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Leona33
Leona33
2 December 2022

Rawson Homes - General Thread

Rawson Homes - General Thread
NSW
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On our contract, we specified 820W by 2340H double glazed aluminum laundry doors. It was also specified in the construction drawings. We lived in Orange NSW First…

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Leona33
Dec 02, 2022 1:21 pm
zxyz90
zxyz90
27 December 2021

KDR - Rawson Chifley 42 (Modified) in Baulkham Hills NSW

KDR - Rawson Chifley 42 (Modified) in Baulkham Hills NSW
NSW
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Great building post, thanks for all the photos, advice and insight into the building process. Much appreciated. You posted million of defects at the back of your album,…

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zxyz90
Dec 27, 2021 1:05 pm
CalvinHobbes
CalvinHobbes
10 October 2021

Balmoral 34 MKI Majestic Facade (Syd) - Handover 16.11.15

Balmoral 34 MKI Majestic Facade (Syd) - Handover 16.11.15
NSW
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Last major project to undertake is landscaping. Hoping to get this done before December 2021: Front - fix Magnolia Gem garden bed - add azalea garden bed along pedestrian…

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CalvinHobbes
Oct 10, 2021 2:40 pm
CalvinHobbes
Flamingo
Flamingo
20 September 2021

KDR - Rawson Balmoral (Modified) Sydney NSW

KDR - Rawson Balmoral (Modified) Sydney NSW
NSW
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Congrats and good to see you have moved into your new house, I hope you enjoy everything. it looks fablus

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Flamingo
Sep 20, 2021 6:37 pm
Camo11
Camo11
1 July 2021

Rawson Seaview 36 - Schofields

Rawson Seaview 36 - Schofields
NSW
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Hi Vin, I just wanted to check if your handover went through on 2nd feb as planned. How is everything going? My build schedule has lined up almost exactly with yours…

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Camo11
Jul 01, 2021 10:52 am
ziggyblur
ziggyblur
18 January 2021

Knockdown/rebuild with Rawson - Metford33

Knockdown/rebuild with Rawson - Metford33
ACT
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Any more recent updates from building a Metford in Canberra? Interested in 33.

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ziggyblur
Jan 18, 2021 1:59 am
ECHB
ECHB
18 November 2020

Custom Home v Project Home

Custom Home v Project Home
NSW

What about California? It's an expensive area too,…

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ECHB
Nov 18, 2020 3:01 am
Mehak
Mehak
24 October 2020

Kingston 33 build with Rawson - Southwest Sydney

Kingston 33 build with Rawson - Southwest Sydney
NSW

Hi, I wanted to understand how did the Kingston home come out? I am looking at building the same in Sydney.. Also I checked your blog but it’s not accessible

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Mehak
Oct 24, 2020 9:31 pm
SejaeD
SejaeD
24 September 2020

Issues Building with rawson homes

Issues Building with rawson homes
NSW

The irony of this. The new NSW building commissioner's son is the current Interim CEO of Rawson. David Chandler is the building commissioner policing unethical builders…

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SejaeD
Sep 24, 2020 6:02 pm
SejaeD
Bobjane
Bobjane
28 July 2020

Building a Rawson home at Wyee, Central Coast.

Building a Rawson home at Wyee, Central Coast.
NSW

What colour combination is your roof and gutter? Looks like basalt roof and monument gutters?

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Bobjane
Jul 28, 2020 9:35 am
mumstheword
mumstheword
6 July 2020

KDR with Rawson Homes - The Edge 39 - HANDOVER 26/9/16

KDR with Rawson Homes - The Edge 39 - HANDOVER 26/9/16
NSW
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hi did you end up getting a good pvt building inspector?would you mind sharing the details please?,regards

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mumstheword
Jul 06, 2020 8:42 am
ppetrovski
ppetrovski
29 June 2020

