Browse Forums Building A New House Re: KDR - Rawson Edge 39 MKI - Ryde - Prewiring Done 7Mar 25, 2016 10:10 pm This is a great thread Bavshan. We are building the Balmoral 34 in Sydney East and just getting demo quotes now. Thank you so much for the tips above - will certainly confirm what's included. Can I ask how much it cost to disconnect gas, electricity and water? I had only budgeted $1k for this but sounds like I might need more! Thanks Re: KDR - Rawson Edge 39 MKI - Ryde - Prewiring Done 9Apr 04, 2016 7:15 am sideb06 This is a great thread Bavshan. We are building the Balmoral 34 in Sydney East and just getting demo quotes now. Thank you so much for the tips above - will certainly confirm what's included. Can I ask how much it cost to disconnect gas, electricity and water? I had only budgeted $1k for this but sounds like I might need more! Thanks Hi sideb06, the electricity was a few hundred but the gas had to be done by AGL and was over a grand. I think the telephone was also done by the sparky. Democorp gave us the best price and included a fence. Rawson Edge 39 MKI in Ryde, Sydney Re: KDR - Rawson Edge 39 MKI - Ryde - Prewiring Done 10Apr 04, 2016 7:29 am fizzed We are building a Rawson balmoral kdr - will be following your thread I noticed you wrote your knockdown was Feb-mar 15? Is it 16.... Yes that's is correct. The demo was Feb 2015, the slab was July 10, 2016. Council took forever to pass our plans. I have a timeline further up this thread. There were many delays mostly with getting tradies onsite. The materials seem to be onsite much earlier than needed. We did have some bad weather slowing things down. We lost 2.5 months from the start of Nov 2015 till mid-Jan 2016 due to SS leaving and Xmas/new years break. Then the 2nd SS left the start of march and now we are on our 3rd SS. Met with him last week and he seems great, only time will tell. Third time lucky we hope. Rawson Edge 39 MKI in Ryde, Sydney Re: KDR - Rawson Edge 39 MKI - Ryde - Prewiring Done 11Apr 20, 2016 10:49 pm The Slab and external Plumbing (10-22 July 2015)
With the old house and garage gone, we finally had access to clear the jungle at the rear. Our plan was to put some retaining walls to give us a bigger area of flat backyard. We agreed with the SS that the slab work will start on the 27th of July 2015. This will give our landscaper time to put the rear retaining walls up. Of course Murphy law, the concreting company had a quite week, saw the site cleared and decided to start early. This almost never happens in building So our build wasn't off to a good start. To prepare the slab took 2 days with a small army of men. A few days later the slab was poured. Finally we could see our dream take shape, well the footprint anyway. Over the next week the external plumbing was installed and add dirt to level off the slab. Some pics below showing the progress. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: KDR - Rawson Edge 39 MKI - Ryde - Prewiring Done 12Apr 20, 2016 11:43 pm The Frames (10-31 Aug 2015) After a few weeks of inactivity, just when we were getting concerned the frames start appearing on site and was being installed. The skeleton of our dream house was up and it looks amazing. For the first we could walk around our house and imagine where our things will go and how we will live there. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: KDR - Rawson Edge 39 - Ryde - Internals 13May 04, 2016 11:28 pm Next steps are the bricks. We picked Sand Dune colour as after visiting the brick yard, advice from a solar engineer friend, and Rawson (we needed exposure grade brick being so close to the water). These weren't in the base price but didn't cost much to upgrade too.
The brick colour/choice was a very tough decision for us. And in the end we picked something that we hope will be ageless. The plan is for this to be our forever home but who known what the future holds. 08/09/2015 - Bricks appeared onsite Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 12/09/2015 - Day 1 for Brickies. At this rate they will finished well within the 2 weeks we were told it will take. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 16/09/2015 - Some progress Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 26/09/2015 - The rear steps and alfresco have been bricked. We were very disappointed on how the bricks and concrete of the alfresco finished together. It still hasn't been fixed to this date, but is on the list. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 30/09/2015 - 2 weeks after they started and they aren't even half way. Apparently the scaffold delayed them Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 03/10/2015 - Scaf is up - Yeh!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 07/10/2015 - progress is still slow - More bricks arrive - SS advised he has given his 4 weeks notice. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 19/10/2015 - Its been over a month since they started. We had about a weeks worth of rainy days Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 20/10/2015 - boy are they messy. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 28/10/2015 - tick tock - brickie almost finished - SS gone Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 03/11/2015 - Upstairs eaves and gutters installed and the scaf was raised. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 10/11/2015 - Tiles delivered - New SS started Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 21/11/2015 - Upstairs roof progressing - Haven't met the new SS yet. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 24/11/2015 - Upstairs roof completed. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I've left the lower roof out because that was completed till 2 months later. Re: KDR - Rawson Edge 39 - Ryde - Internals 14May 10, 2016 7:50 pm So how is it tracking, five months into 2016? Building a customised Metford 33 with Rawson Homes in Canberra Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76866 Blog: https://canberragalsmetford.wordpress.com/ Re: KDR - Rawson Edge 39 - Ryde - Internals 15May 22, 2016 7:27 pm Canberra_gal So how is it tracking, five months into 2016? We are progressing at a very pedestrian pace. The internal linings, stairs and cabinetry are all in. Next to come is the caesarstone and tiles. Re: KDR - Rawson Edge 39 - Ryde - Kitchen in 16May 28, 2016 1:18 am Now for 2016.
