Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 22, 2014 7:06 am Re: KDR with Rawson 6Aug 22, 2014 4:00 pm I just tried applying a demolition DA from council myself,surprisingly find it's easier and faster and cheaper! I just supplied the paper documents that demolition company gave to me, paid the fees, filled the form last Friday on council counter. I got the DA approved by email yesterday. BTW, the council is Baulkham Hills. Re: KDR with Rawson 7Aug 23, 2014 3:17 am Thanks for your reply. Good to know it was easy for you. I am not worried about application so much as the possible outcomes. Maybe I am being overly concerned re future warranty claims or other issues based on the advice I was given. I know of course Rawson will apply 20% margin but my architect friend has seen more than one warranty claim problem when it was done by someone else other than main builder. The extra isn't much over the whole build. Re: KDR with Rawson 8Aug 23, 2014 8:32 am If your demo cost is $15k the extra 20% is $3k which in the overall cost of the build is a small sum. Those who have KDR before without issue might say that the $3k is better spent elsewhere but what you're saying is that you see it as a type of insurance that would allow you to avoid being stuck in the middle if the builder blamed the demo company and vice versa if an issue later arose. There might be other ways to resolve these types of disputes but this minimises the chances or hassle if it does. As a first time builder spending that extra $3k would likely still represent value to me. Best of luck with your decision. http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Re: KDR with Rawson 9Aug 23, 2014 3:39 pm Another thing with getting the builder to do the demolition is that it becomes part of your build, and they'll schedule it. I'd be surprised if it didn't reduce the length of the whole process for that reason. Just started the Build process for Chifley 42 with Rawson homes, will keep you all posted with the Build progress. 0 3274 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37986 The biggest challenge will be if you take out a loan and then run out of money - you'll have an incomplete security and lenders do not like this so you can get stuck.… 2 19655 |