Browse Forums Building A New House Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 3662Apr 06, 2013 8:17 pm Building CH Ascot MK2 29 Contract - 3/5/13 Site Scrape - 16/9/13 Slab - 26/9/13 Framing - 30/9/13 Roof - 10/10/13 LockUp - 19/10/13 Fixing - 1/11/13 Painting - 11/11/13 Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 3668Apr 08, 2013 5:23 pm Building CH Ascot MK2 29 Contract - 3/5/13 Site Scrape - 16/9/13 Slab - 26/9/13 Framing - 30/9/13 Roof - 10/10/13 LockUp - 19/10/13 Fixing - 1/11/13 Painting - 11/11/13 Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 3670Apr 09, 2013 10:17 pm Odessa 34 by Carlisle http://carlisleodessa.blogspot.com/ Deposit 6/5/12 Colour Selection 12/6 Contract Signing 26/6 Site Cut 2/10 Slab 9/10 Framing 26/10 Roof 2/11 Lots of other crap PCI 21/2/13 Settlement 22/3 Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 3671Apr 10, 2013 10:24 am I have a question regarding ducted air-conditioning for those who have installed with Carlisle or from a different company after hand-over. What brand and model do you have, how are you finding it? Outdoor unit and indoor unit noise level? Cooling and heating performance? Running cost? I am tossing between getting it from CH or get Daikin / Bonaire / Mitsubishi after hand-over, but there are no reviews Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 3673Apr 10, 2013 12:13 pm K4neX: I'll personally would get the evaporative cooling after handover. You could get the same model as Carlisle Homes for cheaper or get a larger evaporative cooling for the same price as what you would have paid. A lot of people on this forum also have had problems with Carlisle Homes' installer - Dandy Air. Just bear in mind, you will have a duct for heating and another for cooling unless you upgrade to refrigerated cooling. Breezair would be top in evaporative cooling. Brivis is what Carlisle Homes offer but better in refrigerated cooling . The evaporative cooling is installed on the roof so I don't think sound is an issue personally - I can't hear it. The cost to run evaporative cooling will depend on usage and temperature however it is roughly under $2 a day. Evaporative cooling requires the windows to be open. On humid days, it tends to be sticky. You won't get the cold effect like split system/refrigerated but it works fine in summer. gavinha: I'm certain this is after handover. While Carlisle Homes is building, everything is covered through them which is why they don't allow you to get your own subcontractor on site. Once you made the final payment and get the keys, the house is then yours and your responsibility. The T Range - Geneva 20 by Carlisle Homes Build Thread: Coming soon... Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 3674Apr 10, 2013 8:34 pm My home loan company required proof of insurance before releasing the final construction loan cheque. That was when I got it - (The insured date from was my settlement date) Odessa 34 by Carlisle http://carlisleodessa.blogspot.com/ Deposit 6/5/12 Colour Selection 12/6 Contract Signing 26/6 Site Cut 2/10 Slab 9/10 Framing 26/10 Roof 2/11 Lots of other crap PCI 21/2/13 Settlement 22/3 Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 3675Apr 11, 2013 1:34 pm An update on Contract signing, I received our documents on Tuesday at 1pm prior to our appointment the next day at 1.30pm. There are a few errors and I stressed, so moved our contract appointment to Friday (tomorrow). Eased my stress greatly. My advice to everyone would be check your contract documents very VERY carefully. Particularly make sure that any written changes you have made are also reflected on the drawings. On the positive side, it looks like we might be able to commence building earlier than we thought, maybe even the end of the month! I will be very excited when the building actually begins! Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65498 Deposit 17/02/13 Contract 12/04 Slab 17/05 Roof 06/06 Bricks, Lockup and Fixing 04/07 PCI 22/08 Handover 29/08 Moved in 07/09! Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 3676Apr 11, 2013 6:21 pm [quote="K4neX"]I have a question regarding ducted air-conditioning for those who have installed with Carlisle or from a different company after hand-over. What brand and model do you have, how are you finding it? Outdoor unit and indoor unit noise level? Cooling and heating performance? Running cost? I am tossing between getting it from CH or get Daikin / Bonaire / Mitsubishi after hand-over, but there are no reviews /quote] Hi There - we had the provisions installed by Carlisle for refrig then got it installed after handover from another company (as we had read the reviews on here too RE: Dandy Air) It didn't save us any money and we actually had issues with the company that we used to install the unit leaving us with no cooling for Christmas day with 20 hot and bothered guests on a hot and humid day... If I had my time again I would have just got it all installed with Carlisle - price wise it was the same - and then that way I wouldn't have had to waste 3 days to stay home for install and then the other days waiting around for them to fix. Also - sound wise - the unit is outside our rumpus so not a big issue - I can live with the slight noise for the fact that it is actually cold on hot and humid days... you couldn't pay me enough to have evap cooling over refrig.... My 2 cents anyways - hope this helps! Sleven Moved into our Atlantique MkII 36 by Carlisle Homes Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 3677Apr 11, 2013 8:57 pm Hi Sleven I have a few question. what model a/c did you install via your own contractor? Brivis or something else? How many KW in what size house? What did carlisle charge you to provide provisions for a/c? Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 3678Apr 11, 2013 11:14 pm walkz187 Hi Sleven I have a few question. what model a/c did you install via your own contractor? Brivis or something else? How many KW in what size house? What did carlisle charge you to provide provisions for a/c? Hi we had to install Brivis as that is what the provisions were for. We have a 17.1KW unit in a 36 square home (well its 29 square living) From memory provisions were apprx $5k and we signed 3 years ago so I'm assuming that the price may have gone up by now. Sleven Moved into our Atlantique MkII 36 by Carlisle Homes Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 3679Apr 12, 2013 7:38 am Thanks sleven Is the 17.1kw powerful enough? How many zones do you have? And are you able to use the full power in 1 zone on really hot day to keep let's say downstairs cool during the day and upstairs at night? I'm looking at a 43 sq house with about 36sq living space. They have recommended the 17kw system. But I'm thinking I should go for the 20kw. Based on your exportable do you think the 17kw would offer enough power across 2 zones? Thanks Re: The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread 3680Apr 12, 2013 2:39 pm At our contract appointment. Waiting while our CLE finds out the answers to our questions. Lol We had quite a few. Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65498 Deposit 17/02/13 Contract 12/04 Slab 17/05 Roof 06/06 Bricks, Lockup and Fixing 04/07 PCI 22/08 Handover 29/08 Moved in 07/09! 0 5055 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 6280 You should check your detail drawings, it may show downpipe within brick pier. 14 14253 |