Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 61Mar 06, 2018 4:18 pm oh dear. I just checked with rawson and apparently my house comes with fences. I didn't even know! I should read more.... Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 62Mar 06, 2018 4:20 pm Well that is good for you, less out of pocket expenses! What kind of fencing do you get? Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 64Mar 06, 2018 4:27 pm If you could let me know when you find out that would be great - that way I know what I need to match with the other neighbours eventually Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 66Mar 31, 2018 5:39 am Andy909 Julianm Hi guys, we are building with Rawson on Propellor ave. Glad to see future neighbors here on the forum We have no experience / knowledge whatsoever about building a house. I just wanted to ask, did any of you guys hire a third party inspector during construction? Would Rawson allow it, and what are the chances of them fixing any faults that may be found? Hi Julianm, I am also building with Rawson and am planning to do one inspection on completion. I have got advise that that inspection should cover all items including structural elements. Since Rawson is reputed builder, I am trusting them for during construction quality. As far as I know, you can have inspection during construction. There is nothing in the contract that disallows that except it says you need prior permission to access site during construction. Good luck with that and let us know how does it go. Regards Andy Thanks a lot for the response Andy. We have decided to do the same, to do inspection at the end and trust Rawson for construction quality. Our SS told us slab will be poured next month Anyone have Geoff H as their SS? Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 68Apr 03, 2018 8:39 pm So FINALLY our D/A went through, we have a construction certificate and a site supervisor ordering materials, hopefully our build starts soon. We went and drove around the estate today and there are a lot of houses going up, some look like they might even be in lock-up already. So exciting Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 69Apr 20, 2018 2:36 pm belindaboni I do hes absolutely fantastic. Geoff has been replaced by Tyrone for me. Is it same for others as well? I have not spoken to previous SS as I didnt had anything to discuss with everything on schedule. I spoke to Tyrone for courtesy call and see if I can make site visit on Saturday and he advised he won't be working Saturday so can't make the arrangements. Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 70Apr 20, 2018 3:22 pm My house is well on its way. frame is up and bricks getting done. it's all happening Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 71Apr 20, 2018 4:18 pm Yeah it looked like it was all happening when we drove through a couple of weeks ago. Our builder told us that our slab was poured today, so it feels like we are really starting to make some progress now Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 72May 07, 2018 4:52 pm Hi to all neighbors, Just recently came across this forum, glad this exists . We are building our house with Thrives too and already have had many disappointments, there was a significant delay in the framework and recently some hurdles around bricks availability, at last it seems like things are finally moving ahead but not sure how far its gonna go before we hit another wall again. Anyways just wanted to share and ask if anyone else is in the same situation. Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 73May 07, 2018 4:56 pm I am with rawson went past my house on the weekend its doing well frame and brickwork is up but sept this year will b 3 years since we bought it. alot of thrive homes are up! they look very nice Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 74May 08, 2018 9:10 am Our land got registered around Oct/Nov last year. I understand land registration and government approval may incur delays but when it comes to these things i guess itshows how inefficient and unprofessional the company is. Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 75May 08, 2018 9:19 am Hi Neighbor! We had some issues with Thrive as well during our D/A approval process, we weren't very impressed with how things were handle, but they are a new company... We have no had any problems since we handed over to our site manager, we are looking our frame is going to start going up shortly, so hopefully we don't have any of the same issues that you had with the bricks. Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 76May 08, 2018 1:01 pm I think the Bricks and Frame issues is all sorted now, so finally i hope it will be a smooth ride from here on wards. Thanks for all the comments Neighbors!! Hopefully we'll all get to move in before Christmas this year. Good luck and Happy Building :-D Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 77May 08, 2018 6:11 pm splendid_12 Our land got registered around Oct/Nov last year. I understand land registration and government approval may incur delays but when it comes to these things i guess itshows how inefficient and unprofessional the company is. Hi Splendid, welcome to the forum. For me also Rawson did not meet my expectations on professionalism and standing on its sales pitch. But when I looked other developers my friends are with, I realize that Rawson is not the worst one. For the price they offer, I would not hesitate to build with them again. since I have built with Rawson, I would like to hear from people who have built with thrive homes about their build quality. Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 78May 14, 2018 11:59 am splendid_12 Hi to all neighbors, Just recently came across this forum, glad this exists . We are building our house with Thrives too and already have had many disappointments, there was a significant delay in the framework and recently some hurdles around bricks availability, at last it seems like things are finally moving ahead but not sure how far its gonna go before we hit another wall again. Anyways just wanted to share and ask if anyone else is in the same situation. Hi All, I just found this forum. Happy to see all neighbours here. We are also building with Thrive Homes. I thought I was only one who has issues during construction. I am disappointed with the way construction is progressing, even DA approval took lot of time, because they haven't supplied all required documents. After my slab went down on Mar 7th, my frames work just started. When I called up, they said frames company delayed frames. I need to call up these guys every time and ask them about progress. Hopefully it would be smooth from now on, but you never know @spendid did you reach anyone from Thirve office? Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 79May 22, 2018 4:05 pm Andy909 splendid_12 Our land got registered around Oct/Nov last year. I understand land registration and government approval may incur delays but when it comes to these things i guess itshows how inefficient and unprofessional the company is. Hi Splendid, welcome to the forum. For me also Rawson did not meet my expectations on professionalism and standing on its sales pitch. But when I looked other developers my friends are with, I realize that Rawson is not the worst one. For the price they offer, I would not hesitate to build with them again. since I have built with Rawson, I would like to hear from people who have built with thrive homes about their build quality. I have my house with Thrive and the construction is going very slow. The construction contract is about to end in Mid July, but i don't think its going to be complete anyways. Anyhow, about the build quality, i have got my construction been privately inspected, and the report came out with few minor issues, so it looks alright. Will see more when the final inspection is done. The thing which i have noticed, Thrive used steel frames compared of timber of Rawson. Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 80May 26, 2018 12:21 am Pranav As i expect to be moving by Mid 2018, looking a primary school for my kid. Does any has any reviews for Leppington Public school ? or knows any other good school nearby ? TIA. Hi Pranav I am also one of the owner, my lot is 219 with Thrive homes, my son will go to school next year, as far i know leppinton public school is not so good. But once we move in we will decide. Please letme know your experience |