Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 13, 2019 2:15 pm After lots of searching for builders and house designs we have finalised a house design with Carlisle homes, It is going to be a Sorrento 39 with a rumpus extension and we are excited about our new journey.
Our biggest issue with finalising the house design was we had a tree protection zone in place at front left side of the land so it is basically limiting the width of the house we could build. So we had to choose a house that fit in to narrow block of 12.5m to move the house forward and have decent size backyard. We also went quite far with Metricon as well hoping to build Glendale 42 LE but at the end it was a hard decision to select one and we choose Sorrento 39 mostly due to reasons of having more backyard. this is our proposed house siting Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We have done our colour and electrical appointment and yesterday completed the tender as well We also did few upgrades/ changes to the standard design. Some of them are Fully rendered hebel panel house with sherwood facade 2740mm ceiling height to ground floor Additional rumpus room to ground floor with alfresco flip (this was a non standard variation) CSR Bradford R2.5 Soundscreen insulation between floor joists Window splash back to kitchen and butlers pantry Three phase power Square step lights Led down lights Zoned heating with addon cooling provisions Water line to fridge space Upgraded front door and timber look garage door Flyscreens to all opening windows Category 3 floor tiles complete down stairs Category 3 Carpets with super premium underlay Category 4 floor and wall tiles to bathrooms and powder through to the ceiling Category 2 CSR Monier roof tiles Westinghouse 900mm Induction Cooktop Rannai enviroflo heat pump for water heating Natural White Pearl Metallic glass splashback to Kitchen Laminex 'Silk' laminate to Kitchen base & overhead cupboards Soft close hinges throughout 80 mm thick stone island bench with waterfall edge Undermount sink in kitchen and butler Stained KDHW mitred margins and cut MDF stringer to staircase 3000 litre rain water tank (developer requirement) Fibre optic pack with data points TV niche to rumpus room Boutique Armadale awning windows to front Boutique aluminium entertainer sliding door to Meals/alfresco Boutique aluminium sliding door to Balcony/Retreat Mirrored doors to all wardrobes Our plan is to finally run house completely gas free with solar and battery system so after handover we will remove the gas heating and install reverse cycle heating and cooling setup. We are looking forward to next steps of our build and see how it all come together, also would love to hear from others building with Carlisle similar to Sorrento designs! Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 3May 10, 2019 10:02 am WaldorfL Sounds lovely! any updates? Hi WaldorfL, Thanks! Yes we had a bit of an issue getting our building permit approval but now it is behind us, we are ready to start building.. Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 4May 10, 2019 10:25 am Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅
After submitting for the building permit by our builder it didn't get approved first time due to proposed house design eves are encroaching in to the tree protection zone by 30cm. So we had two choices, either to move the house back by another 5 meters ( that would make for 11 meter front setback) or modify the house design a bit to keep the house nearly the same place. We really needed to have a decent size backyard and do moving house back wasn't really the best option. So we had to modify the design bit to get the building approval. This is the design after modifications .. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Yellow markings are where house design changed, We had shorten the front porch by 45cm and remove the side eves about 4m length on left side after balcony. Balcony section would still have standard size eves so we think it may not look too bad. Other side we had to push the house to the very end of the boundary so garage needed S flashing for gutters.. Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 5May 10, 2019 10:30 am Hi Ramee Did the builder ever consider screw piles to a depth beyond the influence of the trees? Cheers Mark Mark Armstrong BSc (Eng) MIEAust CPEng Development Manager http://www.katanafoundations.com.au http://www.polyvoid.com.au http://www.biax.com.au Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 7May 10, 2019 10:53 am Engineer Hi Ramee Did the builder ever consider screw piles to a depth beyond the influence of the trees? Cheers Mark Hi Mark, Yes they have included lots of screw piles in their design. They have recommended 2.3m minimum depth or go deep until 75KN working load is achieved in their design. I believe this is due to soil report came as P class due to soft top fill of the land development. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This is the diagram of proposed slab design with all the black dots are screw piles. Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 10May 11, 2019 8:14 am shokel1975 Congrats Ramee! Enjoy the ride! Thanks a lot! shokel1975 looking forward for the next steps! Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 11May 11, 2019 8:18 am Macher Ramee, is site start the day of site scrape? I'm interested when the clock starts ticking for C. I am not 100% sure Macher, But they seams to be on time so lets see. This is a link I found about site start date http://anewhouse.com.au/2012/08/contracts-contract-period/ Site start day is basically when actual building work started so site clearing day it is. According to our HIA contract builder should complete house within 308 days from site start date (including all the holidays and other delays due to weather etc) Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 12May 13, 2019 2:27 pm Ramee Engineer Hi Ramee Did the builder ever consider screw piles to a depth beyond the influence of the trees? Cheers Mark Hi Mark, Yes they have included lots of screw piles in their design. They have recommended 2.3m minimum depth or go deep until 75KN working load is achieved in their design. I believe this is due to soil report came as P class due to soft top fill of the land development. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This is the diagram of proposed slab design with all the black dots are screw piles. OK, that looks good - ask if you can have the pile installation logs to make sure the piling contractor went down 2.3m - actually if you can spend the time to watch some of the piling being done - it is one of the most important parts of the build Mark Armstrong BSc (Eng) MIEAust CPEng Development Manager http://www.katanafoundations.com.au http://www.polyvoid.com.au http://www.biax.com.au Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 13May 15, 2019 9:39 pm Engineer OK, that looks good - ask if you can have the pile installation logs to make sure the piling contractor went down 2.3m - actually if you can spend the time to watch some of the piling being done - it is one of the most important parts of the build Thanks! I will try to get the pile installation logs from C but so far couldn't get hold of the SS. Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 14May 15, 2019 9:44 pm Today went to see the construction site to see some screw pile action but it was already done and gone when I arrived. They must have done really quick or start very early considering amount of piles have to screw in to the ground! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 16May 17, 2019 10:03 am Ramee Today went to see the construction site to see some screw pile action but it was already done and gone when I arrived. They must have done really quick or start very early considering amount of piles have to screw in to the ground! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ You should be able to put a tape measure down the piles and confirm they all go to the correct depth - what depth is natural ground? Mark Armstrong BSc (Eng) MIEAust CPEng Development Manager http://www.katanafoundations.com.au http://www.polyvoid.com.au http://www.biax.com.au Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 18May 17, 2019 5:51 pm Engineer You should be able to put a tape measure down the piles and confirm they all go to the correct depth - what depth is natural ground? From borehole logs from soil test report, one borehole data reports natural sand start around 1m mark. Other four boreholes data reports 30cm to 50cm deep from surface. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I managed to get the screw pile data logs as well. There are totally 48 screw piles all going same depth of 4m with apparently 2 helix design? All record same SWL and Nm. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 19May 17, 2019 6:24 pm Macher Looks like we are in sync. Same day site start and today we had drains installed too. Slab pour scheduled next Thursday! Hi Macher, Oh that is great news! Yes our slab pour is scheduled on next Thursday as well..! I didn't see your build thread until now! Your's going to be really great house! Congrats!! Hoping both out slab pours go according to the plan! Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 20May 20, 2019 8:58 am Ramee Engineer You should be able to put a tape measure down the piles and confirm they all go to the correct depth - what depth is natural ground? From borehole logs from soil test report, one borehole data reports natural sand start around 1m mark. Other four boreholes data reports 30cm to 50cm deep from surface. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I managed to get the screw pile data logs as well. There are totally 48 screw piles all going same depth of 4m with apparently 2 helix design? All record same SWL and Nm. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looks good - not sure how you get exactly the same reading on every pile at 4.0m as there will always be a bit of variation - but on the face of it - it looks good. Mark Armstrong BSc (Eng) MIEAust CPEng Development Manager http://www.katanafoundations.com.au http://www.polyvoid.com.au http://www.biax.com.au Soak wells and electrical run in happening this week! Summit has told me they will relocate the laundry plumbing after the walls are completed. I'm actually pretty happy… 13 37078 Carlisle use to sneak a water resistant "Performance Solution" into their contracts. Have you checked your contract for same? 4 11669 hi guys. Please be nice. First time home builder in Qld. I would like some feedback please on whether I should build my granny flat first before my main house at the… 0 5343 |