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Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 133Sep 16, 2019 8:03 pm Ramee Yes they say we have to have a gap between concrete paving and the wall(hebel/ brick) They recommend to have some kind of expansion foam or foam layer between wall and concrete, I asked our driveway contractor about it and he said he will do it. Cant remember the exact name of the material. Are you building with hebel as well? Abelflex. It's my biggest pet peeve with concrete paving - when concreters ignore it deliberately or not, then argue its importance or purpose. It's an expansion gap between different components. The C warranty inspector will check for it, and that its also caulked over the top - since its a gap. That in itself will cost $150-200, but all part of the process. ronn Just thought i'd mention this - If I recall correctly, there has to be a clearance of about 20mm between the hebel panels and the surface of the paving, i.e., the pavings should not touch the hebel panels. Not sure where I saw it. I don't know if this has smthg to do with the functionality of the hebel panels. Noted on the drawings. Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 134Oct 01, 2019 9:06 pm Ramee So PCI went relatively ok, except we couldn't meet the supervisor as he did let us know that he will be going for holidays for a week. Another guy is looking after his work during that period. Our private inspector found about 45 defects and most of them are minor cosmetic defects and few of them are sealing / caulking defects and a wall overhanging issue in few places due the same reason of frame overhang we had earlier of the build. C has agreed to fix most of the problems and we are looking for the handover next week. Another important thing they asked us to do was, to be qualified for 25 year structural warranty we need to have at least 50cm wide concrete paving all around the house. We didn't know any clause like that from C at the contract sign period or before at the sales stage, but we are going to do it anyway so not an big issue. Another bit of a hassle is that C wouldn't install appliances or heating cooling commissioning until after the handover so there will be some work even after handover so one of us will have to stay home until these things are done. Next steps is to organise driveway and garden shed concreting done Hi Ramee, lovely home! I have only just joined but have been following your thread since it started. Although my concern is why you get your home handed over to you and you pay your final completion stage balance but the home is not complete as per the contract? As per the building contacts law, the handover and final payment completes the contractual agreement so if anything is missed from the contract after, you have no leg to stand on because you have given them full payment. Also how do they get the occupancy permit if your home is not had checked by the plumber and his certificate not issued for the complete works? Plus the occupancy permit is supposed to be issued for a liveable home. But with no hot water and no hearing as per the 6 start energy requirement this seems impossible. Carlisle is on my list of builders but I was not aware they give you the home that you can't live in. Other builders do everything before handover. Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 135Oct 05, 2019 8:54 pm The home is complete. Suggestion of defects (agreed/accepted) is a different matter. Nothing nefarious going on, or limited to this one builder. You've got a lot of reading to do. WELL beyond the scope of this thread. Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 136Oct 06, 2019 8:59 pm CarnTheHawks The home is complete. Suggestion of defects (agreed/accepted) is a different matter. Nothing nefarious going on, or limited to this one builder. You've got a lot of reading to do. WELL beyond the scope of this thread. Do you work for Carlisle? Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 137Oct 06, 2019 9:02 pm Ramee Ordered some lights for dining and island bench, beacon lighting eBay shop is bit cheaper ! Only issue is we have to buy led lights for each globe, globes comes with the kit are not very energy efficient For dinning Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 3x for island bench Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Congratulations Ramee! Hope you are enjoying your new home!! Did they end up fixing all the heating and cooling? Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 138Oct 21, 2019 6:20 am nyaskvjp Congratulations Ramee! Hope you are enjoying your new home!! Did they end up fixing all the heating and cooling? Thanks! Yes we got heating , appliances , hot water and spa motor installed after we received the keys from C. They do it like that to reduce the risk of theft and I heard it a common practice with builders these days. Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 139Oct 21, 2019 6:32 am So finally we got the keys from C after bit of a delay from our bank evaluation and final check release. It took about 12 days for the bank and soon after we had to leave for overseas trip and moving in to new house was delayed a bit. As soon as we are back driveway was ready to go with concreting and it came up really good! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We also got a small concrete slab done for the shed maximum size allowed in our state is 10sqm. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This is the shed we are going for from Stratco.. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 140Oct 22, 2019 10:49 am Congrats Ramee - house and the driveway look great! Did you have any major issues at the PCI? I think we are getting into the PCI stage within the next few weeks, so I've lined up concretors for driveway. Hoping for handover 2-3 weeks after PCI. So it looks like we finally have some movement on site! Definitely later than expected, but I'll take any progress at this point. I'll drop by over the weekend to get… 5 27731 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37150 Carlisle use to sneak a water resistant "Performance Solution" into their contracts. Have you checked your contract for same? 4 10246 |