Confused please help me to knowHow is Carlisle home builder?

milt · Jul 16, 2007 1:20 pm

Hardy,

Congratulations mate, I look forward to the pics and more feed back.

Milt,

mattwalker · Jul 16, 2007 1:21 pm

Hardy,

Got any pictures of the finished product yet?

hardy · Jul 16, 2007 6:30 pm

Hi Matt,
We just moved in last saturday without the driveway (will be done soon) and finding quality is quite good. Tile work, plaster, material is up to the standard. Material they used is looks quite good. When I finally decided to took some photos for this forum, then my camera gave up and said I also need a upgrade :shock:

So I am in the process of arranging alternate camera to click some photos for you guys. But in general we are quite happy so far, except few thing, which I don't think is builder fault. e.g
1) toilet seat, I think it's a bad design. I mean if you miss the target then it going to be messy (you know what I mean) :oops:

2) Window from kitchen opening in alfresco got wood frame next to sink (no tile work) which I think will be a problem in the long run when it will be wet most of the time washing dishes. We should have consider having little smaller window and tile work next to the sink but too late.

Otherwise we are quite happy so far. I will post few photos very soon and provide you more feed back. Thanks guys,

regards,
hardy

milt · Jul 16, 2007 6:38 pm

Hardy did you settle on Bordeaux in the end???

Milt,

hardy · Jul 17, 2007 9:51 am

Yes Mate, I certainly settled on Carlisle Bordeaux 40 with extended garage, extended alfresco (total 43.3 sq) . We got the handover on 6-July and moved in on just 14-July (last saturday-sunday). My house looks like a war zone at the moment :roll:

, things are everywhere. So still settling down, probably it will take couple of weeks to settle down properly.

Regards,
Hardy

milt · Jul 17, 2007 10:27 am

Great stuff, if we go with this house we are looking at extending the garage so it almost 7x7m and moving the meals area to the family room thus doubleing the alfresco area and converting it into an enclosed outdoor/indoor entertainment area with concertina doors opening it up. Which way did you extend the alfresco area?

Milt,

Firthy_26 · Jul 17, 2007 10:57 am

Never thought of doing that with the meals / alfresco... Good idea.

We also extended the alfresco (same as the display home in Cranbourne).
Made it wider & longer by just over a meter each side.
We wanted to extend it to the end of the house (behind the theatre room) but was unable to be done because of the roof pitch & how it met up with the first storey window...

Oh yeah, signed the contract last week... Constuction should start in the next 3 - 4 weeks... Very exciting.

Cheers,
Mike.

hardy · Jul 17, 2007 11:16 am

milt

Great stuff, if we go with this house we are looking at extending the garage so it almost 7x7m and moving the meals area to the family room thus doubleing the alfresco area and converting it into an enclosed outdoor/indoor entertainment area with concertina doors opening it up. Which way did you extend the alfresco area?

Milt,

We extended the alfresco same as per display in Cranbourne display house. We wanted to extend the alfresco up to the end of rumpus room (back rumpus room wall) but it was too costly, they were asking about $4500 more just for that 2 mtr extension. So we decided to leave it as per display. We are also planing to enclose alfresco for outdoor entertaining area or enclosed home gym. How much will be the approx. cost of enclosing with concertina doors or if you want to enclose as per display (Atlantique 36, http://www.carlislehomes.com.au/atlantique.html) then how much will be approx. cost. But for the time being I probably leave it as it is till we accumulate some money

Regards,
Hardy

milt · Jul 17, 2007 11:17 am

We didn't see the point of having the family room by the kitchen we intend to have double timber doors that lead out to the extended alfresco area and then having concertina doors on the opposite wall opening up the alfresco area to the backyard.

Milt,

mattwalker · Jul 17, 2007 1:53 pm

Firthy_26

Never thought of doing that with the meals / alfresco... Good idea.

We also extended the alfresco (same as the display home in Cranbourne).
Made it wider & longer by just over a meter each side.
We wanted to extend it to the end of the house (behind the theatre room) but was unable to be done because of the roof pitch & how it met up with the first storey window...

