Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Confused please help me to knowHow is Carlisle home builder? 13Jun 27, 2006 3:31 pm Hi Hardy,
Dont be scared about building a new house. For me it is an exciting part of our lives together, letting us move into OUR home, not a house. Just be cautious and informed. Not all builders are painful to deal wit h. Thats the reason I joined this forum, to read and ask questions. My only tips are : Ask plenty of 'stupid' questions if you dont understand something If you dont understand it, dont sign it. Dont signt contracts in front of the builder, take them away and study them. Once they are signed, usually that is it. (It took me 4 goes to get mine correct, even my name was mispelt throughout the contract.) Get as many people to check your plans, especially the electrical ones, (I still find errors but they are liveable) If a builder says they cannot do what you want,ask why. Be fair but firm with your builder, some things are out of their control, and they are be bound by regulations, so as one person in this forum said, customers can be a pain too (still waiting for examples tho??) I am about to commence building with Metricon (permits just submitted) and I wont lie and say it has been smooth sailing. I have had to hound them to get updates, and the progress was on their terms. I soon put a stop to that, and told them I would not sign the contract until a number of tasks were done, which I was happy to pay for prior to signing. Now it is on my terms, within reason of course, but just remember what you are paying for and what you put in effort wise are 2 separate issues. Many people I have spoken to say dealing with builders has been a hard experience, but that their houses are fantastic, and this is what I hope for. Some have said that everything has been good. Just be honest, and get everything in writing. Regarding the Inspectors, I will be looking for one in the near future, so let me know how you go, or I will post on the forum. Adrian B In Vic? 15Feb 23, 2007 9:05 am Hi Jen H
Just wanted to check if it was Carlise in Victoria you signed up with? Regards Re: Confused please help me to knowHow is Carlisle home buil 17Feb 24, 2007 2:56 pm hardy Hi guys, I am very new to this forum so if you see any nuisance then please excuse me. The reason of my post is that I am thinking of building my new home in Berwick (South East of Melbourne). But I am really very confused which builder is good and genuine. I know all builders are same, I mean everyone wants more money and use cheapest quality material to build the house. Like everyone else this will be our dream home and will use all our savings and hard earned money, so I want to know your opinion if you have any experience with my sort listed builders. I have sort listed three builders to build house and their designs 1) Carlisle (Bordeaux 39.4) 2) Metricon Tribeca 40 MKII) and 3) AV Jennings (Abode 370). I have experience with AV Jennings in the past and they are quite good builder. I build my first house with AV Jennings but they are too pricey and designs are too flat. I mean they don’t have much fancy floor plans and designs. Metricon is another one that’s in our mind but they are too pricey and are not flexible with any alteration. In Metricon homes I found everything you like is an extra and you have to pay for that. Metricon floor plan is quite good but again all comes down to money. Last weekend we saw Carlisle display homes (Bordeaux 39.4), which we are quite impressed with. Floor plan and base price are very attractive and suit our budget. Upgrades are also very affordable. We are thinking to build with Carlisle homes but I just need your feedback from your past experience. I have few good feed backs for AV Jennings and few bad feedbacks for Metricon homes but I couldn’t find anyone having good or bad experience with Carlisle. If anyone come across Carlisle homes and want to give me advice then I will much appreciate your advice. Please let me know how if anyone of you know how is Carlisle builder from quality, material and workmanship. Thanks and look forward to read your feedback. Cheers.... Hi Hardy, who did you end up choosing? Re: Confused please help me to knowHow is Carlisle home builder? 18Feb 26, 2007 3:53 pm Hi there,
Just to let you know that I have started building with Carlisle homes (In Victoria). Up to frame stage is done and work is going very fast. It is smooth ride so far (touch wood) and happy till now and exicited to finish this project asap. Up to now my personal experience with Carlisle homes is good and will recommend to other, don't know about future........ Re: Confused please help me to knowHow is Carlisle home builder? 19Mar 25, 2007 10:42 pm Hey Hardy and Jen,
We have just signed building contracts this week witth Carlisle Homes in Vic. So far everything has been 100% awesome. Great staff, lots of answers to silly questions and good communication (literally 100's of emails). We are building in Rowville and hope to start in early may with the cut of the block! We are building a version of the Grande 43 that will end up about 53 squares with all our "additions" that we "had to have"..... How are you both going with yours now? Matt Re: Confused please help me to knowHow is Carlisle home builder? 20Mar 26, 2007 7:20 am Hi Matt
We've done our colour selection appointments but there's a bit of a delay until our tender appt (when the final pricing is set out) as someone's on holidays for a few weeks. We're not fussed about it, but I guess if you were in a hurry, it would pay to get both colour appointments and the tender appointment in the diary well in advance. The colour appt went well and Emma was really helpful in it, so so far so good. Sales person was a bit naughty submitting a siting of the house on our block without running it past us but they are happy to change that for us, no problems by the end of this week. Keep us up to date with your progress! If this is a custom build then I would expect the builder to set out the door frame closer to the wall to avoid the gap between architrave and the wall and or specify… 9 8306 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 37143 Carlisle use to sneak a water resistant "Performance Solution" into their contracts. Have you checked your contract for same? 4 10229 |