Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Question about Carlisle/Brimbank Gardens 16Jan 12, 2009 9:03 pm Kruger National Park - An amazing place to visit Re: Question about Carlisle/Brimbank Gardens 19Jan 14, 2009 9:06 am haywgl The Prominence is 12.51m wide x 20.14m. Does anyone know if this would fit on a 14m wide block given it is a double story and I am pretty sure would require a 1.8m side setback. I suggested that they build on the boundary but they weren't sure if; Brimbank Gardens allows houses to be built on the boundary and if Carlisle will allow it. Situations like this are why we decided to choose our house before our land. Then we were armed with house plans every time we sat down with someone to say "show me how this house would fit on the block you are trying to sell me". If we didn't like the answer, we just walked away. If we did like the answer, we went back to M3tricon with the land dimensions and got them to put a plan together using that nifty perspective drawing software they have. You can tell your brother to do the same thing--I'm sure Carlisle wants his business and so will not be averse to showing him how their home would fit on this block or that block. --Mike Everything I know, I learned from SBS. LATEST: Frame Complete http://metricon-mercer.livejournal.com Re: Question about Carlisle/Brimbank Gardens 20Jan 14, 2009 10:11 am We did the same thing - looked at estates and ruled out those we hated, but picked the house before we seriously started looking for land. I asked the builder for the minimum land dimensions required to fit the house.
The block we finally found was an irregular shape and we just weren't sure - the developer's sales consultant was happy to fax the plan of subdivision to the builder's sales guys late on a Saturday afternoon, so they could do the siting for us. They worked overtime and she emailed me the site plan after 7:00 that evening showing how it would fit, as well as a full copy of the estate covenants, and we went back the next day and signed a contract of sale. When you're paying big bucks, you have every right to expect them to work for you - if they want their commission, they'll go the extra mile. 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 37590 Carlisle use to sneak a water resistant "Performance Solution" into their contracts. Have you checked your contract for same? 4 10402 You can really use anything you want the main consideration would be how it looks once painted/finished - or the look you want. Cabinetmakers use MDF because its cheap… 2 10089 |