The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread

what kind of allowances are they?

it's included however think you'd need to pay extra if you require Waffle Raft Slab

Allowances such as eaves around all house, extended benchtop, square set cornice throughout.
Extra for waffle slab in alfresco, then what concrete would they put otherwise?

guess it's the standard M Slab but I always thought the slab you get for your house will be the same as the alfresco, so not certain why there is an extra cost.

I just got a phone call saying my contract is ready and my appointment is not for another 2 weeks, Yay I have heaps of time to read over it

I built an Affinity home with Carlise concrete was extra to our alfesco

As long as they have a copy of payment before they start on site

I think it lasts for 12 months from day of payment

Coobri
Well my quote states "concrete floor to alfresco included"
So if that's included in my quote I shouldn't have to pay extra. How long ago did you build Carlisle maybe its a new thing they introduced.
Anyways I don't mind if I don't concrete there as il eventually put decking and prob look nicer if you don't see concrete in the gaps.

Hi Wirepower,

From my tender experience I found that most of the allowance is actually come back lower but I think it really depends on what the allowance is for...



I think the different between this and Hariska's$2,231 upgrade is Harriska has chosen to extend the Raft Slab to the Alfresco Area (originally just the house area excluding porch and alfresco). The standard quote will be only poured concrete to the Alfresco & Porch area - no Slab.

From my reading and research it looks like if you will put a deck / paving / tiles in the future it really doesn't matter whether you upgrade or not.



Good news!!! I wonder where is mine

Good news!!! I wonder where is mine

I'm still quite shocked

Is your land titled yet?

Hey Feb! Make certain to tell your CLE right away that you require sufficient time to review your contract before signing. It takes them a couple weeks to draft the contract so maybe ask to have the signing a week later and keep them on the ball about it (ie ask you CLE repeatedly so they know you're serious). I thought I had plenty of time to read the contract and get it inspected as well but did not and received contracts 3 days beore signing and it was all a scramble in the end (also because I had to sign contract by a certain date in order to be eligible for a promo). Keep in mind i already notified them i needed extra time. it pays to be persistent as cle's can be forgetful. Be VERY clear that you want time to review before signing as they are obligated to give you this. In fact, in the contract it asks if you had enough time to go through it!


HD

Hi Wirepower,

That's what I thought till I was told otherwise. I'm very upset and disappointed and I'm not going to pay $2200.
I'm going to check externally how much will it cost to get this done. Some ppl in this forum mentioned that it's so much better to get the builder to pour the concrete without doing it later. but due to the money constraint I don't have an option it seems.
Still thinking and haven't decided yet

Sorry forgot to add one more thing. What I was told was only alfresco's facing backyard will get concrete by default. Unfortunately Atlantique has side alfresco and therefore they wont do it unless we pay for it.

For asset protection I only paid 100 I also thought it would be more. You go into the caroline spring library as there's a shire of Melton office there and pay.


HD

Harishka, have you looked at other threads on here of people building the Atlantique? It's quite a popular house and I know there's at least one thread. Could be good for you to check out to see what their experience was


HD

Hi Bakso,

No, I didn't ask for upgrade slab option to Alfresco. I was told at the tender that I don't get concrete at all to alfresco, only porch will get the concrete as part of the slab. then I requested them to include concrete to alfresco (didn't mention whether its raft slab as I had no clue what that was) then they came up with the quote and it is $2231

viewtopic.php?t=61526

Here is the link to an Atlantique mk2 thread, might be able to ask the op their experience?


HD

Thanks LittleWing.

Here's another thread to get opinion about whether to slab alfresco or not with the builder.
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=52202

My understanding is when looking at the floor plans, if it has the picture of little square (indicating pillar) then concrete is incl. if no pillar, no concrete

awesome, thanks so much. Might go do that this weekend