Hi Gaudi
Unfortunately I had commisioned the deck to be constructed by my own subcontractor after the build was completed with an interim occupancy certificate.
I checked I didnt need council approval,…

Hi guys
Our builder had asked us once we finalised our build and had the house landscaped please send pics through for final occupancy certificate.
We recently had house landscaped and a…

I had a mate who shortly after moving in had his sewer banking up into the house. The culprit was an empty coke can in the sewer lines, so yeah…

Were building with rawsons (Balmoral 38 MK1) and managed to keep costs relatively sane considering we've got a heap of upgrades.
Electrical, personal preference with what you want done? I've gone…

How does one contact a bigwig to get stuff happening?

Dann not reassuring to hear, we're hoping to start slab late next month...
There should be 2-3 Rawson homes in our subdivision, was wondering if that'll be an advantage of not...

I was under the assumption it's at solar co discretion where they go, I'm sure our plans have a comment regarding this.
Sorry to hear about the dented roof

We just got carpeted stairs and had voids deleted and glass removed (my wife was concerned with our young daughter). Think we got $2k ish (id have to check) back…

Was only wondering today if one double storey homes, if they run electricl cable with conduit in the slab.
I cant see any orange conduit so it seems they run it…

Well our consultant at Rawsons is very knowledgeable and helpful but unfortunately didnt know much about the zones/setups/controller options for the Daikin ducted system. Their installer is going to give…

AFAIK cooktops have their own dedicated circuit? (well at least in my current property)
Therefore a larger load breaker could just be retrofitted if required? but I did think of that…

Yes personally I think spending an extra say $5-10k on appliances is money well spent. Gives the house a much more premium feel and generally offer superior performance.
I dont have…

Thanks for the reply its appreciated!!
Hmm damn, I'd assumed that a 2nd controller would be a 'daikin' controller and operate the same on either levels... hmm..
I'd lived in a two…

Got a questions for you guys regarding your electrical:
In your two storey home standard for ducted A/C is 2 zones 1 controller. I'm thinking a 2nd controller would be beneficial…

Ahh nice spot!
Were in the same state, but alas I'm in Newcastle! (thought we may have been neighbours lol)
That refund variation will come in very handy for your build to…

Suppliers offer cash rebates to the building Co's to use their products. (my old man use to be with clipsal and mentioned they'd do this for the building Co's they…

Hmm only just had our electrical appointment yesterday... Haven't signed anything yet but..
TBH my wife wasn't keen on upgrading any of the kitchen items (trying to keep build costs down)…

You can install your own dimmers after handover I believe (my old man use to be a sales rep for Clipsal and he advised me to do it after handover…

Just out of curiosity may I ask what region is your block situated?
We had ours done last week and it came back yesterday also.
We were quoted with a H2 rated…

Nice to see Rawsons putting in work!!
Haha yeah your block looks massive!!!

From my experience get rawsons to add EVERYTHING to the tender. This will most likely take a few revisions of the tender but so be it!
All those verbal variations &…

OK Cool!
Yeah that's what I had heard from a few ppl before, and Steve said we could do this also when first dealing with him.
Reading the reviews for the westinghouse…

So basically you said you didn't want an oven they gave you a small rebate, then after the handover you installed it? I think I'd read somewhere you needed things…

Were just getting the contract signe dnow, and will be having our electrican interior colour selection in a few weeks time. When initially choosing rawsons they said for newcastle they…

For the guys that's have built already what were the power gas and water bills whilst building?
Also out of curiosity what have you guys done for security systems?
I don't think…

if you search for the masterton display home tempus elite, it has chiffon bricks by austral.
We've selected them for our upcoming Rawson build

Congratulations! I bet you guys are excited
That staircase looks fantastic, everyone will have staircase envy after seeing it!!

The deal we got back in May 2018 included 40mm benchtops, island & waterfall ends.

Hmm All I know is that its a 20kw daikin inverter system (house build hasnt started just yet

Just out of curiousity has anyone built/bought any A/C unit shrouds to essentially hide and beautify the units sitting up against the house?
We have a very narrow block so dont…