Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Build with Rawson Homes 162May 20, 2013 9:31 pm Where: Middleton Grange | With: Rawson Homes | Design: Cammeray 36 | Our blog: http://www.cammeray36.blogspot.com.au "Either you run the day or the day runs you". Re: Build with Rawson Homes 171May 29, 2013 10:52 am thanks JTM.. i was under the impression that Council want that done by a Landscape architect.. does it differ council to council? btw, did you use any software out there? anything you can recommend? Re: Build with Rawson Homes 172May 29, 2013 11:11 am I used illustrator as I work in marketing and hubby is a graphic designer.. but the example i worked off of was just done on A3 in pencil. if you would like to see them both, PM your email and I will send thru. Re: Build with Rawson Homes 173May 29, 2013 11:17 am Quote: does anyone know if Rawson does landscape plan? or is it a responsibility of the owner to provide that to the council? They are easy to do Prem. If you are worried about it, I used to work for a landscape company www.exterior.com.au and they do them. I think they are about $550.00 Modified Fernside 38 Rawson Homes Blog: http://www.thehousethatmatandjenbuilt.blogspot.com Build Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60501 Re: Build with Rawson Homes 174May 29, 2013 2:25 pm Rawson quoted $750 to draw up the landscaping plans. I just ended up tracing over one of the site plans from the tender and indicated where the lawn, drying area etc were going to go. Rawson was originally concerned about the amature drawing and the lack of plant species. However, i called up my local council and there was no regulations about plants so my simple plan of just lawn is sufficient. The sameple they had on their website were just shapes done in paint. DA has been submitted, just waiting for approval. Re: Build with Rawson Homes 175May 29, 2013 9:04 pm So glad that Rawsons agreed to still transfer the tender acceptance fee we paid in to the new one. Any way this new land will only be registered in January Next year so have some time to decide on other things. Exciting times. Yes, it is important to get the block of land and the builder right. You've done both. Well done. Best of luck with everything. Building The Benham 29 in The Ponds With Rawson Homes http://buildingwithrawson.blogspot.com.au/ Site Start 13/2/13 Handover 7/8/13 Re: Build with Rawson Homes 176May 29, 2013 9:38 pm Has anyone been given a discount on their tender? They don't seem willing to come to the party on price. (non site cost stuff of course) Re: Build with Rawson Homes 177May 29, 2013 11:40 pm Thanks duesseldorf67 I have a valuer coming to value my existing house so i can get the loan organized to pay the 5% deposit on the new land. Yes of course exciting times ahead. How's your build going ? Thanks North Kellyville Re: Build with Rawson Homes 178May 30, 2013 8:34 am @Mrs Brown Bear, so they do give some discount on site cost? i hear Rawson slap a 50k knock down rebuild site cost in the tender to cover any additional site costs.. that is a very generous amount.. from experience, if a retailer takes your money in provision or you paid in advance it really is hard to get it back... i am getting a feeling they would show this and that to cover the quoted 50k.. i could be wrong as i haven't gone though the process with Rawson.. well i hope i am wrong anyway.. Re: Build with Rawson Homes 179May 30, 2013 8:48 am NorthKellyville Thanks duesseldorf67 I have a valuer coming to value my existing house so i can get the loan organized to pay the 5% deposit on the new land. Yes of course exciting times ahead. How's your build going ? Thanks North Kellyville You can check out my blog by clicking on the link in my signature NorthKellyville. We are in lock-up with kitchen going in Friday. Best wishes Building The Benham 29 in The Ponds With Rawson Homes http://buildingwithrawson.blogspot.com.au/ Site Start 13/2/13 Handover 7/8/13 Re: Build with Rawson Homes 180May 30, 2013 9:57 pm PPrem, I think its extremely unlikely they'll discount site costs. The knockdown rebuild won't slap an extra $50K on. They'll probably put about $10K on. We had a $10K council loading + lots of other stuff, but their site costs were reasonable. There was lots of stuff that wasn't reasonable, but their site costs are so you shouldn't worry about that. We've had our tender, but I can't get anyone to return my calls. I haven't had a good experience with their customer service. The person that gave us the tender said to pay the $5K or go elsewhere (albeit in a nice way) and doesn't even want to answer questions. Just started the Build process for Chifley 42 with Rawson homes, will keep you all posted with the Build progress. 0 2433 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17518 3 47414 |