Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Build with Rawson Homes 242Jun 18, 2014 9:20 am DaWOLF hi is anyone currently building or considering the Balmoral 38. or know of any blogs for the balmoral build. Hi DaWolf, We are in planning process of building the Balmoral 38. We have just paid our 10K deposit and waiting for the final plans to submit to CDC Re: Build with Rawson Homes 243Jul 09, 2014 10:21 am Looks like we might have finally finished with our selection, when we first spoke to the salesperson a total of $15K in allowance for electrical and colours selection was already a lot. Please make sure you know what you want to add before going with it! Our bricks upgrade alone was already $16K Electrical is $90K Colour selection $30K Tiles $25K So really it all depend on what you want a lot of the display are going in theses ranges of upgrade and we have been very conservative in the tiles. Re: Build with Rawson Homes 244Jul 09, 2014 10:24 am is that a typo or is that really $90k for electrical??? Re: Build with Rawson Homes 245Jul 09, 2014 10:40 am Must have added loads of fancy home automation stuff. I can't see how extra power points and phone/tv/data points adding up to $90k. Re: Build with Rawson Homes 247Jul 09, 2014 7:56 pm Some serious electrical work - I'd like to see that. We didn't hold back too much, and it amounted to $10K. We've probably got another $5-$10K on top of that after handover, considering we have to buy a lot of feature lights to get the look we want plus the electrician fees. Plus we'll probably want an alarm, so that'll be extra. If you do put in home automation and some of the nicer Clipsal stuff, it could add up. Our brick upgrade was $4K. We automatically excluded the higher priced upgrades. ETA: Just noticed I'd already replied with this kind of info in this thread. Ah well, I'm always repeating myself, won't make an exception here. Re: Build with Rawson Homes 248Sep 03, 2014 3:43 pm Rawson tiles Hi, can someone tell me what the current allowance is with Rawson for tiles and flooring. Did anyone upgrade to timber with Rawson - what was the sqm? I have read it somewhere here but can't find it. Thanks! Re: Build with Rawson Homes 249Sep 03, 2014 4:51 pm I think the allowance is $27.50sqm from memory but may have changed in that time. At you internals appt they have some samples of the laminate timber that I think is included, I have no idea what they would charge for real timber. Is that what you were considering? http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Re: Build with Rawson Homes 250Sep 04, 2014 11:41 am Yes we were considering it but not sure if within budget. Trying to work out if to tender with Rawson or go smaller but custom. How did you find the quality of the tiles and carpet included? Does it include a wool blend carpet? Did you find you needed to upgrade and how much per sqm were your upgrades? Sorry for the questions, thanks. Re: Build with Rawson Homes 251Sep 04, 2014 12:29 pm Ask away. I've found the tile company really difficult to deal with but they have done a great job in terms of the insulation thus far. If I were building again though I'd probably have left the main flooring till after handover both because it would have been cheaper and secondly because now seeing all the walls painted and kitchen in place etc I think I could've picked a better match. I still love our floors but think I could've done better. Can't really remember the colours or if there was wool blend but we decided against the wool early - there are good and bad points to it. Further I see carpet more as a temp flooring not worth spending too much on. Even if it looks great it normally holds a lot of dirt deep in the pile or even below. I expect our carpet will be replaced within 5years but expect to keep the tiled areas much longer. We had cypress pine boards in out last place, kauri pine in our current home and refinished them after 7 years (mainly because we had a shepherd and Labrador) but 10 or more should be achievable and personally I think real timber boards are the nicest and worth spending the money on. In saying that though I still wouldn't install them with a builder as they tend to put things in as soon as they're delivered. You'll find real flooring places will insist on leaving the boards stored in your place for a fortnight or more before installing them. http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Re: Build with Rawson Homes 252Sep 04, 2014 1:59 pm Leksie5000 Yes we were