Mid-Jan and early Feb the carpenters had so come onsite and fixed the frame. Apparently they missed some important load bearing beams in the frame thus making the site dangerous and all trades were cancelled until this was fixed. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 13-02-2016 - Plumber visited to do some internal plumbing bits Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 17-02-2016 - Sparky visited to complete the pre-wiring Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 18-02-2016 - Lifestyle Store visit to pre-wiring the home theatre setup 23-02-2016 - Alarm and CCTV pre-wiring were done 24-02-2016 - Ground level roof finally completed. and yes after the pre-wiring. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 26-02-2016 - Fireplace arrives onsite 27-02-2016 - Waterproofing to all areas besides ensuite. Issue with the floor levels in the main bedroom/ensuite area Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 01-03-2016 - Fireplace installed Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Things started to look up and we could finally see progress happening. But the was short lived and suddenly the SS couldn't be contacted and his mobile was forward to someone else (John, his boss in fact). The SS had left Rawson and once again we are left high and dry. We expressed our concerns and both Tracey(Colours manager) and John(manages the SS's) from Rawson took the time to explain the situation and even met us onsite and addressed our worries. Our major concern is now the further delay. Re: KDR - Rawson Edge 39 - Ryde - Kitchen in 17May 28, 2016 1:48 am 23-03-2016 - Another new SS assigned to our job. He seems to be on the ball and has already taken over a few site from the first two SS's I had. 25-03-2016 - The first thing he did was clear and clean the site. Things always look better clean 30-03-2016 - Insulation arrives on site Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 30-03-2016 - Framing inspection is done by Macro Building Solutions 05-04-2016 - Lower roof scaffold removed 08-04-2016 - Issue with the floor levels in the main bedroom/ensuite area fixed 09-04-2016 - Pre Internal lining inspection done with SS and us 12-04-2016 - Insulation installed Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 18-04-2016 - Gyprock on site 19-04-2016 - Ensuite waterproofing done Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 20-04-2016 - Internal walls going up Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 30-04-2016 - Cornices and architraves set. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 30-04-2016 - Front door frame installed but was wider than the gap left in the bricks, thus the bricks needed to be broken down and built with the correct size. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 05-05-2016 - Front door arrives along with correct size from door frame Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: KDR - Rawson Edge 39 - Ryde - Kitchen in 18May 28, 2016 2:08 am 11-05-2016 - Staircase started, internal doors installed As you can see we made the staircase wider (1100mm) and the void even wider. I highly recommend this. It was no cost to make the change. If we went 1200mm wide then there was a cost. We feel it makes the stairwell feel even wider and a bit more luxury, plus makes carrying furniture up easier. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 14-05-2016 - Staircase completed The design we settled for will have carpet to begin with (safer for kiddies) then, later on, we have the option to put timber risers and treads. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: KDR - Rawson Edge 39 - Ryde - Kitchen in 19May 28, 2016 2:21 am Things are moving faster now with the new SS but we have lost too much time and there has been some rework delaying the progress. Kitchen cabinets finished in semi-gloss white. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The wife's huge island bench. We made it 100mm higher than the std and made the bench 1000mm wide (810mm is std for the Edge). Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Not sure why there is a bathtub in my living room. I've seen the same thing on other Rawson home builds lol Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Laundry with full wall cupboards and benchtop with spaces for the dryer and washing machine. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Main bathroom vanity Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Huge ensuite vanity and mirror backing board gives you an idea of its size. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: KDR - Rawson Edge 39 - Ryde - Kitchen in 20May 28, 2016 2:28 am Next up the Tiles 25-05-2016 - Pallette of Tiles and sand appear onsite Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I think these are the rippled white wall tiles Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Dark textured ensuite feature tile for the floor and behind the mirror. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 26-05-2016 - Wetroom screte has been laid Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 3 5191 Just started the Build process for Chifley 42 with Rawson homes, will keep you all posted with the Build progress. 0 1082 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 24832 |