Carlisle Sheraton Journey

makido · Sep 05, 2019 3:00 pm

Hi everyone,

This is our first home build so posting here our journey with Carlisle Sheraton Deluxe.
Anyone else is building Sheraton Deluxe?

So far, our experience with Carlisle Sale Consultant is really good. Our sale consultant is very helpful on getting us the sale quote. Our CLE is also nice too.

Couple Things from our upgrades:

High ceiling 2.74 on ground floor and 2.59 on first floor.
Classique Facade with front render
Double Glazed Windows
Convert Downstairs Lounge into one master bedroom
Kitchen Caesarstone Cat 3 with 80mm Dropdown Waterfall on the Island Kitchen
Timber Floor
Alfresco Extension
Garage 1m Extension

Timeline:
08 July 2019 - First deposit
17 Aug 2019 - Colour Browser Appointment.
18 Aug 2019 - After a few weeks of visiting Spectra and adding/ removing items in the sale quotes, we finally signed our quote on this day.
27 Feb 2020 - Site Start
16 Apr 2020 - Pre Slab Pour work and Inspection done by NHI
17 Apr 2020 - Slab Poured & Base Stage Invoice received
30 Apr 2020 - Frame Stage started.
12 May 2020 - Our Frame Stage Completed with Invoice Issue.
13 May 2020 - Frame Stage Inspection done by NHI
15 May 2020 - Proof Completed
2 Jun 2020 - Pre Plaster Inspection done by NHI
14 Jul 2020 - Lock Up & Fixing stage Invoice received on same day

makido · Sep 05, 2019 3:13 pm

Our Colour Selection Appointment will be next week but we are still considering couple things.

1) Induction Cooktop or Gas Cooktop. (I prefer induction cooktop as we might go for solar power if we have budget left but my wife prefer gas cooktop and I'm not the main cooker in the house :-D

)

2) Evaporative Cooling System Options:
a) Option 1: 6 Points Upstairs
b) Option 2: 5 Points Upstairs and 2 Points Downstairs (But need to have some void in first floor for the evaporative downstairs ducts)

3) Two dishwashers or one dishwasher

4) One oven plus one built in microwave or One oven plus one combination oven microwave.

Does anyone have experience with the evaporative ducts downstairs? Is it better to have 2 ducts downstairs with 5 ducts upstairs or all 6 ducts upstairs?

Thanks!

Blujo · Sep 05, 2019 4:34 pm

Hi Makido

Good luck with the build! I'll be following with interest.

If you don't mind me asking, how much did the upgrades below cost you?

High ceiling 2.74 on ground floor and 2.59 on first floor.
Convert Downstairs Lounge into one master bedroom
Kitchen Caesarstone Cat 3 with 80mm Dropdown Waterfall on the Island Kitchen
Timber Floor

Cheers

makido · Sep 05, 2019 5:28 pm

Blujo

Hi Makido

Good luck with the build! I'll be following with interest.

If you don't mind me asking, how much did the upgrades below cost you?

High ceiling 2.74 on ground floor and 2.59 on first floor.
Convert Downstairs Lounge into one master bedroom
Kitchen Caesarstone Cat 3 with 80mm Dropdown Waterfall on the Island Kitchen
Timber Floor

Cheers

Hi Blujo,

Thanks! No worries, will PM you the details.
By the way, when you visit the display home, just ask them for the upgrade list. They will normally give it to you without asking you to make any deposit. That will list all of the upgrade price that the display home built.

makido · Sep 06, 2019 12:39 pm

Anyone has the evaporative cooling downstairs in two storey house? Is it worth to have couple ducts downstairs for that? Thanks!

makido · Sep 10, 2019 6:53 pm

Sent my Underground Power Pit application today.

makido · Sep 13, 2019 2:47 pm

Had our colour selection yesterday. Even though we visited the Spectra more than 10 times, prepared all the list of appliances and everything else, we still felt very rush on the colour selection in the morning and electrical plan in the afternoon.
Our consultants were nice on helping us to choose the colour and electrical plan.

HoneyDee · Sep 13, 2019 3:05 pm

makido

Hi everyone,

This is our first home build so posting here our journey with Carlisle Sheraton Deluxe.
Anyone else is building Sheraton Deluxe?

So far, our experience with Carlisle Sale Consultant is really good. Our sale consultant is very helpful on getting us the sale quote. Our CLE is also nice too.