Rawson Homes - Balmoral 34 MK1 St George Area NSW

Rawson Homes - Balmoral 34 MK1 St George Area NSW
NSW
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Fee121 Hi there, I'm also looking to build a Rawson home in the St George area (Georges River). How was the process for you in terms of council approvals? Also how much…

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ppetrovski
Jun 29, 2020 1:00 pm
CD12JD
CD12JD
26 May 2020

Building in Bingara Gorge

Building in Bingara Gorge
NSW
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WOOHOO after 5 years Greenbridge East is now registered ! ( well at least blocks 1 - 83 )

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CD12JD
May 26, 2020 6:39 pm
CD12JD
parele
parele
26 February 2020

Issues with Building with Rawson

Issues with Building with Rawson
NSW
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parele
Feb 26, 2020 5:19 pm

Hi Guys, got the answer from Rawson. Cedar batten and Decking follows the standard color scheme from stain colors. No upgrade cost for the same. I am not checking with…

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vin83
Feb 20, 2020 10:10 am
vin83
Julianm
Julianm
24 January 2020

Lucere estate at Leppington

Lucere estate at Leppington
NSW
1 ... 6, 7, 8

Hi everyone, my name is Neil, we are at 5 Propellor Ave. We received a couple of letters for Lina Issa Al Abdallah. If anyone here knows her please let me know.. You may…

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Julianm
Jan 24, 2020 9:09 pm
Kishor
Kishor
10 January 2020

New build Rawson Balmoral 38 - we have registered land.....

New build Rawson Balmoral 38 - we have registered land.....
NSW
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Hi Katran The house looks good. We are planning to go for 34 MK1. What are your suggestions. I have 11.5m Frontage lot.

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Kishor
Jan 10, 2020 8:08 pm
Ronnal
Ronnal
27 November 2019

KDR - High Site Costs Reasonable?

KDR - High Site Costs Reasonable?
NSW

Hi All, I have also going through the same process. Some costs are unreasonably put into your tender and the work will never be carried out or required to be carried out.…

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Ronnal
Nov 27, 2019 1:50 pm
Jumbuk
Jumbuk
24 November 2019

Building the Chifley with Rawson - Update Photos - 24th Aug

Building the Chifley with Rawson - Update Photos - 24th Aug
NSW
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Hi Chifley, We started redesigning our kitchen and landed smack bang with a design that is preety spot on to what you have, we're still concerned with how to deal with…

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Jumbuk
Nov 24, 2019 10:06 pm
Salfield
Salfield
29 October 2019

KDR - Rawson Chifley 42 mark ii in Newcastle.

KDR - Rawson Chifley 42 mark ii in Newcastle.
NSW
1 ... 9, 10, 11

Hi mate. Good luck tomorrow. Best advice is to go over everything with a fine tooth comb. If you are organised and confident on what you want you should be right. It’s…

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Salfield
Oct 29, 2019 9:53 pm
luxbuild
luxbuild
15 August 2019

Rawson Windermere

Rawson Windermere
ACT
1, 2, 3

Rawson seem terrible at understanding aircon. We've had real troubles getting what should be a simple setup done. They could have added a slave controller, which is…

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luxbuild
Aug 15, 2019 12:03 pm
JiMb00
JiMb00
5 August 2019

Building the Chifley 42 with raw son homes - modifications?

Building the Chifley 42 with raw son homes - modifications?
NSW
1, 2

Hi Alex (assume it's Alex, please correct me if not :P). Hope you're still active as I know this thread was from some time ago but was just reading over your blog as our…

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JiMb00
Aug 05, 2019 3:42 pm
JiMb00
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dreamaussie
Apr 09, 2019 7:44 am
Jamie80
Jamie80
12 November 2018

Building Kingston 29 custom design with Rawson

Building Kingston 29 custom design with Rawson
NSW

Hi Amit We are building the Kingston 29 aswell we start soon, I’m curious to see what the inside looks like, is yours complete? Can you upload some pics more the…

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Jamie80
Nov 12, 2018 7:59 am
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AIB
Nov 06, 2018 4:34 pm
luxbuild
luxbuild
29 October 2018

Rawson Homes & The Life Style Store - Any feeback?

