Browse Forums Building A New House Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 4381Dec 01, 2013 10:27 am Built With: Carlisle Homes - 2013 Our first home Quantum Homes - 2016 Quantum Homes - 2018 Our Almost Forever Home! Quantum homes - 2019 Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 4385Dec 03, 2013 8:31 pm noisuf PansLabyrinth Three months for double storey. We're moving in tomorrow! 3 months! That's crazy. Big big congrats!!! Looks like they have got a really streamlined process now. Our slab was poured on 17 th October and yesterday we already received fix invoice. That's all 4 invoices in 1.5 months time. But I guess I need to talk to the site supervisor about fixing stage as there are still few things for fixing stage to go such as wet proofing, basins, lights etc. I could be wrong by reckon our fix invoice could wait till the above are also done. But the sad thing here is my handover is still looking to be first week of March as the site supervisor thinks with Christmas shut down for 3 weeks and all inspections it could take that much of time even though we finish most things including tiling this side of Xmas. Only things left to do will be costly taps, handles etc. Not sure if those inspections take more than 2 weeks? I don't know Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 4386Dec 04, 2013 6:41 am Hope you get in sooner Vetra. I just find it so amazing they can take an empty block of land and put out dreams on it so quickly! Our planned site start is Aug next year. We could be in by Xmas!? Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 4387Dec 04, 2013 6:43 am noisuf I just find it so amazing they can take an empty block of land and put out dreams on it so quickly! Our planned site start is Aug next year. We could be in by Xmas!? Hi Noisuf... that sounds fantastic. What house are you building? Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 4388Dec 04, 2013 8:13 am wow, 3months for a double!! Congrats to you all who are nearing the end of your build. We start in Jan, and they have told us 252 days so around 9 months. Going by your posts, this means we could be in sooner?? So excited, love hearing about all of your building stories. Building Manhattan41 Colour selection: 25/10/13 Tender: 1/11/13 Contract signed:18/11/13 Site cut: 28/01/14 Slab: 18/02/14 Frame start: 21/02/14 Lock up: 4/03/14 Completion Stage: 9/4/14 Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 4389Dec 04, 2013 8:21 am I'm so excited for everyone!! This process has had it's ups and downs but now that its almost over I'm so happy we chose Carlisle! I was worried for a little while, but our new SS and CLE are working together to fix anything that the previous people didn't, getting us in by Christmas will be a huge plus to us!!! GO CARLISLE!!!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk. Built With: Carlisle Homes - 2013 Our first home Quantum Homes - 2016 Quantum Homes - 2018 Our Almost Forever Home! Quantum homes - 2019 Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 4390Dec 04, 2013 8:27 am RANDS wow, 3months for a double!! Congrats to you all who are nearing the end of your build. We start in Jan, and they have told us 252 days so around 9 months. Going by your posts, this means we could be in sooner?? So excited, love hearing about all of your building stories. RANDS, we were given the same 9month that you where!! The CLE when we signed our contract said it should be around the 6month mark. Our slab was poured the first few days of October and our settlement date should be before the 20th dec! Our dates originally where in march/April 2014!! Our paperwork side of things took longer than the actual build! As long as you have chosen your colours and extras and signed contracts, it will fly!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk. Built With: Carlisle Homes - 2013 Our first home Quantum Homes - 2016 Quantum Homes - 2018 Our Almost Forever Home! Quantum homes - 2019 Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 4391Dec 04, 2013 9:33 am Thanks noisuf. Ive built twice before, and Carlisle id have to say are the best and most organized. But this comes down to whom your site supervisor is, but I think they are all great from what I have read on these forums. Of course, there are a few little things I am not happy about, but they are ever so minor. (Like cleanup of the front and the back still has rubbish) But we've let them know our thoughts either way. Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 4392Dec 04, 2013 10:14 am OceanBlue Hi Noisuf... that sounds fantastic. What house are you building? We're building the Manhattan if all goes according to plan. We're doing a KDRB so a bit more involved initially with the positioning taking into account the neighbours. Panslabrynth, I'm very happy to hear you've had a great experience. One of the reasons why we didn't go with PD or Henley. Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 4393Dec 04, 2013 11:15 am noisuf OceanBlue Hi Noisuf... that sounds fantastic. What house are you building? We're building the Manhattan if all goes according to plan. We're doing a KDRB so a bit more involved initially with the positioning taking into account the neighbours. Panslabrynth, I'm very happy to hear you've had a great experience. One of the reasons why we didn't go with PD or Henley. Really nice house Noisuf. What fascade are you going with? We are thinking of Milano MK2 with Jamison. By the way we are doing knock down rebuild as well. I am sure it will be an exciting journey. Keep us posted. Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 4394Dec 04, 2013 2:29 pm Hi all, I am looking at Carlisle as a potential builder for my KDR project, was wondering if anyone has ever asked Carlisle to make modifications to a facade? Background: Carlisle has provided me a quote with garage extended out a few meters, due to the wide frontage on my plot; only concern is that with the Manor facade we want, it might look unbalanced at the end. Initial response from SC has not been very positive... Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 4395Dec 04, 2013 3:09 pm KDR_newbie Hi all, I am looking at Carlisle as a potential builder for my KDR project, was wondering if anyone has ever asked Carlisle to make modifications to a facade? Background: Carlisle has provided me a quote with garage extended out a few meters, due to the wide frontage on my plot; only concern is that with the Manor facade we want, it might look unbalanced at the end. Initial response from SC has not been very positive... I've requested a wider garage and a different front window for my chosen facade. Although I'm still only at the early stages, my sales consultant didn't seem to think would be a problem. What kind of facade change were you thinking of? Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 4396Dec 04, 2013 3:51 pm NatTabs RANDS wow, 3months for a double!! Congrats to you all who are nearing the end of your build. We start in Jan, and they have told us 252 days so around 9 months. Going by your posts, this means we could be in sooner?? So excited, love hearing about all of your building stories. RANDS, we were given the same 9month that you where!! The CLE when we signed our contract said it should be around the 6month mark. Our slab was poured the first few days of October and our settlement date should be before the 20th dec! Our dates originally where in march/April 2014!! Our paperwork side of things took longer than the actual build! As long as you have chosen your colours and extras and signed contracts, it will fly!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk. OMG don't scare me LOL .The paper work does seem to be taking ages!! Its exciting and great hearing about everyone elses experience. By the way, your place looks awesome. noisuf OceanBlue Hi Noisuf... that sounds fantastic. What house are you building? We're building the Manhattan if all goes according to plan. We're doing a KDRB so a bit more involved initially with the positioning taking into account the neighbours. We are building Manhattan also. We fell in love with the floor plan. Really glad we decided to stick with this house and Carlisle. There were times we almost gave up, but CH kept us happy and our CLE is excellent. Building Manhattan41 Colour selection: 25/10/13 Tender: 1/11/13 Contract signed:18/11/13 Site cut: 28/01/14 Slab: 18/02/14 Frame start: 21/02/14 Lock up: 4/03/14 Completion Stage: 9/4/14 Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 4397Dec 04, 2013 4:35 pm TempestSkye, its a little hard to describe with just words, but here goes. The facade we like is the Manor facade, as standard, it has a central balcony with cladding and render, garage on one side, and cladding and render section on the front wall of the other side. Because we are asking to extend the garage out (and turn some of it into internal space), we asked if we could have the cladding and render sections on both sides of the central balcony (as opposed to just on one side). This is intended to balance the front of the house a bit and not have the stretched front look unbalanced. The SC told us he didn't think Carlisle would do it, and also that no other clients have done it before. It didn't give us a lot of confidence really. Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 4398Dec 05, 2013 7:24 am KDR_newbie TempestSkye, its a little hard to describe with just words, but here goes. The facade we like is the Manor facade, as standard, it has a central balcony with cladding and render, garage on one side, and cladding and render section on the front wall of the other side. Because we are asking to extend the garage out (and turn some of it into internal space), we asked if we could have the cladding and render sections on both sides of the central balcony (as opposed to just on one side). This is intended to balance the front of the house a bit and not have the stretched front look unbalanced. The SC told us he didn't think Carlisle would do it, and also that no other clients have done it before. It didn't give us a lot of confidence really. We are doing a KNRB (Mailano 46) and we made the garage wider to be built on boundary (makes it a Milano 48) - we went Hardwick facade but with full front render - will be pretty much the same as the Nelson facade at Merdna. It doesnt look unbalanced at all. Keep in mind that you cannot replace cladding where bricks would go but you can do whatever you want with the render to even or match things up - pricing will be at tender - they will estimate at sales. In our case the SC slightly overestimated the cost for full front render for Hardwick facade. Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 4399Dec 05, 2013 8:19 am We are doing a KNRB (Milano 46 Hardwick facade with full front render and stone cladding being done post handover to main Pier). Site was supposed to start this week but has been pushed back to 1 Feb next year. Some tips for those doing KDRB based on my experience. . Look at reducing front setback on house sitting - increase backyard size - this is up to council but if new houses being built in your area appear to have been built closer to the street you have a good chance of having this granted. I gained 2.5 meters of backyard with this. You need to raise this with carlisle otherwise they will simply site your house according to resicode. A fee applies but its reasonable and worth it. . Extend your garage to boundary if you can - std double car garages are too small anyway - make use of your land as much as you can - then put a garge roller door out the back - handy if you might build a pool etc in future as excavator needs access and they can fit through a single garage door. Carlisle costing for these things are very reasonable. . Did you know you can have 4 seperate zones on your brivis heating/cooling - not cheap but no one at carlisle seemed to know about this but as i had spoken to brivis i knew what i could get - that way you can have 4 seperate heating and cooling zones with their own controller and only need 2/3 outlets operating at the one time rather than 6/7. . Did you know you can use the 1200mm x 2340mm (huge) entrance doors as feature sliding doors internally if you want to zone off study, lounger, theatre etc. These are used alot in Metricon displays - and my wife and i love them - we are getting them for our study and lounge - 2 for each room with one fixed and the other slides behind the fixed one. . Look at replacing windows on ground floor to sliding/entertaining doors - the upgrade is very reasonable - we replaced widows on home theatre and the meals area with entertainers so we have direct access outside in these areas. . Double glazing the whole house - all glass windows and doors - if you can afford it do it. Our cost was about $11k and this was after increasing height of all sliders/entertainers to 2340mm. . Increase ceiling heights - makes the home much grander - ground level was $4,256 to go to 2740mm ceiling height and upstairs was $3,780 to go to 2590mm height. . 600mm eaves in lieu of 450mm eaves was only $518. . Upgrade all bedroom doors to solids - great for noise reduction . As we are doing a pool in a few years i had 2 rear external powerpoints wired to 40amp cable - this will save me costs down the track. All other external powerpoints i upgraded to 15amp. . Foxtel points with cat 6 internet cable - $250 per point - think where you might put foxtel especially on ground floor - otherwise foxtel will run cable on external part of your home - ugly. . I placed an extra 4 water taps around the home - cant have too many. . I placed external gas point (future BBQ - no more gas bottles) hot/cold water and waster to alfresco. . 5000 litre water tank connected to 6 internal toilets and one garden tap on tank - $5k - with concrete slab laid when they do house slab. . will do all downlights post handover but getting std light fittings to all locations where downlights will go. Will do 10w and 15w LED lights post handover - the 10W are close to current 50w halogens and the 15w are brighter - even on ground floor this is easy to do. . double powerpoints at $52 a pop is reasonable - load as many as you think you might need in the house - also think externally. . Gas fireplace - Jetmaster XLR Plus - this produced the same heat as the SLR 550 but looks so much better and modern - and the price is only a little bit more . Do you love square set cornices - downstairs we are doing for $2,086 which is very reasonable The main thing we are doing post handover as we dont like floating floorboards nor the cold tiles is solid engineered spotted gum floorboards that are glued to the slab - very expensive but really makes a difference. The brand is tectonic flooring and we have asked carlisle not to fix skirting boards to ground level where we will have timber floors glued down (i cant stand the quad against the skirts with floating boards). That way i will fix the skirting boards over the timber floors post handover. We are having carlisle do the carpet all upstairs and downstairs to study and home theatre - the rest is floorboards. If you go to new David Jones at Highpoint - at the entrance are the tectonic spotted gum floorboards which we will get. ive done quite a few more upgrades etc but main ones are listed above. Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 4400Dec 05, 2013 8:45 am Thanks for the pointers, ubet7, we are looking at the Milano 51, and due to our long garage extension might look at the Logan facade instead, which makes the main house front look wider. Did you add sound insulation batts to internal walls? Also, I've heard if you want downlights to the ground floor, will need to go through builder. When you mentioned the standard light fittings downstairs, do you mean the batten points or slots for downlights? 0 4982 We are at the stage on our build in Kilcoy, Queensland where we need to get our fencing installed but we cant get any contact details for our neighbours to give them… 0 6157 You should check your detail drawings, it may show downpipe within brick pier. 14 14099 |