The gaps around the alfresco and laundry doors are ok. They get filled in later on when the full facing for the doors is done. We had the same question…

We had roads and lights in three months before the land settled.

Avsharma we built with Carlisle at Pasadena - very happy! You can check my thread for details.

That is completely based on your block. The initial quote is an estimate, and if you don't go for fixed site costs you take the risk that the costs will…

Congrats!!!

All very exciting! Where are you building?

We went with Carlisle's Loan Studio and they were outstanding.

We were about to sign with Metricon when we discovered Carlisle. At the time it was more about the house suiting our needs (we built the Ascot 35) …

Great to hear!

Congrats on starting the journey!
I assume you have a block of land? If so, what direction does the house face?

I agree with the above. Stand your ground and make them do something about it.

At the very least I'd be demanding that the cost of the niches be refunded. Horrible, horrible workmanship.

Welcome!
Our site costs were fixed before the soil test and before the land titled. In our case it turned out to be a good thing as it was based on…

No way would I be accepting that join. Looks like a bad home handyman job.

Hi Ben - Jackie from Carlisle contacted us on Friday to ask if she could bring someone through our place, so if you're working with Jackie I think it's covered!…

Oh yes it was Paramount. It was a standard facade at the time.
Didn't get around to blogging as well. I do have a bunch of new pics which I will…

Yes our floor was Cat 1.
The facade was one of the standard ones - can't remember what it was called?
We were very happy with…

Check out my thread for our Ascot 35 build. It's a wonderful house and we couldn't be happier! Will post some more recent updated pics when I am at a…

Great to hear! Hope it all keeps going smoothly!

We had our final inspection and settlement on the same day. I'm pretty sure this is bff
Astandard. We knew a week in adviser

I would definitely contact the builder and ask him to come and look at the issues and then see what he is prepared to do. Was there any warranty on…

Good to hear - all the best for the moving in process!!!

Great to hear Dan! Have you been happy with your build?

Willow, that's no good at all! Sorry to hear. I hope things end smoothly for you.

Sympathies - our land was delayed by 11 months and it was not fun. We built with Carlisle and had a buffer built into our contract. I'd suggest finding out…

Our is also with Opticomm, it's in the garage, and it's fine. Can't think of a better place for it really unless you want to lose wall or cupboard space.

I don't know about your estate, monkeypantz, but in ours you can't have the same facade within I think six houses in any direction. Hopefully yours is the same! …

I'd be seriously looking at walking away from this builder if you can. They should never have put you in this position in the first place.

Looking great! It's all coming together now.

We didn't get our proper handle until just before handover. We had a temporary one for the build so the proper one didn't get damaged. Might be the same?