I swear dealing with Rawson certainly wears me out.
When we reported the major cracking in the void and the ceiling issues (back in October 2013) we were told that…

pinny - with a progress claim, they can put it in with the majority of the work being done. However, i look at it, if the company went bust tomorrow…

MrsBB - I think you are in Newcastle and so you go under that council. You need to fill in a driveway application and they will send through the approval…

We deleted our tiles from the contract. I was not that happy with the tilers that did our bathroom tiles, so I am glad I could choose my own tiler…

Rawson k - we had that guy you are talking about. He comes from penrith, so he is travelling about 6 hours every day and he said he could hand…

Perfectly put B&K - couldnt have said it better myself.
Bricklayer was out last Tuesday and he was still there when I got home at 5:30pm. He worked his…

Our Frame and Second floor subflooring were delivered to site 10th December. It was erected on 28th January. It is now 3rd MArch. So this particle board flooring has been…

ShakeandBake - we have been in our Rawson home for eight months now. Would i build with Rawson again - probably as i still believe that despite issues that…

Our sales guy advised around $6k to upgrade the kitchen to polly, with waterfalls and sink on top of that! Hopefully that's an over estimation.
Has anyone else got any…

Thanks Capitalg - our house is 43sq and i have just read my tender again and even though our house is over 35sq they still have the smaller unit. …

This is my pantry - just the basic builder fit out.
The pantry does go around the corner to the left from the first photo and that has all my appliances…

I was recommended Mal Wright building inspections. He was $465.00 for the inspection, but I was really happy with how thorough he was.
Received a reply back from the…

Robbie - do you know roughly how many m2 of tiles you have?????
I was told by the person that worked for the tile place that Rawson use that they get…

Now I know why the SS was a little antsy with me on the phone yesterday arv - he'd been at your place Jen. Jen if I were you I'd…

I too have noticed how quick frames are generally constructed on fresh slabs. I'm not in any way an engineer, but I can't see this being great. Although waiting for…

Congrats Glacier on your handover. Hoping that you are enjoying some champagne in your new house.
I sent my building report over to the construction manager yesterday afternoon giving 14…

Robbie - why are they saying you dont get anything back for not doing your main flooring through Rawson. We took the flooring and the carpet out - I think…

We had our independent inspection on Thursday and can I say that we should have done it ages a go. It was probably the additional money that stopped us prior,…

Bailey - make sure they come back and paint the tops and the bottoms of the doors. It actually voids the warranty on the doors, as painting it seals the…

You all are very patient - I had T for my internal selections and she was great and it took 1 week to get the pricing. Some of the things…

MrsBB - I would be jumping up and down too. I cannot believe that you are waiting 2 months post internal selections and have not received a quote. I would…

They have 30% off at the moment. Material from spotlight plus remaining sheer curtains and rods and such comes in at about $1800 total... compared to the $5400 I was…

JTM - you might actually find that home made blinds will cost more than proper block out blinds. Spotlight fabric can be pretty expensive.
SEC - I can totally understand…

Happy new year everyone!!!
Cant remember when I last updated. We had the plasterers show up a week or so before Christmas and they were going to do…

My MIL is building with them in Port Stephens.
She is going through the process at the moment. They were very slow with the tender - took them…

JTM - are you having the aluminium angles with the tiles for your shower niche - cant see very well in your photo

Hi Jen1977,
They now build granny flat as I just signed my tenders last week for the main house and a 2bd granny flat.
THanks for that. I am sure my MIL…

I have a window splashback. I would have loved it to run the whole length of the kitchen, but our bench in 4.70m and in order to have it that…

For those who have built a double storey, has anyone noticed their upstairs squeak? Im thinking this is def one for maintenance
Our upstairs does not squeak at all. We have…