Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 581Aug 12, 2018 12:50 pm 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 which seemed to delay my building process for a while. Have a look at the timelines in my building thread if you want get a bit idea of how Rawson plough thru a house construction in Sydney these days. Build thread [size=200]KDR RAWSON Benham 33 in hills area of Sydney[/size] Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 582Aug 12, 2018 2:35 pm AIB 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 which seemed to delay my building process for a while. Have a look at the timelines in my building thread if you want get a bit idea of how Rawson plough thru a house construction in Sydney these days. My SS got moved to another project halfway through construction, only to get back towards the end. His replacement SS didn't care much, and this was reflected in a large number of defects after the handover. My advice is, if your SS gets changed during construction, all alarms should go off. I ended up with 100+ defects even after two reports by independent inspector, some of which was HVAC not functioning due to defective ductwork installation, a whole main bedroom missed (!), horrible facade render, uneven window and wall installation, etc. That's what Rawson calls outstanding quality, and I am not joking when I say that they have tried to avoid rectification on almost every single defect item. Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 583Aug 12, 2018 2:38 pm Traben AIB 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 which seemed to delay my building process for a while. Have a look at the timelines in my building thread if you want get a bit idea of how Rawson plough thru a house construction in Sydney these days. My SS got moved to another project halfway through construction, only to get back towards the end. His replacement SS didn't care much, and this was reflected in a large number of defects after the handover. My advice is, if your SS gets changed during construction, all alarms should go off. I ended up with 100+ defects even after two reports by independent inspector, some of which was HVAC not functioning due to defective ductwork installation, a whole main bedroom missed (!), horrible facade render, uneven window and wall installation, etc. That's what Rawson calls outstanding quality, and I am not joking when I say that they have tried to avoid rectification on almost every single defect item. "A whole main bedroom door missed", is what should have been typed above, my mistake. Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 584Aug 12, 2018 2:59 pm Hi Traben Thx a lot for the alarm to me. I feel sorry about the issues you are facing. My first independent inspection is due at the end of Aug once scaffolding down next week. Let’s wait and see how the result would be. Cheers Build thread [size=200]KDR RAWSON Benham 33 in hills area of Sydney[/size] Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 585Aug 12, 2018 3:36 pm Traben Traben AIB 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 which seemed to delay my building process for a while. Have a look at the timelines in my building thread if you want get a bit idea of how Rawson plough thru a house construction in Sydney these days. My SS got moved to another project halfway through construction, only to get back towards the end. His replacement SS didn't care much, and this was reflected in a large number of defects after the handover. My advice is, if your SS gets changed during construction, all alarms should go off. I ended up with 100+ defects even after two reports by independent inspector, some of which was HVAC not functioning due to defective ductwork installation, a whole main bedroom missed (!), horrible facade render, uneven window and wall installation, etc. That's what Rawson calls outstanding quality, and I am not joking when I say that they have tried to avoid rectification on almost every single defect item. "A whole main bedroom door missed", is what should have been typed above, my mistake. Hi Traben, Thanks for sharing that, my SS just got changed. After so much delay in construction till now, I don't know what I will get from the new SS. Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 587Aug 12, 2018 4:44 pm I’ll concur with this. Losing your site supervisor definitely results in delays on the build. Building the Rawson Edge 39 MKI - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89729&p=1756917#p1756917 Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 588Aug 16, 2018 11:03 am AIB 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 which seemed to delay my building process for a while. Have a look at the timelines in my building thread if you want get a bit idea of how Rawson plough thru a house construction in Sydney these days. Hi AIB, It seems our slabs were poured similar time, mine was on 10 May 2018. I am also building Benham in Hornsby area. Work is going damn slow. I have got a Pre-lining appointment of 06 Sept, did you get yours? Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 589Aug 16, 2018 9:04 pm I got the dreaded call yesterday that our site supervisor is no longer with the company (sounded ominous). Might have explained why I hadn’t had callbacks the past few weeks but there’s been plenty of work happening so we hadn’t been too worried. The new (temporary) chap however impressed me with quite a detailed timeline of what was booked for when. The summary is the stairs, waterproofing and kitchen should be in by month’s end, benchtops and tiles to follow. One troubling factor is that we somehow didn’t get a pre-sheet walk through, however we had spent a fair bit of time with the electrician a few weeks ago so I’m hoping it will be ok. I think on this basis we will want a 3rd party building inspection at PCI. I guess we are now in the home straight but I’m struggling to find information about the usual timelines from here - many people blogging their new builds seem to lose interest in that about now. So I guess not far though! Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 590Aug 16, 2018 9:45 pm NDDreamHome AIB 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 which seemed to delay my building process for a while. Have a look at the timelines in my building thread if you want get a bit idea of how Rawson plough thru a house construction in Sydney these days. Hi AIB, It seems our slabs were poured similar time, mine was on 10 May 2018. I am also building Benham in Hornsby area. Work is going damn slow. I have got a Pre-lining appointment of 06 Sept, did you get yours? Hi NDDreamhome I haven't book my pre-gyprock appointment in as it slow down a lot since new SS got onboard. Recently they only got half house washed in 2 weeks. I have never seen such situation before. Hopefully they could complete the wash this week and get scaffold down next week. Then I should be able to send my private inspector in. Cheers. Build thread [size=200]KDR RAWSON Benham 33 in hills area of Sydney[/size] Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 591Sep 13, 2018 10:31 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 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 joint and missing brick expansion joint. At least 2 expansion joints are missing, and I am not sure at this stage how rawson will fix those specially when scaffoldings are gone. After the tradies does their work, Quality Control from rawson's side, seems to be totally non-existent. I have no idea how the mandatory inspections(if at all they do) from rawson can't find these basic issues, which I can find easily. Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 592Sep 14, 2018 1:11 pm Your house is looking great from the photo. It's a pity to hear about your issues and disappointing that they didn't pick up themselves, as that is part of what the premium paid to them is all about. I'd imagine the expansion joints aren't optional.. Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 593Sep 14, 2018 2:00 pm NDDreamHome Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 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 joint and missing brick expansion joint. At least 2 expansion joints are missing, and I am not sure at this stage how rawson will fix those specially when scaffoldings are gone. After the tradies does their work, Quality Control from rawson's side, seems to be totally non-existent. I have no idea how the mandatory inspections(if at all they do) from rawson can't find these basic issues, which I can find easily. N.B. I sent a private message to you. Pls check it. Thx. Build thread [size=200]KDR RAWSON Benham 33 in hills area of Sydney[/size] Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 594Sep 18, 2018 7:37 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-c ... vement.pdf http://faculty.arch.usyd.edu.au/pcbw/wa ... ol-joints/ and also: Vertical joints are usually about 20mm wide (15mm of expected closure, and at least 5mm remaining gap). They must be kept free of mortar. An easy way to achieve this is to place a 20 x 110 timber board in the joint as the brickwork is laid, and remove it after the mortar is sufficiently set. If sliding ties are needed across the joint, say every 600mm in height, the boards could be cut to 590mm long to fit between ties. The permanent gap sealer must be highly compressible. It will start as 20mm thick and may end up 5mm thick. Bitumen-impregnated soft foam strips are possible, but a neater seal is formed with a round polythene-foam backing rod squeezed into the gap, and a gunned-in mastic sealant. The backing rod is necessary to allow the sealant bead to be formed properly. If the wall is required to be fire-rated, a fire-rated sealing system will be required instead. Also on your site, what is the solar powered panel/box for? Is it a secuirty camera or can you watch the build from it? Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 595Sep 18, 2018 10:20 pm luxbuild 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-c ... vement.pdf http://faculty.arch.usyd.edu.au/pcbw/wa ... ol-joints/ and also: Vertical joints are usually about 20mm wide (15mm of expected closure, and at least 5mm remaining gap). They must be kept free of mortar. An easy way to achieve this is to place a 20 x 110 timber board in the joint as the brickwork is laid, and remove it after the mortar is sufficiently set. If sliding ties are needed across the joint, say every 600mm in height, the boards could be cut to 590mm long to fit between ties. The permanent gap sealer must be highly compressible. It will start as 20mm thick and may end up 5mm thick. Bitumen-impregnated soft foam strips are possible, but a neater seal is formed with a round polythene-foam backing rod squeezed into the gap, and a gunned-in mastic sealant. The backing rod is necessary to allow the sealant bead to be formed properly. If the wall is required to be fire-rated, a fire-rated sealing system will be required instead. Also on your site, what is the solar powered panel/box for? Is it a secuirty camera or can you watch the build from it? Hi Luxbuild, Yes they are AJ, Articulation Joint. I found issues with 5 to 6 AJ, one is fully missed, one is half height done, few are not continued at the lower end. They have to fix them all as they are not as per design. The SS told me that, the missing one may not be required if the other 2 at both side of it can themselves cover 6m length, in which case it is not required, as AJ is required every 6m or less. The builder has put the Camera, I did not ask for the feed as I live nearby, so I can visit every day. Cheers, ND Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 596Sep 18, 2018 10:55 pm 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. Build thread [size=200]KDR RAWSON Benham 33 in hills area of Sydney[/size] Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 597Sep 19, 2018 8:39 am AIB 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 Internal lining was done thenafter. ND Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 598Oct 01, 2018 7:26 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 still 20mm (say around the sink) with mitred edged to look like 80mm? Same for 40mm? Thanks. Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 599Oct 01, 2018 7:47 pm luxbuild 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 still 20mm (say around the sink) with mitred edged to look like 80mm? Same for 40mm? Thanks. Hi lux, I have upgraded the Island from 40mm to 80mm, costed 2k or bit more, also upgraded it to the next upgrade range. The upgrade cost also depends on size of surface. I think they will put mitred edge, will be able to tell after I see mine done. Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 600Oct 02, 2018 12:02 am As I understood it, the caesarstone comes in 20mm sheets so they mitre the edges to make it ‘thicker’. We priced different colours and the additional expense beyond the standard options was just amazing, literally thousands per sheet. Ultimately we settled for one of the standard selection which looks fine now I’ve seen it in. A side note I thought of a while ago was to price separately the colours from another vendor and then just get rawson to price install of basic laminex, as you’d get a discount for not having the caesarstone. You may end up better off. You should check your detail drawings, it may show downpipe within brick pier. 14 14473 Just started the Build process for Chifley 42 with Rawson homes, will keep you all posted with the Build progress. 0 3356 Hi, Apologies - I know there is plenty out there on this but struggling to put together the puzzle. 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