Couple Things from our upgrades:

High ceiling 2.74 on ground floor and 2.59 on first floor.
Classique Facade with front render
Double Glazed Windows
Convert Downstairs Lounge into one master bedroom
Kitchen Caesarstone Cat 3 with 80mm Dropdown Waterfall on the Island Kitchen
Timber Floor

Timeline:
08 July 2019 - First deposit
17 Aug 2019 - Colour Browser Appointment.
18 Aug 2019 - After a few weeks of visiting Spectra and adding/ removing items in the sale quotes, we finally signed our quote on this day.

All the best for your journey. One step at a time and you will be in your beautiful new home in less than a year hopefully. I will be watching your thread :-D

makido · Sep 15, 2019 10:56 pm

HoneyDee

makido

Hi everyone,

This is our first home build so posting here our journey with Carlisle Sheraton Deluxe.
Anyone else is building Sheraton Deluxe?

So far, our experience with Carlisle Sale Consultant is really good. Our sale consultant is very helpful on getting us the sale quote. Our CLE is also nice too.

Couple Things from our upgrades:

High ceiling 2.74 on ground floor and 2.59 on first floor.
Classique Facade with front render
Double Glazed Windows
Convert Downstairs Lounge into one master bedroom
Kitchen Caesarstone Cat 3 with 80mm Dropdown Waterfall on the Island Kitchen
Timber Floor

Timeline:
08 July 2019 - First deposit
17 Aug 2019 - Colour Browser Appointment.
18 Aug 2019 - After a few weeks of visiting Spectra and adding/ removing items in the sale quotes, we finally signed our quote on this day.

All the best for your journey. One step at a time and you will be in your beautiful new home in less than a year hopefully. I will be watching your thread :-D

Thanks HoneyDee, will update this journey regularly

makido · Sep 15, 2019 11:05 pm

In the electrical plan, my wife wanted to have the heat lamp in the bathroom which I didn’t like as it doesn’t look nice and reading some where the UV might cause bad health. Does anyone know if Carlisle do radiant floor heating in bathroom? Any feedback if radiant floor heating is good or bad? Thanks!

makido · Apr 21, 2020 11:42 am

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17 Apr 2020 - Pre Slab Pour

makido · Apr 21, 2020 11:43 am

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17 Apr 2020 - Slab Poured

Jason526 · Apr 21, 2020 3:55 pm

Good upgrade choices there. I am considering Carlisle too with their Montague 47. Do you mind me asking your contract price?

makido · Apr 21, 2020 9:07 pm

Jason526

Good upgrade choices there. I am considering Carlisle too with their Montague 47. Do you mind me asking your contract price?

Just pm you. Montague is good design too.

Jason526 · Apr 21, 2020 9:57 pm

makido

Anyone has the evaporative cooling downstairs in two storey house? Is it worth to have couple ducts downstairs for that? Thanks!

Personally I wouldn’t choose evaporate cooling, especially it’s less ideal for double storey house.

Jason526 · Apr 21, 2020 10:01 pm

makido

In the electrical plan, my wife wanted to have the heat lamp in the bathroom which I didn’t like as it doesn’t look nice and reading some where the UV might cause bad health. Does anyone know if Carlisle do radiant floor heating in bathroom? Any feedback if radiant floor heating is good or bad? Thanks!

I don’t know how fast floor heating works. If you only turn it on during shower, it might not get warm by the time you finish shower. It’s probably more efficient if it can stay on through entire winter, but Melbourne weather is always up and downs.

makido · Apr 23, 2020 3:15 pm

Jason526

makido

In the electrical plan, my wife wanted to have the heat lamp in the bathroom which I didn’t like as it doesn’t look nice and reading some where the UV might cause bad health. Does anyone know if Carlisle do radiant floor heating in bathroom? Any feedback if radiant floor heating is good or bad? Thanks!

I don’t know how fast floor heating works. If you only turn it on during shower, it might not get warm by the time you finish shower. It’s probably more efficient if it can stay on through entire winter, but Melbourne weather is always up and downs.

Yeah, I did pull out the radiant floor heating at the end.

alexp79 · Apr 23, 2020 3:19 pm

You can also put in one of those mirrors with built in far infrared heaters in them. Very cool looking and thermally efficient.

makido · Apr 24, 2020 10:21 am

alexp79

You can also put in one of those mirrors with built in far infrared heaters in them. Very cool looking and thermally efficient.

Thanks for your suggestion

makido · Apr 24, 2020 2:59 pm

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Materials got delivered ready for Frame Stage next week