Well seems like you would be quite the happy lady then! Can't wait to see pics!!!
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 721Jun 03, 2014 11:00 am pinny Ss is happy to fix our timber portico.. Yay, and paint render to whatever we want as well. Also as a bonus noticed the tiler has tiled all along the laundry wall, instead of just around the basin area!! Looks awesome. Walk thru next Tuesday so will have to wait till then to get some decent pictures Well seems like you would be quite the happy lady then! Can't wait to see pics!!! Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 722Jun 04, 2014 10:44 am Pinny - How exciting! What a lucky break with the tiler I can't wait to see the internal photos of the kitchen. Onggie - The stacker doors look fab! Some friends of ours built the Stroud (and are part of the reason why we chose Rawson). Those doors are great and when they are opened on a nice day, the flow between the living room, kitchen and alfresco is such a great space. Robbie - It looks like we are at the same stage Our frames when up last week. Our SS suggested the roof may be up by the end of this week but given the wet weather this week and the fact that our site turns into a clay quagmire after the rain, I doubt it. Our tiles have also been discontinued so I'm going back out to the display centre tomorrow to reselect. I'm a little disappointed because last time it was the day after the colour consult, so the rest of the house colours were fresh in my mind. Finger's crossed my little samples will refresh my memory and we can pick something we'll be happy with. But at least this time, I won't have to keep one eye on my toddler throughout the entire appointment Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 723Jun 04, 2014 3:55 pm Mrs Grower Onggie - The stacker doors look fab! Some friends of ours built the Stroud (and are part of the reason why we chose Rawson). Those doors are great and when they are opened on a nice day, the flow between the living room, kitchen and alfresco is such a great space. I think that's what made us fall in love. When we took the drive to the Hunter and walked inside the Stroud and saw how opened it look from the entry we were sold! Not to mention the house fit every single criteria we had, the only thing we weren't sold on was the bedrooms being at the front of the house. We would have preferred the master to be at the front, but we can live. Mrs Grower Our frames when up last week. Our SS suggested the roof may be up by the end of this week but given the wet weather this week and the fact that our site turns into a clay quagmire after the rain, I doubt it. I can't seem to see a pattern with the order they build the house. I house near us that built with Rawson had the bricks go up then the roof. Then as your SS has said the roof will be going up. Mrs Grower Our tiles have also been discontinued so I'm going back out to the display centre tomorrow to reselect. I'm a little disappointed because last time it was the day after the colour consult, so the rest of the house colours were fresh in my mind. Finger's crossed my little samples will refresh my memory and we can pick something we'll be happy with. But at least this time, I won't have to keep one eye on my toddler throughout the entire appointment This happen to our friends who built Mac Jones, they had done their selections so far in advance that their tiles were no longer available. Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 724Jun 04, 2014 5:02 pm onggie I can't seem to see a pattern with the order they build the house. I house near us that built with Rawson had the bricks go up then the roof. Then as your SS has said the roof will be going up. I believe it is pretty standard for the bricks be done first and the roof second. But there are a shortage of brickies in the area so it works out better to put the roof on first instead of holding everything up for the bricks. Apparently, the good thing about having the roof go up first is that the electrician (and possibly carpenter?) can do their rough ins at the same time as the brickies are working. I don't know what the down side is yet. I suspect there is one though. Otherwise it would be standard practice for the roof to go on first Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 725Jun 04, 2014 5:44 pm Mrs Grower I believe it is pretty standard for the bricks be done first and the roof second. But there are a shortage of brickies in the area so it works out better to put the roof on first instead of holding everything up for the bricks. Apparently, the good thing about having the roof go up first is that the electrician (and possibly carpenter?) can do their rough ins at the same time as the brickies are working. I don't know what the down side is yet. I suspect there is one though. Otherwise it would be standard practice for the roof to go on first Makes sense I just assumed that these days the roof goes on first as work can continue. But any who. I'll see tomorrow if anything more has been done. Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 726Jun 04, 2014 8:09 pm Hello hello my fellow home builders... Nice to see some great progress... Onggie Mrs Grower is right, we had our roof done before the bricks and it worked so well everything went smooth and according to plan... Mrs Grower good luck with the tiles appointment, sux to have to reselect again, we had to go through the same thing but it was just a driveway colors that for discontinued... So it's not really that bad, but on a bright side u get to choose more recent pattern and design Pinny, my tiler did the same and my gosh I was so impressed! I think we must have had the same tiler?? He also did the same thing with my bath too., was stunned to see my bath mosaic tiles it looks awesome... Robbie and JTM all going well on your side? My update! I have been officially locked out from my own plac! Loll but it's a good thing I guess... Things have been really going well can't complain I just wish I was moving in anytime soon like next week lol but it ain't happening... Our first walk thru next week Wednesday! Excited much! Will have some decent pictures then hopefully everything should be done by then... Amen! Building our dream home with Rawson Homes - Metford 28 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65769 Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 727Jun 04, 2014 8:45 pm roops My update! I have been officially locked out from my own plac! Loll but it's a good thing I guess... Things have been really going well can't complain I just wish I was moving in anytime soon like next week lol but it ain't happening... Our first walk thru next week Wednesday! Excited much! Will have some decent pictures then hopefully everything should be done by then... Amen! Locked out! Dang, I'll be sad that day as I won't be allowed to walk through when I want. But its always a positive and least you have something to look forward to each walkthrough. Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 728Jun 04, 2014 9:24 pm Thank Onggie, i can't wait till next week Wednesday and hopefully if all goes well, I should be in by last week of June Building our dream home with Rawson Homes - Metford 28 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65769 Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 729Jun 05, 2014 3:24 am Is it your PCI on Wednesday roops?? How exciting Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 730Jun 05, 2014 9:49 am Best of luck Roops. Hope there are some good tiles to choose from Mrs Grower - I was told that all this stuff was ordered before you started on site - was there a long time between your tile selection and contracts? Can I ask a question about the brick vs roof order. Our wall frames are up but not roof trusses. I think one side of our garage will only be a brick wall without a frame. Is this right or should all walls (apart from where the garage door goes) still have a frame? and if there is only a brick wall on the side of the house how do they install the roof before the bricks? - Hope that makes sense. http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 731Jun 05, 2014 9:55 am Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 732Jun 05, 2014 9:57 am p.s. photos have been taken of our home.. just to find time to upload them now! Hopefully this weekend. Stay tuned! Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 733Jun 05, 2014 10:22 am JTM robbie - only walls that are joined to the house will have a frame.. the garage where walls are free standing so to speak do not have a frame. They are however double brick for the lower 1/4, and have several "column" per wall. Thanks JTM - so in your place did they manage to get the roof trusses up before the brickwork to those areas were done? http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 735Jun 05, 2014 10:52 am Thanks JTM - glad to see that it can be done before the brickwork. http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 736Jun 05, 2014 10:57 am @ Pinny yes it's our PCI, I can't wait! Thank you Robbie, keeping my fingers crossed nothing major... Building our dream home with Rawson Homes - Metford 28 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65769 Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 737Jun 05, 2014 1:02 pm onggie Mrs Grower I believe it is pretty standard for the bricks be done first and the roof second. But there are a shortage of brickies in the area so it works out better to put the roof on first instead of holding everything up for the bricks. Apparently, the good thing about having the roof go up first is that the electrician (and possibly carpenter?) can do their rough ins at the same time as the brickies are working. I don't know what the down side is yet. I suspect there is one though. Otherwise it would be standard practice for the roof to go on first Makes sense I just assumed that these days the roof goes on first as work can continue. But any who. I'll see tomorrow if anything more has been done. 3 Rawson's in our little subdivision all had bricks first then roof, though other builders in our area have had roof then bricks. I thought it had more to do with the order they could book the trades than anything. Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 738Jun 05, 2014 1:09 pm ^^ I think it depends on trades, and your SS, as he runs the show. Most houses in our area have all been roof then bricks. Very few the other way around. Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 739Jun 05, 2014 4:33 pm roops Thank Onggie, i can't wait till next week Wednesday and hopefully if all goes well, I should be in by last week of June How exciting Roops! I hope everything goes smoothly and that if there are anythings that need to be addressed, they are all minor and quick fixes. robbie55 Hope there are some good tiles to choose from Mrs Grower - I was told that all this stuff was ordered before you started on site - was there a long time between your tile selection and contracts? Robbie, our colour selections were done on the at the end of October last year and the contract was signed in December but there were delays in the approval process. So ultimately, it's been about 7 months since our colour selections. It's actually worked out really well. I couldn't remember what our selections were because I didn't take any photos the first time around. I got a chance to look at our selections again and was 100% happy with everything except the floor tiles to the wet areas. Thankfully, it was just the floor tiles to the wet areas that were out of stock and we were able to pick something else within 5 minutes. SheridanBenjamin I thought it had more to do with the order they could book the trades than anything. Bingo. That's exactly what my SS said. Re: Rawson Homes - Our dream home journey - Metford 28 Trend 740Jun 05, 2014 4:40 pm Met with our SS today, he is amazing, really top bloke!!! Our bricks are there too! Super excited, he said there were drama with the bricks and we nearly didn't get them and would have had to re-choose! Because it's raining he said probably Tuesday's the brickies will come and it will be a 2 week job. Another bonus, the bricks are a lot darker than when we choose them! We are so excited!!!! robbie55 Can I ask a question about the brick vs roof order. Our wall frames are up but not roof trusses. I think one side of our garage will only be a brick wall without a frame. Is this right or should all walls (apart from where the garage door goes) still have a frame? and if there is only a brick wall on the side of the house how do they install the roof before the bricks? - Hope that makes sense. SheridanBenjamin 3 Rawson's in our little subdivision all had bricks first then roof, though other builders in our area have had roof then bricks. I thought it had more to do with the order they could book the trades than anything. Spoke to the SS about this, the official word is, it really just depends there isn't any order of operation. It's which ever materials they can get first. Why you gernerally see roofs first, is the materials are more accessible as opposed to bricks. A reason why they would do bricks first as opposed to the roof is because some facades are too tricky to build after the roof, eg too much cutting involved. JTM p.s. photos have been taken of our home.. just to find time to upload them now! Hopefully this weekend. Stay tuned! I am keeping a close eye JTM! 3 50084 Any advice on how to ensure the kit home granny flat that im thinking of buying will get council approval. The kit home companys wont release plans without a deposit and… 0 7362 Just started the Build process for Chifley 42 with Rawson homes, will keep you all posted with the Build progress. 0 2967 |