I was trying to find the apt section for my inquiry but in the end I reckon I'd put it here.
Has anyone purchased a Henley ready-built home? How was…

Thanks everyone for sharing
We're actually interested on one of Henley's ready-built homes. Has anyone on this thread owned a Henley ready-built? We'd love…

Hello everyone,
We were at Harpley Estate over the weekend and just fell in love with the place . Question, anybody already residing there who's had…

Hello, we've extended our garage by 1.5 meters and we didn't have to extend the garage door. We just had to specify which side we'll have it and then,…

Look at the floorplan of the house - if the alfresco area requires a post to be built at one part of it (denoted by a small square), then a…

During the time of our build (Feb 2012), Carlisle only do floating boards. I've asked them about hardwood and they said they don't to that.

Thanks, Debra50 for the feedback. We are actually getting ADLS service from another provider and not Telstra. We've got 2 options - either let Dodo deal with Telstra…

Hello there -
To those who got the "Telephone point and trenching package" from Carlisle, did you still have to pay for the connection fee of $299 when you had to…

We got ours done for less than 9k. I don't have the quote with me but below are my best estimates of what it covered:
60 sqm exposed aggregate
100 sqm…

I agree. We got the same comment from the guy who did our 3-month inspection back in September. We barely had cracks and the ones that exist are…

Our house is south-facing. The living area is at the back portion of the house so it has the maximum exposure to sun. This also allowed us to…

For us, the 2 others sides were already fenced when we bought the block, the other one we arranged for fencing before construction began. The 'wing' fence needed on…

Thanks for bringing up this topic. We've been in our house almost 3 months now and while we've already done concreting around the perimeter of the house, we have…

We were in the same situation except that in our case, we are the ones who were building up to the boundary (1 side only). What we've done is…

I agree - we almost forgot this one and had it as a post contract variation...

When we requested for high ceiling, it automatically included garage and porch. You should ensure that it's reflected in the drawings though as I've met someone who has built…

That's what they normally put in the contract but if you can surmise from the experience of folks in this forum, Carlisle is able to finish single story houses between…

Whether the splashback will come in 1-piece or 2 pieces depends on the layout of your overhead cupboards. Ours come in 2 pieces as one side of the cupboard…

Inspector has quoted the BCA section that requires those areas to be water-proofed but Carlisle has responded that they don't do that. Inspector not surprised at all with this…

Hello there!
Did any of you guys notice if the walls of your spa and/or bath were water-proofed? The showers definitely are but apparently, they don't do waterproofing of the…

No, I mean the actual PCI - how many hours (?) does it take?
Our site supervisor is pretty confident there won't be so much issues that he gave us May…

Hi Cocosette,
Yey! And congratulations to you, too! I know, "can't wait!"
Are you getting an independent inspector for the PCI? How long you…

After construction began, our communications are mostly with the site supervisor already. Our CLE will contact us, if for anything else, to issue progress payment invoices

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…

Hahaha, coobri! Yeah, they're very prompt with the invoices . Congratulations - it will become more and more exciting each day now!

Hi mr.21! Nope, we're building in the West... Interesting to find someone experiencing the same currently. Our SS did say he'll follow-up today with the brick washers. …

Oour brick washing was scheduled last Friday but for some reason, the people who's supposed to do it did not turn up. Yesterday, the downpipes got installed even when…

We purchased our block (Nov 2011) and went into a contract for construction after a month. We paid for the full stamp duty and is now in the process…

Good to hear your SS is very proactive. We'll have our slab pour tomorrow and we wouldn't have known if we hadn't passed by our block this morning and…

Thanks, CBPH. I would be happy with 600. But then I was told by our CLE that it's the biggest that could fit the wall which is 1300.…