Browse Forums Building A New House Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 7222Oct 02, 2017 3:05 pm Hey everyone, Is anyone building with Carlisle in Frame stage at this time? how is the progress going? and quality of the completed stage? I am building in SE suburbs (KDR) and experiencing delays. I can see the frame is nearly complete, but not ready yet for inspection. Its been stagnant for over 4 weeks. my Slab pour was completed first week of august! Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 7223Oct 05, 2017 10:32 am Hi, We have just signed up with Carlisle to build Cottesloe-36 double story - a new plan in their T-range category in Wantirna. I have few questions on flooring and was hoping someone who has recently done their tender at SPECTRA can help us out with some answers/insights.. 1. Does Carlisle provide any brochure or info on Beaumont tiles category options and prices before tender ? 2. Do people at SPECTRA help in providing pricing details of Tiles before tender appointment ? 3. How much does a porcelain tile upgrade OR Timber Laminate/Engineered OAK cost after the current $4999 tiling promotion ? Has anyone been through this recently at SPECTRA ? -Thank you Ash Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 7225Dec 03, 2017 3:31 pm They are certainly not as busy as Metricon is. It could be to do with their pricing. I think CH, PD and Botique have better designs and hence charge certain premium... so not everyone builds with them. At least that has been my observation. -Ash Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 7226Dec 03, 2017 4:30 pm asheeshjoshi They are certainly not as busy as Metricon is. It could be to do with their pricing. I think CH, PD and Botique have better designs and hence charge certain premium... so not everyone builds with them. At least that has been my observation. -Ash How has your build progressed? How has your interactions been with Carlisle been so far? Have they been flexible enough? Cottesloe-36 is a nice design. Where are you building? Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 7227Dec 03, 2017 4:44 pm So far our interactions with CH has been very positive. I have absolutely nothing to complain considering I signed up with them on 1st Oct and I am due to sign my contract on Dec -18. They really did fast track my process since mine is a titled block of land in Wantirna Rise Estate, in Wantirna. If my finances go through, they said I could get end of Jan site start. In terms of flexibility of standard plan changes, they are as good or as bad as any other volume developer. Mostly popular structural changes are permitted and offered as optional upgrades. But anything beyond that is not encouraged or denied. One big positive with CH is that their process is very transparent. All upgrade options and prices for any home are presented before hand so that you can make an informed decision when choosing upgrades. Not many builders offer this option. In other builders, mostly you get to know of your upgrades pricing on the day of color selection. While in CH, you know it right from the start. -Ash Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 7228Dec 03, 2017 4:50 pm asheeshjoshi So far our interactions with CH has been very positive. I have absolutely nothing to complain considering I signed up with them on 1st Oct and I am due to sign my contract on Dec -18. They really did fast track my process since mine is a titled block of land in Wantirna Rise Estate, in Wantirna. If my finances go through, they said I could get end of Jan site start. -Ash Thats nice. Anyways good luck with your build. Will be following. Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 7229Dec 11, 2017 2:32 pm asheeshjoshi So far our interactions with CH has been very positive. I have absolutely nothing to complain considering I signed up with them on 1st Oct and I am due to sign my contract on Dec -18. They really did fast track my process since mine is a titled block of land in Wantirna Rise Estate, in Wantirna. If my finances go through, they said I could get end of Jan site start. In terms of flexibility of standard plan changes, they are as good or as bad as any other volume developer. Mostly popular structural changes are permitted and offered as optional upgrades. But anything beyond that is not encouraged or denied. One big positive with CH is that their process is very transparent. All upgrade options and prices for any home are presented before hand so that you can make an informed decision when choosing upgrades. Not many builders offer this option. In other builders, mostly you get to know of your upgrades pricing on the day of color selection. While in CH, you know it right from the start. -Ash Hi Ash, I'm in a similar boat as you, having made the decision to go with them in early October (with a titled block). Originally there was a spot open for a January site start but I wasn't able to secure finance fast enough to grab it, and so I've been pushed back to March/April. Can you tell me if you went to a Tender appointment, or went straight to contracts after Colour selection? There seems to have been confusion amongst the CH team, as previously I was booked in for a Tender (oddly enough, on the 18th Dec as well), but then my CLE said I don't need one, and then at Colour Selection they kept mentioning that I can make final changes at the Tender selection.... Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 7230Dec 11, 2017 2:47 pm Timmylol asheeshjoshi So far our interactions with CH has been very positive. I have absolutely nothing to complain considering I signed up with them on 1st Oct and I am due to sign my contract on Dec -18. They really did fast track my process since mine is a titled block of land in Wantirna Rise Estate, in Wantirna. If my finances go through, they said I could get end of Jan site start. In terms of flexibility of standard plan changes, they are as good or as bad as any other volume developer. Mostly popular structural changes are permitted and offered as optional upgrades. But anything beyond that is not encouraged or denied. One big positive with CH is that their process is very transparent. All upgrade options and prices for any home are presented before hand so that you can make an informed decision when choosing upgrades. Not many builders offer this option. In other builders, mostly you get to know of your upgrades pricing on the day of color selection. While in CH, you know it right from the start. -Ash Hi Ash, I'm in a similar boat as you, having made the decision to go with them in early October (with a titled block). Originally there was a spot open for a January site start but I wasn't able to secure finance fast enough to grab it, and so I've been pushed back to March/April. Can you tell me if you went to a Tender appointment, or went straight to contracts after Colour selection? There seems to have been confusion amongst the CH team, as previously I was booked in for a Tender (oddly enough, on the 18th Dec as well), but then my CLE said I don't need one, and then at Colour Selection they kept mentioning that I can make final changes at the Tender selection.... Hi Timmy, After colour selection, we went through Tender appointment where the final costing was presented to us. We signed the tender documents and then our contract signing was scheduled for Dec-18 on the tender day. Where are you building ? And if I may ask, which plan are you going with ? We are building the Cottesloe-36 in Wantirna. -Ash Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 7231Dec 11, 2017 2:54 pm asheeshjoshi Hi Timmy, After colour selection, we went through Tender appointment where the final costing was presented to us. We signed the tender documents and then our contract signing was scheduled for Dec-18 on the tender day. Where are you building ? And if I may ask, which plan are you going with ? We are building the Cottesloe-36 in Wantirna. -Ash Thanks Ash. I'm going with the Montague 44, building in Point Cook (the other end of town...)'s Saltwater Coast. It's interesting that your Contract signing followed Tender immediately - I presume that you did not ask for any additional upgrades at Tender? Also, did your costing come back as expected? (i.e. same as the pricing list given at Colour Browse?) Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 7232Dec 11, 2017 3:08 pm Yeah... my cost came pretty close to the upgrade booklet I had.... The new information presented at Tender was Site costing. Which in my case thankfully was again pretty close to sale quote estimations. I did carry a list of changes for tender and got them incorporated. CH said they are fast tracking my case as my land is a titled one. -Ash Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 7233Dec 11, 2017 3:13 pm asheeshjoshi Yeah... my cost came pretty close to the upgrade booklet I had.... The new information presented at Tender was Site costing. Which in my case thankfully was again pretty close to sale quote estimations. I did carry a list of changes for tender and got them incorporated. CH said they are fast tracking my case as my land is a titled one. -Ash That's good to hear. Look forward to following your build! Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 7234Dec 11, 2017 3:44 pm Hi I am building with CH and my house is close to Lockup stage. I am in a tricky situation with CH's fault. They have put different colour brick for half of my house (in height) as the 2nd lot of bricks came with different colour. They are supposed to put same colour brick for the whole house. Even though we have informed them about their mistake well in advance, they simply ignore our calls and went ahead. In the mean time brick layers put 4 days worth of wrong bricks and the combination looks very ugly. At the suggestion of PGH, CH has come up with a patching solution - Clean all bricks with some special chemicals and paint with some special paint ( both bricks and grout). They say this is expensive fix - however PGH is going to bare the cost and comes with up to 25 yrs warranty for the paint. We told CH that we don't want all those paints business and we want just one 'same colour' brick that we have chosen. CH is very reluctant and unable to do that as the construction has progressed further. We really don't want to compromise with any patch-up paints or rendering. Can anyone suggests what are our options and should we do. How can we force CH to do the right thing. We are nearly paying 0.5m for that double storied house and very annoyed with CH response. Appreciate your prompt and correct suggestions. Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 7235Dec 11, 2017 3:55 pm dbat03 Hi I am building with CH and my house is close to Lockup stage. I am in a tricky situation with CH's fault. They have put different colour brick for half of my house (in height) as the 2nd lot of bricks came with different colour. They are supposed to put same colour brick for the whole house. Even though we have informed them about their mistake well in advance, they simply ignore our calls and went ahead. In the mean time brick layers put 4 days worth of wrong bricks and the combination looks very ugly. At the suggestion of PGH, CH has come up with a patching solution - Clean all bricks with some special chemicals and paint with some special paint ( both bricks and grout). They say this is expensive fix - however PGH is going to bare the cost and comes with up to 25 yrs warranty for the paint. We told CH that we don't want all those paints business and we want just one 'same colour' brick that we have chosen. CH is very reluctant and unable to do that as the construction has progressed further. We really don't want to compromise with any patch-up paints or rendering. Can anyone suggests what are our options and should we do. How can we force CH to do the right thing. We are nearly paying 0.5m for that double storied house and very annoyed with CH response. Appreciate your prompt and correct suggestions. Sorry to hear this dbat, that's an unfortunate position. I just went through Colour Selection so it's still fresh in my mind - I was asked to sign a "Client Disclaimer Form" which contains a clause that effectively waives your rights to any remedies in situations such as the one you find yourself in. Do you remember if you signed one? If so, then you should be grateful that PGH is footing the bill for the paint solution and move on; If not, then I would at least ask CH to compensate you a reasonable monetary sum that fairly represents the grievance caused by this error. Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 7236Dec 15, 2017 10:08 am Hi Timmylol, Thanks for your reply. I don't really recollect of signing any such specific things as we signed nearly an year ago. At the same time, I am sure they must have taken our signs covering themselves. Whats surprising us is , painting on bricks will have its own issues- such as fading over a period and requires maintenance and less value for my property. Yesterday we had a catch-up with SS and his boss, those I**Ts are very determined and telling the same thing again and again that 'Painting is the Option'. They also gave a free suggestion to go to VBA to complain about this issue. We said, instead, we go and stand in front of SPECTRA and at sales offices with a banner showing the picture of the build (where it shows different colour bricks). We are actually in that process and we will do that in 2nd week of Jan ( on every weekend) , if they don't resolve our issue. What made us annoyed is...in spite of their mistakes, they are asking us to go to VBA or accept a painted bricks. Ridiculous people ...is it for we are paying premium prices for their build? Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 7238Dec 18, 2017 10:38 am Following links tells the story - which shows the mess up CH has done to our building. https://imgur.com/gallery/dEYtg https://imgur.com/gallery/MeapH Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 7239Dec 29, 2017 5:22 pm MiG I don't see many new homes build from Carlisle. Aren't they good ? or are there any other reasons that people choose Metricon, Coral, Henley etc. Metricon is also not that great if you read the forum thread on this site and facebook. It's all very different from one person to another. Good luck! Second Build, this time with Carlisle 2016, can't wait! Beckham: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67280 Canterbury: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81175 Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 7240Aug 25, 2018 11:42 pm Hi, It looks like Carlisle homes uses foam cladding for the external walls on the 1st floor of their 2-storey homes. I'm looking for feedback with regards to how it performs during winter and summer, does it have good insulation properties as they claim? Also, how are the acoustic properties? Is it good at minimizing outside noise like passing cars from being heard inside the house? This is the first time I've come across foam cladding for external walls so I'm hoping to get some feedback from people who built with this material. 0 4986 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 6165 You should check your detail drawings, it may show downpipe within brick pier. 14 14120 |