Rawson Homes & The Life Style Store - Any feeback?
NSW

I'm not suprised your alfresco query could get lost in the process, as when you know the plans are wrong but they want you to sign off for now, as it will get addressed at…

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luxbuild
Oct 29, 2018 2:56 am
luxbuild
luxbuild
9 October 2018

First time build - plan presentation prep

First time build - plan presentation prep
NSW

At the plan presentation they'll also ask about the external doors you want (and also the bath for some reason) and more importantly windows.So if you want bigger…

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luxbuild
Oct 09, 2018 1:52 am

Thanks everyone for your kind words, I want to keep this thread going to show the landscaping and things too. At the moment, imagine the site looks like this (us moving in…

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CG Scardycat
Oct 08, 2018 6:01 am
Zanzibar_45
Zanzibar_45
10 September 2018

Rawson Homes: Kempsey 30 in Box Hill

Rawson Homes: Kempsey 30 in Box Hill
NSW

Everything looks great! Good luck on your build!

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Zanzibar_45
Sep 10, 2018 10:40 pm

Hi guys, just wondering if anyone has any experience or has asked about upgrading the solar packages that some builders are including? Rawson Homes has an "Energy Savings…

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JiMb00
Sep 10, 2018 6:47 pm
JiMb00
SEBA
SEBA
5 September 2018

Cut and Fill

Cut and Fill

Hi I am new in here, First POST. My builder Rawson homes proposed driveway gradient only 6% (slop from road to garage) at first contract now they are saying…

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SEBA
Sep 05, 2018 12:14 pm
Salfield
Salfield
17 July 2018

Rawson Balmoral 34 MK1

Rawson Balmoral 34 MK1
NSW

All good mate, glad to help. If you need anymore advice more than happy to help with what happened to us. Yeah I loved the Chifley as soon as I walked in with void in the…

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Salfield
Jul 17, 2018 10:29 pm
Stargazers
Stargazers
14 July 2018

Rawson Homes standard bricks & cladding

Rawson Homes standard bricks & cladding
NSW

Hi luxbuild, Prior to tender we asked for the as displayed upgrade pricelists for each of the displays we liked. This allowed us to get a good idea of what the likely…

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Stargazers
Jul 14, 2018 3:29 am
DR-JEKL
DR-JEKL
4 July 2018

Rawson Balmoral 38,

Rawson Balmoral 38,

We're also looking to build the Balmoral 38 (MK1) in Newcastle NSW and would be very interested in your build details/issues. We've just done the exterior selection and…

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DR-JEKL
Jul 04, 2018 1:29 pm
gillybean
gillybean
5 June 2018

Brick Blending Issues on Front Facade - Any advice???

Brick Blending Issues on Front Facade - Any advice???
NSW

I didn’t look at the original photos of brick work, I can’t even see what the issue is even after it’s pointed out, so I guess that’s a great result, bricks look mint! 😊

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gillybean
Jun 05, 2018 3:57 pm
gillybean
kirashogun
kirashogun
26 May 2018

Quality of Package Homes

Quality of Package Homes
NSW

This is in Victoria not NSW so environment and regulation is different.

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kirashogun
May 26, 2018 3:33 pm
Salfield
Salfield
16 March 2018

KDR - Rawson Edge 39 - Ryde - Completed Sept 2016

KDR - Rawson Edge 39 - Ryde - Completed Sept 2016
NSW
1, 2, 3

Hi mate. No building a Chifley 42 mkii. Wow 10k. So that was installed? We were at the Chifley display today and asked when we would need to do the fireplace. They…

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Salfield
Mar 16, 2018 7:11 pm
nylaaa
nylaaa
25 February 2018

Rawson Homes charges too much on provsional allowance

Rawson Homes charges too much on provsional allowance
NSW

We were advised $30k for rock excavation but were assured that we would only pay for what was charged to rawson + 20% builders margin. Now we're about to start our build…

