Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Carlisle Homes, anyone used them ? 15May 07, 2007 2:34 pm Yes, I believe it has something to do with 'keeping building costs down'.
Having said that, Henley charge an additional fee for building in the inner suburban zone. A huge fee in fact. Re: Carlisle Homes, anyone used them ? 17May 07, 2007 3:59 pm Three years ago when we went to visit one of their 'old' displays they quoted us $13,000 extra just to build in Caulfield, which was also stated in their brochures and website . Now I have noticed on their website & in their brochures it is quoted as 'POA'. So I would guess it would be a minimum of $15,000. Re: Carlisle Homes, anyone used them ? 18May 11, 2012 12:16 pm I just finished building with Carlisle. And I haven't finished on a happy note. I would say they are perhaps JUST LIKE ANY OTHER BUILDER. It all started well but when we look closely we've seen so many errors at just about every stage that makes us wonder how bad the other builders can be? There were errors in the accounting, drawings, building -- just about everywhere.. I think the most crucial part of the whole building is the 'colour selction' because that's the day they make you choose everything - right from the bricks to the doors, handle, tiles, electrical plan.. and most of our probelms were related to things that went wrong on that day. I would advise that everybody building with Carlisle (and perhaps with other builders) should spend extra time and revisit throughly with all the tiles code, colour selection, door type, handles etc. The person keying in the colour codes, tiles code, doors etc made some mistakes but because there were 100s of things to look at-- we picked some mistakes but missed some. Our biggest complain is that when we picked the mistakes (about 2 months before the completion) we were told by the site supervisor that they can look into it but nothing got done about those till the end and when the time came towards the settlement they all sang the song of-- we are doing what is written in the contract. Right from the supervisor to the admin staff to anyone else we communicated it internally. We got so sick of hearing that and it has left a bad taste. Most of the things went fine but their attitude towards the end was so cunning and not different from any other builders. I wouldn't build with them again! Re: Carlisle Homes, anyone used them ? 19May 11, 2012 8:47 pm We decided to build our first home with Carlisle after a good friend recommended them and after reading through experiences of others who have built with them. We're nearing our PCI and everything so far is good. There have been issues, yes, but all have been rectified to our satisfaction. Quality of the build has been good - there were only a few items found during our pre-plaster inspection (by an independent inspector) and they've been fixed promptly. We have an open line of communication with our site supervisor. He meets us periodically in the site to walk us through what has been completed so far and answer our queries. Happy with our decision to choose them as our builder . Building Pagoda 31 MkII 28/11/11 - Tender 20/12/11 - Contract Signed 12/06/12 - Settlement Now on to never-ending post handover activities! I haven’t. But have a Lowe Design home. Not only did I find Matt Lowe patronising and a bully, but the home is NOT TO CODE. I have water coming through the bricks… 1 14500 As title suggests, looking at using the interlocking Pentablock stacked stone products to replace failing timber retaining… 0 18001 Hi everyone. I am a single mother with little daughter, living in a small tourist town in WA Australia. I am thinking to install security screens to all the doors and… 0 25573 |