Oh yeah, signed the contract last week... Constuction should start in the next 3 - 4 weeks... Very exciting.

Cheers,
Mike.

Mike,

We extended the alfresco ($6950) originally and had the 1.2 metres behind the meals area as per the display. I spoke to Carlisle Homes and they agreed to extend the theatre room and the meals area to the full depth.

The roof pitch came down to 16 degrees and as such required sarking. If you want it, just ask as it can be done!

Matt

mattwalker · Jul 17, 2007 1:55 pm

Note the extended alfresco here. The roof line on the meals and theatre were also extended....

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milt · Jul 17, 2007 2:34 pm

Matt can i ask what you were charged extra for the garage extension and what size is it now?

Milt,

Firthy_26 · Jul 17, 2007 2:56 pm

mattwalker

Firthy_26

Never thought of doing that with the meals / alfresco... Good idea.

We also extended the alfresco (same as the display home in Cranbourne).
Made it wider & longer by just over a meter each side.
We wanted to extend it to the end of the house (behind the theatre room) but was unable to be done because of the roof pitch & how it met up with the first storey window...

Oh yeah, signed the contract last week... Constuction should start in the next 3 - 4 weeks... Very exciting.

Cheers,
Mike.

Mike,

We extended the alfresco ($6950) originally and had the 1.2 metres behind the meals area as per the display. I spoke to Carlisle Homes and they agreed to extend the theatre room and the meals area to the full depth.

The roof pitch came down to 16 degrees and as such required sarking. If you want it, just ask as it can be done!

Matt

.... Either Carlisle are telling me whoppers or the only thing that might be different is the "Largeness" of the floor plan from the Grande to the Bordeaux.

I'll soon find out as I've just e-mailed them.... I'll let you know the outcome

Cheers,
Mike.

hardy · Jul 17, 2007 3:05 pm

Mike,
I don't think you can extend Bordeaux's garage depth towards laundry because Bordeaux's laundry is just next to the garage back wall so it will be difficult for them to move the laundry or shift the laundry sliding door but extending width will not be a problem. In Grande, it is quite possible extend the width and depth.

mattwalker · Jul 17, 2007 3:25 pm

Hardy,

I think / hope Mike means the entire back of the house not the back of the garage...

Firthy_26 · Jul 17, 2007 3:38 pm

Spot on Matt!!

Wasn't worried about extending the garage or the Alfresco down the side of the house... only at the rear of the house ... (see pic below)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/firthy26/alfrescoextension.jpg

Cheers,
Mike.

hardy · Jul 19, 2007 10:10 am

Folks,
Finally I got few pictures on my new home (Bordeaux) but when I tried to attach into this forum I am getting an error that "I am not allowed to attached .jpeg files) I tried .gif but same thing, tried different size same thing. Can anyone let me know you guys managed to attached your pictures. Thanks guys,

Regards,
Hardy

Firthy_26 · Jul 19, 2007 10:41 am

Hardy,

I'm not that computer literate :oops:

but the way I do it (which I think is the only way) is you have to have a website to host you photos first (something like www.photobucket.com ).

You have to register first, then attach the photos you want, then each attachment now will have its own web address... for eg.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/ ... ension.jpg

... Then when you go to post a message to a topic you click the "Img" button, add the link, then click the "Img" button again

So it should look like.... [ img ] ... "insert photo link here"... [ /img ].

I think this is the easiest way to explain it for us "non Computer" wizzes

Cheers,
Mike.

hardy · Jul 19, 2007 1:05 pm

Folks,
Finally I managed to click few photo for this forum. My house is mess at the moment so please don't mind if you see things laying around. Let me know what do you think......but does looks good. Thanks guys and thanks Mike for giving me tips for photo share.

regards,
Hardy

I think my fridge also needs upgrade :-)

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vanderlay · Jul 19, 2007 1:08 pm

looks great...nice colours and looks like a good quility build!