considering it but not sure if within budget. Trying to work out if to tender with Rawson or go smaller but custom. How did you find the quality of the tiles and carpet included? Does it include a wool blend carpet? Did you find you needed to upgrade and how much per sqm were your upgrades? Sorry for the questions, thanks. One of the Rawson carpets is a 30% wool blend (Godfrey Hirst IIRC), but like robbie55 we chose a nylon carpet (ours is a Tuftmaster Sierra Vista). We never thought about upgrading via the builder for carpets because if you wanted something out of their range it's cheaper to go elsewhere due to the "builders premium" that all builders add on Rawson Acacia MkII Our build blog: http://ablogaboutafamily.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Build with Rawson Homes 253Sep 04, 2014 8:50 pm Leksie5000 Yes we were considering it but not sure if within budget. Trying to work out if to tender with Rawson or go smaller but custom. How did you find the quality of the tiles and carpet included? Does it include a wool blend carpet? Did you find you needed to upgrade and how much per sqm were your upgrades? Sorry for the questions, thanks. Rawson's carpet provision is quite good actually. You can get better quality for around the same price if you shop around. Tile selection is quite large don't be expecting 600x600 tiles without paying though. Re: Build with Rawson Homes 254May 30, 2015 9:14 pm For those that have built with Rawson recently and have opted for the Lux upgrade, just curious as to how much it added to your build cost. Reason I ask is we are planning a Rawson build and they want about $23k for it, but from what I can see all the big ticket items in the Lux are included in the house we are looking at anyway. In particular 2600 ceilings, 2 zone reverse cycle A/C, colorbond roof. So to me the only Lux inclusions I would want are Caesarstone tops (I have a price from a local stone mason for about $5500, for 40mm, to a 3mx900 island with waterfalls, 40mm to 1.8mx600 benchtop, plus two 1.5-2m vanities in 20mm), the basins (can buy for about $450 each), shower niche (they reckon about $500 each) and tapware, again minor. So cannot see $23k in value to justify it. I was also surprised that Lux doesn't include a greater range of better/fncier tiles. I did question the price of Lux and was assured the $23k factored in the items that have been included in my base price. Oh the reason they have already been factored in are to meet estate and energy efficiency requirements. Re: Build with Rawson Homes 255Jun 04, 2015 8:56 pm AJW For those that have built with Rawson recently and have opted for the Lux upgrade, just curious as to how much it added to your build cost. Reason I ask is we are planning a Rawson build and they want about $23k for it, but from what I can see all the big ticket items in the Lux are included in the house we are looking at anyway. In particular 2600 ceilings, 2 zone reverse cycle A/C, colorbond roof. So to me the only Lux inclusions I would want are Caesarstone tops (I have a price from a local stone mason for about $5500, for 40mm, to a 3mx900 island with waterfalls, 40mm to 1.8mx600 benchtop, plus two 1.5-2m vanities in 20mm), the basins (can buy for about $450 each), shower niche (they reckon about $500 each) and tapware, again minor. So cannot see $23k in value to justify it. I was also surprised that Lux doesn't include a greater range of better/fncier tiles. I did question the price of Lux and was assured the $23k factored in the items that have been included in my base price. Oh the reason they have already been factored in are to meet estate and energy efficiency requirements. I thought the Lux package was only about $5k? Re: Build with Rawson Homes 256Jun 04, 2015 9:04 pm Heidi-Lee AJW For those that have built with Rawson recently and have opted for the Lux upgrade, just curious as to how much it added to your build cost. Reason I ask is we are planning a Rawson build and they want about $23k for it, but from what I can see all the big ticket items in the Lux are included in the house we are looking at anyway. In particular 2600 ceilings, 2 zone reverse cycle A/C, colorbond roof. So to me the only Lux inclusions I would want are Caesarstone tops (I have a price from a local stone mason for about $5500, for 40mm, to a 3mx900 island with waterfalls, 40mm to 1.8mx600 benchtop, plus two 1.5-2m vanities in 20mm), the basins (can buy for about $450 each), shower niche (they reckon about $500 each) and