Hi, we did knockdown rebuild at Oakleigh and site costs came at 50k. If you stress about it too much you'll just get upset. You can try make a fuss…

I chose darbecca because they have consistently good reviews and recommendations on this site and on the Internet. When I was researching independent inspectors, I came across NHI first, and…

Hey JandABuild, we removed the 1 meter either side like they stated. The concreters and bricklayers need the access to construct and then clean the bricks in the end. And…

We removed ours a few days before slab pre pour. Your site supervisor will tell you if it's necessary sooner. Our site supervisor is pretty cruisey and just said to…

Wanted to see about the discount with their landscape designer... Anybody recall what the company name was?

Thanks KateRG88. I wanted to see how much of a discount I'd get with victory blinds. I might just go get a quote and see if they still accept the…

Anybody used the Carlisle Homes VIP Rewards Card before? We are nearly at the end of our build and thought I'd look up the website and see if we can…

Our contract said 14 days when we signed it and then our invoice arrived saying 7 days. Check your contract because what you signed is what counts. We ended up…

Hi everyone,
Quick update. Our build has been going super smooth and super quick. Knock on wood I havent jinxed us by saying that. We are finishing with lockup stage next…

I find it really weird how this was not allowed for anyone else. I just told my cle that we wanted a quote to upgrade to mgp10 pine in the…

Hi Mellily,
We are using Darbecca for all the stages of our build and have had them come do inspections for the prepour and slab/frame stages so far. We are…

The studs are the wood that makes up your house frame in the walls. Carlisle homes use f5 quality in the walls and mgp10 in the roof, according to our…

Hi kumargaurav83,
A few things we requested after we got our contract reviewed was for the water proofing on the upstairs bathroom be upgraded to all the floor as well. We…

Hi Scott2233,
Im not sure if it would be the same for you, as Carlisle might spread their houses over a few different engineering companies for all I know,…

Hi Scott2233,
The vaucluse is gorgeous in our very biased opinion lol, and the classique facade is the most grand in the carliale homes selection (also a biased opinion …

That is what happened with us too. There were ao many errors we kept pointing out. We made sure the post contract variation addressed all errors in writing before we…

We didn't sign the contract on the day of our appointment. We got the contract a couple of days earlier and its huge. We told our cle we wouldnt…

Hi Mellily,
We paid $400 for a contract review by Darbecca Pty Ltd. Darbecca is an independant building inspections company and they deal with builders all the time. The guy that…

Thanks for your response OceanBlue! I cant believe how quickly your house was built! I hope ours goes up just as fast, and we are building over the same…

Hi everyone,
Im so excited as the build has finally started and the slab pour is booked for this week. I just wanted to ask if people who have already built…

So exciting brettska! Cant wait to be where you are now!

Geez, ours is 6000 cheaper than what we locked it in at and about 16000 cheaper than what it ended up rising in price to this year. We are in…

Thats the problem for me though. Carlisle is not allowing me to make some costs provisional. I asked that the traffic managent cost be made provisional but they said that…

Robert78, can i ask, were you able to cut back costs in any other ways too in regards to site costs? And can i ask what your traffic management costs…

I dont know if you can really set an average cost in this area. The site survey and soil test all depends on your block and soil quality. If its…

Thankyou MichaelQ. Ill try them for a quote

Hi ubet7,
Can i ask what your traffic management plan ended up costing you?
Thanx. Your posts have been super helpful!

Meant to say Thanx OceanBlue lol... Damn autocorrect memory...
I'm still working out this tapatalk app. And i just discovered the edit post button. Yay!

Thanx OceanBlue! How are you going with your house? Did you mention your concerns to your Carlisle Homes?