homes - General ThreadBuilding A New House

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Jul 16, 2018 10:40 am

Is it on the plans like that? No, plan is fine. I found another issue with front door frame which differs from Plan. I am surprised how Rawson has such poor quality control, that they could not spot such basic mistakes after the frame is completed. Sent email to SS, let's see.

No, plan is fine. I found another issue with front door frame which differs from Plan. I am surprised how Rawson has su...

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NDDreamHome

16 July 2018

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Jul 16, 2018 10:09 am

Just found the window is installed incorrectly, the top should be at the same height as the door, but it has gone 2 bricks up. Brick is just done couple of days back. Is this too difficult to fix at this stage? Has anyone faced this and rectified? https://forum.homeone.com.au/u/76210_1531699610.jpeg

Just found the window is installed incorrectly, the top should be at the same height as the door, but it has gone 2 bric...

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NDDreamHome

10 July 2018

Re: Rawson Homes - General ThreadBuilding A New House

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Jul 10, 2018 6:07 pm

Rawsons construction is slower than my expectations. In 3 months 10 days (since I handed over the land), brickwork just started. After 2 days of brickwork the brickies disappeared. How is the experience of others who are building?

Rawsons construction is slower than my expectations. In 3 months 10 days (since I handed over the land), brickwork just ...

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NDDreamHome

25 June 2018

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Jun 25, 2018 11:58 am

Hi, The brick is Austral Symmetry Asphalt, is it an upgrade for $3999, and we have checked with Austral, the upgrade price is reasonable for a 2 Storey house. Before selection we drove by many houses build with this brick and other bricks and finally selected this one, hope it comes out nicely. Chee...

Hi, The brick is Austral Symmetry Asphalt, is it an upgrade for $3999, and we have checked with Austral, the upgrade pri...