Hi Eric
not sure where you are based but we used DIG DIG Demolition out South East. Got a very good price and great service. Speak to Bryn.

Hi Sassy
We found out about the waterproffing when i read the contract. I did some reserach and came to the conclusion that full waterproofing was important for us particulalry…

Hi OceanBlue
I agree they rush through the long checklist and it is up to the home onwner to try and slow things down and pick up the items that require…

Hi mil48-2015
Yes we did raise this but unfortunately with the facade we had chosen it could not be made wider. As plans had been drawn up and sent to…

Hi All,
A couple of quick questions to someone who has already moved in.
Did you receive anything for the caeserstone benchtops (a pack of some description including a cleaning product)?
Did you…

Only been about 4 weeks but thoughts are as follows:
Oven and rangehood both standard are fine for our needs. Upgrades were expensive and we didn't want the hassle of getting…

I have previously posted about using New Home Inspections and think it is a necessity to use a reputable independent party if you are not a builder (I have no…

PCI completed and would give a big thumbs up to New Home Inspections. We have used them for frame, fixing and PCI. They…

Benji
We are at same stage and agree it is hard to get a good feel. We have higher ceilings so our rooms actually look bigger than display home.

JandABuild
In our Nevada we have made the theatre room a bedroom with a small WIR and made the powder room a bathroom. This makes the pantry narrower but suits our…

Provide to the Nevada 35 house type, 14.9 Kw (Nominal cooling capacity), Three Ø Brivis add $12,852
on refrigerated air conditioning to 11 points, including:
Larger ducts and duct insulation to suit…

Hi rrubyrubyy
The limited access charge was also applied to us. It was explained as an additional charge to move building materials around the site with limited access (e.g. bricks would…

Thanks listerr
They had a representative from the roofing company at Spectra last weekend and she almost convinced me to get the sarking. However we are at our limit with so…

Hi All,
Does anyone have pricing for sarking (double storey) and jetmaster gas heater?
Thanks
David

Vonnie 11
I am pretty sure that you are responsible. I recall reading it at some stage - would have been in the Carlisle documentation or contract. All care but…

Hi Wirepower
I gave them a call a few months ago and they were very helpful. I think the number is 9547 5733 but you can just google them.
David

Hi Tabby
As someone who is about to commence building a double storey with Carlisle I would like to know if they installed an additional thermostat or just moved the original…

Hi Dakota
I also prefer the bottom one. I would go back to Carlisle and ask them what else can be done to get the proportions of the bottom picture.

Are any of the posters/lurkers on this forum doing a KDR at Parkdale? There are currently 3 homes (that I am aware of) currently under construction.

Provide colourboard Walk In Robe option in lieu of standard melamine $1,998
single shelf with chrome hanging rail including the following
* Raise top shelf to 2000mm high
* Provide 2no. colourboard robe…

Also planning to use New Home Inspections based on forum feedback. We will do 3 stages - Frame, pre plaster and pre handover

Hi noisuf that is disappointing given the time invested. As you say a good learning experience. Hope you get a great result with your new builder. The KDRB experience…

Hi noisuf
Are you building with someone else or is the whole KDRB too difficult? We are about to start the knockdown part after signing contracts about a month ago.…

Hi Alexvi05
While I have no doubt that you can save money by doing it later we chose to get them done by Carlisle. Main reasons were that we don't…

GordonSmith are these quotes from the salesperson or prices received at Tender? We were quoted similar sorts of figures early on but a lot of them were not required…

Sojn
When we signed contracts last week we were told we would definitely receive weekly updates from the SS.
We will be having independent inspections during the build so it will be…

Ubet7
Yes - you are correct in what you are saying. Carlisle have recommended that we get temp fencing to try to stop people dumping rubbish on our land following…

Contract signed and a fairly painless process though it would have been nice if we had been able to get some additional prices for minor changes on the day!! …