Posts by THE RISE • Home Renovation & Building Forum

3 May 2012

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May 03, 2012 7:05 am

Koroboo, hope the paperwork comes through soon. To be honest this was the hardest bit for me, I found they can take there time with things like this and can get quite frustrating. Hang in There. If you have the space to add the extra .5m , we did .6m last time and it was worth it. Made a real differ...

Koroboo, hope the paperwork comes through soon. To be honest this was the hardest bit for me, I found they can take ther...

2 May 2012

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May 02, 2012 6:00 pm

Hi to all the R homes builders out there, Heres a quick update......... We are FRAMED and all but 1 window is in. Missing our front corner glass window (came wrong way around). Very happy with the framing and it is so good to see the house as this design was modified and wasn't on display as is eith...

Hi to all the R homes builders out there, Heres a quick update......... We are FRAMED and all but 1 window is in. Missin...

26 April 2012

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Apr 26, 2012 5:15 pm

smorgzzz , we had our stair lights on there own . We had a 2way switch, one at the top of the stairs and one at the bottom. I found a photo but unfortunately all the lights were on so you dont get the full effect. At night it was really good with these on only, especially if you need to go downstair...

smorgzzz , we had our stair lights on there own . We had a 2way switch, one at the top of the stairs and one at the bott...

26 April 2012

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Apr 26, 2012 1:09 pm

Hi smorgzzz , dont let them talk you out of the lights on the stairs, especially if you have upgraded your stairs. We installed these on our last Eden Brae home and they we were probably the most used lights in the house. We had 3 square stair lights installed, from memory I think they charged us 5 ...

Hi smorgzzz , dont let them talk you out of the lights on the stairs, especially if you have upgraded your stairs. We in...

26 April 2012

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Apr 26, 2012 12:04 am

Well we have our SLAB ...... yay. It was poured yesterday morning, then copped the freak sydney storm at lunchtime. The concretors were back in the afternoon to sand and and check it. All looks good. Except we have ended up alot higher at the front above ground level than expected. Now looking at ne...

Well we have our SLAB ...... yay. It was poured yesterday morning, then copped the freak sydney storm at lunchtime. The ...

Re: Tile Supply Company in SydneyBuilding A New House

24 April 2012

Apr 24, 2012 4:22 pm

Hi we bought ours from TFO at Smithfield. Poreclian tiles and I have seen exactly the same ones at Bauklham hills for more than twice the price. Very happy with our purchase from TFO and will go back....

Hi we bought ours from TFO at Smithfield. Poreclian tiles and I have seen exactly the same ones at Bauklham hills for mo...

23 April 2012

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Apr 23, 2012 9:31 pm

Hi Misch, Just found my tender and checked our signing date it was actually 2 September... Even longer. I found I had to stay on them a bit to try and get things finished during this admin time.. We were hoping to have been out from council by xmas so its been a little frustrating at times, now the ...

Hi Misch, Just found my tender and checked our signing date it was actually 2 September... Even longer. I found I had to...

23 April 2012

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Apr 23, 2012 5:30 pm

Koroboo Our tender was signed with R. Homes late sept or early early Oct. We did not get our final check plans till just prior to Christmas. We did have changes to walls , added window, reconfigured the ensuite and created our own facade so it did take some time. It felt like forever. The plans were...

Koroboo Our tender was signed with R. Homes late sept or early early Oct. We did not get our final check plans till just...

23 April 2012

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Apr 23, 2012 12:16 am

HI tarsha678 Thats great you are up to final plans. So far we have been really happy - hey its only been 2 weeks but rawson have been great trying to work around the crazy sydney rain we got last week. We should have a slab tomorrow so very excited. I just wanted to say I think our floors will be ma...

HI tarsha678 Thats great you are up to final plans. So far we have been really happy - hey its only been 2 weeks but raw...

Re: Hidden costs after signing contract helpPools & Spas

11 April 2012

Apr 11, 2012 9:54 pm

Dear Lot917 Exactly the same thing happened to us. This sewer line was on the property. When the pool was desined we wern;t consulted and it was drawn up and lodged prior to us checking it. We started to think what else is going to come up as we are building as well so need to keep to some sought of...

Dear Lot917 Exactly the same thing happened to us. This sewer line was on the property. When the pool was desined we wer...

Pgh's Espresso Brick - has anyone usedBuilding A New House

11 April 2012

Apr 11, 2012 10:27 am

Has anyone used PGH's Espresso brick, we are currently up to slab stage and and spoke with SS this morning and he mentioned our bricks. I am a little worried about these bricks with the chipping with the black colour on the front the red brick underneath can be easily seen .. HAS ANYONE USED THESE A...

Has anyone used PGH's Espresso brick, we are currently up to slab stage and and spoke with SS this morning and he mentio...

Re: “Project Dream Home” – Cammeray @ Middleton GrangeBuilding A New House

11 April 2012

Apr 11, 2012 7:26 am

Hi TommynXtine Yeah , great to see another Rawson on here. We are currently building through Rawson in Beaumont Hills. We have built 2 Eden Braes previously, a single and an oversized double story and wanted to downsize slightly and ended up going with a Rawson single. We are happy with our decision...

Hi TommynXtine Yeah , great to see another Rawson on here. We are currently building through Rawson in Beaumont Hills. W...

Re: Rawson - Clifton31 Build, SydneyBuilding A New House

6 April 2012

Apr 06, 2012 2:19 am

We are currently building the Clifton 30 - with a Cabarita Mstr Bedroom ( only have a 15m wide block). We thought we had a relatively flat block but still needed to drop the garage 500mm. Costing was initially around $7,000 for this. OUr block is being cut slightly at the back and filled at the fron...

We are currently building the Clifton 30 - with a Cabarita Mstr Bedroom ( only have a 15m wide block). We thought we had...

4 April 2012

Apr 04, 2012 1:05 pm

We just spoke with our SS for the first time today. After Easter we are off and running with the contructions. : We now have a slab date and frame date so very much excited, and least I know not to bother to drive past the block till after easter.. It feels it has been a bit of a long struggle to ge...

We just spoke with our SS for the first time today. After Easter we are off and running with the contructions. : We now ...

29 March 2012