The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread

MrsSummer · Jun 20, 2015 1:52 pm

Did anyone went with the shaker style kitchen ? I just started to design my kitchen on the Laminex website and stumbled across the shaker style ( always wanted this style

) I searched the forum and some people paid up to 10k for it with other builders. Just wanted to know maybe someone knows the cost from Carlisle.I'm sure they charge a similar price.
Maybe you could tell me what style you went with because there are just soo many styles on the laminex website, it's like going to a shoe store, and trying to choose a shoe with thousand of variations and colours

I also looked into the Country, Nostalgia,Planked and Panelled Classic

Brettska · Jun 22, 2015 4:47 pm

With her supports off looking so much better! Two more render colours to go on. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅

Robert78 · Jun 22, 2015 5:09 pm

Brettska

With her supports off looking so much better! Two more render colours to go on. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅
Hi looking very nice.
What colours and names did you pick for the render???

Brettska · Jun 22, 2015 5:27 pm

Hi looking very nice.
What colours and names did you pick for the render???

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Hi Robert.

Tranquil Retreat is the light grey render. We still have Timeless Grey and Domino to go on the Facade. Essentially a light, mid and dark grey render combo.

Atlantique29 · Jun 22, 2015 5:54 pm

Looking great Brettska, must be getting excited almost finished?

Glennc74 · Jun 22, 2015 6:20 pm

Looks great

Brettska · Jun 22, 2015 7:04 pm

Atlantique29

Looking great Brettska, must be getting excited almost finished?

We are at painting stage at present with all the cabinetry installed. Tiles have been delivered so hopefully full steam ahead for a mid August PCI!

Robert78 · Jun 22, 2015 7:13 pm

Brettska

Atlantique29

Looking great Brettska, must be getting excited almost finished?

We are at painting stage at present with all the cabinetry installed. Tiles have been delivered so hopefully full steam ahead for a mid August PCI!

Very good.
We are hopefully getting the slab poured this Friday.

OceanBlue · Jun 22, 2015 8:52 pm

Brettska

With her supports off looking so much better! Two more render colours to go on. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅

Looks stunning, exciting times ahead for you guys :-)

Brettska · Jun 22, 2015 9:42 pm

Very good.
We are hopefully getting the slab poured this Friday.[/quote]

Good luck for Friday. Slab party this weekend!

Did you end up going with an independent inspector for your pour?

Robert78 · Jun 22, 2015 10:23 pm

Brettska

Very good.
We are hopefully getting the slab poured this Friday.

Good luck for Friday. Slab party this weekend!

Did you end up going with an independent inspector for your pour?
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Thanks lol.
Yeah going with New Homes Inspections.
Hope it's all good and nothing major.

union7 · Jun 23, 2015 9:21 am

Hey Guys,

Just wondering if you anyone has opted to do their own floors after handover?
If so what sort of credit did you get back on it?

I am building the Hansen 29 and are wondering if its worth just getting the floorboards done ourselves after handover.
And just having them do the carpets?
But than at the same time not sure if its worth the trouble of doing it ourselves!

Glennc74 · Jun 23, 2015 12:23 pm

union7

Hey Guys,

Just wondering if you anyone has opted to do their own floors after handover?
If so what sort of credit did you get back on it?

I am building the Hansen 29 and are wondering if its worth just getting the floorboards done ourselves after handover.
And just having them do the carpets?
But than at the same time not sure if its worth the trouble of doing it ourselves!

I got a price to remove flooring from living areas
We had a price to upgrade to cat 1 laminate from the included tiles with our promo which was $850
The price they quoted it would come down by is $4882
That's for the Winslow 35 .

Glennc74 · Jun 23, 2015 12:28 pm

Oh and the bamboo flooring we are looking at is roughly $7000
Just going off the last time I had it priced for about the same floor space earlier this year .

union7 · Jun 23, 2015 1:47 pm

Ohh wow so it can make a bit of a difference if you opt to do it after handover.

We had chosen a Cat 2a Timber Floor board, just thinking it might make a little bit of a difference to do it ourselves than!
Ill bear it in mind!

Robert78 · Jun 23, 2015 5:03 pm

Hi we had the flooring promo included.
We upgraded to Cat 4 timber boards it cost us an extra 7k. But deleted the carpet we will do them after handover.
We opted for them to do it because my sister has just built a house through Metricon and they decided to do their own boards after handover and the floors weren't level and cost them an extra 3k out of their own pocket to get them level.
So we decided to let Carlisle do our boards and its on them and they have to warranty them too!!

Glennc74 · Jun 23, 2015 5:52 pm

That's a very good point Robert , we decided we would go with the cat 1 and upgrade in a few years time , thinking now that you have said that it's an even better idea as if there is any dramas with levels it will have to be rectified during construction .

Robert78 · Jun 23, 2015 5:55 pm

Exactly Glennc I've seen It first hand how bad it can be so we are letting the builder do it.

true_luv7 · Jun 23, 2015 5:56 pm

Just a suggestion if you do prefer to do the flooring yourself. If you get an independent inspector, this should be 1 of the things that they check, wouldn't it? So prior to handover this should be caught by the inspector if the floor is not level?

Robert78 · Jun 23, 2015 5:58 pm

Maybe not sure.
But it might be in the building tolerance a couple of mm out and it passes.
But not good enough for laying floor boards.