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12 years12 yearsfourgsfourgs posted:
The CARLISLE HOMES & SPECTRA General Information Thread

judder,
What stage of the build are you now? I think you are indeed lucky you got your requested changes.. for us we were declined even if we are willing…

12 years12 yearsfourgsfourgs posted:
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We have evap cooling and our return air grill doesn't have a filter. As a result, it looks ugly with the frames visible behind the grill. Dandy Air said they…

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Thanks for sharing sleven! That's clear enough. I also got a better idea after talking to our SS and concreter. We'll have more added by the concreter. SS also said…

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Hi guys!
How many storm water risers do you have in your house after handover? Ours only have two, one on each side of the house while the sewer was at…

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Ours went well with 3 items in letter of undertaking! :) In possession of the house now and quite busy with the post-handover tasks..…

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Congrats! Ours is on Friday :D. Hopefully there will be no more major issues. Otherwise, we don't mind waiting.

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A small but very good update indeed after the troubles you went through! All the best until completion of rectification works.

12 years12 yearsfourgsfourgs posted:
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in our case, we got the construction drawing via post after we signed the tender.

12 years12 yearsfourgsfourgs posted:
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thanks stevcm! it's caesarstone latte.

12 years12 yearsfourgsfourgs posted:
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all the best on your settlement coobri! btw, we went ahead to get the flydoor credit.

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Hi guys,
The missed BAL requirement for our build may turn out to be a blessing in disguise after all... The missed item was the standard aluminum fly door to the…

12 years12 yearsfourgsfourgs posted:
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not sure why you can't see it.. but i can.. sharing again our kitchen :)

12 years12 yearsfourgsfourgs posted:
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btw, not all 36 issues are major :D.. the items we see as major are those that we think will require fixes to frame, but…

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12 years12 yearsfourgsfourgs posted:
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PCI done yesterday! Very pleased to have engaged an independent inspector (ours is New Home Inspections). We have only found aesthetic issues. But our independent inspector found all the major…

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congrats coobri! how long did your inspection took?

12 years12 yearsfourgsfourgs posted:
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Lovely floors coobri! I'm not a fan of dark timber floors, but I easily got converted after seeing your wenge floors! Lovely! :)

12 years12 yearsfourgsfourgs posted:
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Thanks! Ours is on 16th August.

12 years12 yearsfourgsfourgs posted:
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Hi Titch101,
The soil was supplied by Carlisle.

12 years12 yearsfourgsfourgs posted:
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Sharing the latest pic from our build.. building the Baltimore 40.. facade painted, temp fencing and portable toilet removed. Mound of soil to be distributed around and leveled.

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Hi Rakesh,
Thanks for your post. Very helpful for me as I don't have any idea about concreting. Our PCI is due next week and concreting will soon follow. Hoping for…

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geez, i'm also building close to the area.. i really doubt that's normal for a new house. we stayed in our new rental house for 9 months now, not a…

12 years12 yearsfourgsfourgs posted:
anyone building in armstrong creek?

there will be a draw only when the count of reviews reached 25 during the promotion period...
We can win an ipad? How did I miss that news?
just need to fill…

12 years12 yearsfourgsfourgs posted:
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Hi Rakesh,
sorry to hear about your issues.. hope Carlisle will act on it asap.. which area did you build?

12 years12 yearsfourgsfourgs posted:
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thanks for the reply. good to know yours went well.. ours is scheduled for tomorrow but we don't have brickwork yet.

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hi guys,
anybody who went for pre-plaster inspection? how did it go?
thanks.

12 years12 yearsfourgsfourgs posted:
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in our case, we initially received a courtesy call from construction mgr (different from site supervisor) before slab... later after a week or so, i had to ask our CLE…

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we also went with New Homes Inspection.. we decided between a few options but went with them because I liked the sample report on their website which is quite…

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if choosing between the two only, it would be Montrose 36 for us! the deciding factor for us is the home theatre room.. :)

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hi guys,
did anyone experience adding tap during build using their own tradie? also which tradie would be responsible for that, should i ask a plumber to do that?

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rajchhabra,
apart from Carlisle not being flexible enough during the build, did you find issues on quality of work?

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