tapware, again minor. So cannot see $23k in value to justify it. I was also surprised that Lux doesn't include a greater range of better/fncier tiles. I did question the price of Lux and was assured the $23k factored in the items that have been included in my base price. Oh the reason they have already been factored in are to meet estate and energy efficiency requirements. I thought the Lux package was only about $5k? That would be nice! From what I've priced myself I can see no more than about $10k in value. But as said they want $23k with most of the big ticket items already in my base house due to estate requirements! Re: Build with Rawson Homes 257Jun 05, 2015 9:11 am AJW Heidi-Lee AJW For those that have built with Rawson recently and have opted for the Lux upgrade, just curious as to how much it added to your build cost. Reason I ask is we are planning a Rawson build and they want about $23k for it, but from what I can see all the big ticket items in the Lux are included in the house we are looking at anyway. In particular 2600 ceilings, 2 zone reverse cycle A/C, colorbond roof. So to me the only Lux inclusions I would want are Caesarstone tops (I have a price from a local stone mason for about $5500, for 40mm, to a 3mx900 island with waterfalls, 40mm to 1.8mx600 benchtop, plus two 1.5-2m vanities in 20mm), the basins (can buy for about $450 each), shower niche (they reckon about $500 each) and tapware, again minor. So cannot see $23k in value to justify it. I was also surprised that Lux doesn't include a greater range of better/fncier tiles. I did question the price of Lux and was assured the $23k factored in the items that have been included in my base price. Oh the reason they have already been factored in are to meet estate and energy efficiency requirements. I thought the Lux package was only about $5k? That would be nice! From what I've priced myself I can see no more than about $10k in value. But as said they want $23k with most of the big ticket items already in my base house due to estate requirements! Thats interesting. We are building with them - doing internals next week. It says that the 'envy of the street' package is worth $23,850 but it was written up as $5,000 in our tender and then if we paid a deposit as soon as we went in for the tender meeting (which we did) we got it free. Now I am confused between it and Lux. We actually have both (so we get the niches, 40mm ceaserstone as well as higher roof, a/c etc) and it has cost us nothing. Re: Build with Rawson Homes 258Jun 05, 2015 10:02 am Envy is a promotion that is on top of Lux with Lux being the upgrade from Simplicity. Confusing for sure along with their marketing because you will see very little about simplicity which is the base level inclusions. Likewise their brochures leave a lot to be desired as the Sinplixty brochure shows stuff that isn't included, likewise with the Lux and Envy brochures. But guess that's the point get people sucked in say it is an upgrade and charge some more as people are sold. I also had the hard sell on Lux but when I eventually got a simplicity brochure and I sat down and compared Simplicty (plus what is included in my place due to estate requirements) with Lux and I cannot see the $23k price tag. Without the estate requirements inclusions yeah can see $23k but they tell me the $23k Lux price already takes into account the estate requirement items so for mine should be half the price. Anyway have decided to go with simplicity and upgrade the items that we want. Will be interesting to see what the upgrade price is doing it this way especially seeing as I have "costed" every item myself. Re: Build with Rawson Homes 260Jun 05, 2015 7:59 pm Heidi-Lee I have never even heard of simplicity...very interesting. Oh well our tender is done now and we are happy with it so will just leave it. It is the basic level of inclusions, but believe different developments have different offerings, so maybe yours they just included Lux. In my case a lot of Lux inclusions are required to meet estate requirements but they are still offering it as an upgrade, and it is a prerequisite to get Envy. Interesting thing about Envy just saw an add on TV and they talk about $23k of extras at no cost. What they don't say is you need Lux to get Envy, and Lux does indeed cost, in my case about $23k. Just started the Build process for Chifley 42 with Rawson homes, will keep you all posted with the Build progress. 0 3301 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 19121 3 51284 |