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nylaaa
Feb 25, 2018 9:33 pm
nylaaa
Jayman1
Jayman1
1 February 2018

Anyone building with Rawson Home at Willowdale Denham Court

Anyone building with Rawson Home at Willowdale Denham Court
NSW
1, 2

Hi Waza, nice to see you are building with Rawson Home at Willowdale estate - our build experience with Rawson somewhat good and bad, but overall we are happy with the…

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Jayman1
Feb 01, 2018 3:45 pm
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Micdeez
Dec 04, 2017 10:36 am
cat_dunc
cat_dunc
29 August 2017

KDR Rawson Benham in Sydney

KDR Rawson Benham in Sydney
NSW
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Hows it going at your place?

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cat_dunc
Aug 29, 2017 10:38 pm
cat_dunc
VictoriaEve
VictoriaEve
27 August 2017

KDR Rawson Balmoral 38 MKI

KDR Rawson Balmoral 38 MKI
NSW
1, 2

I think the issue was we just let them do their thing and didn't chase them up enough so our job got moved to the bottom of the list. The main problem was with the…

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VictoriaEve
Aug 27, 2017 11:43 pm

willo06 Plan looks good. If you have to stick to this plan without changing too much. Personally for me I would swap bed 3 (the one opposite the…

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willo06
Jul 08, 2017 5:00 pm
twylamc
twylamc
30 May 2017

Building a Rawson Benham 30 in Sydney

Building a Rawson Benham 30 in Sydney
NSW
1, 2

Hi, Read somewhere that you have tiles that are 1200 x 600. Just wondering if you have photos to share please? We have bought those big tiles as well, yet to be laid in…

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twylamc
May 30, 2017 11:34 am
twylamc
joamoa
joamoa
28 April 2017

KDR With Rawson Homes - Balmoral 34 Mk1 - Majestic Facade

KDR With Rawson Homes - Balmoral 34 Mk1 - Majestic Facade
NSW
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We can only recommend our fencer but not our landscaper! Send me the fencers details please! I have called two of them And neither has responded!

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joamoa
Apr 28, 2017 11:35 pm
Micdeez
Micdeez
28 February 2017

Who's building the Rawson Huntley 30?

Who's building the Rawson Huntley 30?
NSW

Thanks alisonandrew, we have the same idea. Study at front but make it smaller for the bigger theatre room. We are getting a quote to extend the back family and…

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Micdeez
Feb 28, 2017 3:09 pm
AJW
AJW
15 January 2017

Mightily Modified Metford 33

Mightily Modified Metford 33
ACT
1 ... 9, 10, 11

Like the sign on the door. Maybe some of the feedback I provided about my experience (specifically about how all trades just walk in off a building site onto newly laid…

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AJW
Jan 15, 2017 7:49 pm
SMAD
SMAD
27 December 2016

Rawson Homes, Daikin A/C Zone set-up

Rawson Homes, Daikin A/C Zone set-up
NSW

You can retro fit this system and it costs about $700.00 will be fitting it to my Rawson build. I have already confirmed with Daikin that it wont impact the warranty and…

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SMAD
Dec 27, 2016 11:28 pm
SMAD
ddarroch
ddarroch
8 October 2016

Rawson KBR on the Lower North Shore

Rawson KBR on the Lower North Shore
NSW

Do a search, you'll find other Hebel threads on homeone. I think there may also be threads on whirlpool, & maybe ATA forums too.

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ddarroch
Oct 08, 2016 6:56 pm
ajayshekar
ajayshekar
21 September 2016

Build with Rawson Homes

Build with Rawson Homes
NSW
1 ... 14, 15, 16

Thanks for the update Mattblack. We have already decided not to go with Rawson for other reasons. Your feedback only make our decision easier. Sad to hear that you…

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ajayshekar
Sep 21, 2016 12:31 pm

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