Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Anyone Built with Langford Jones (Melbourne)? 45Jun 04, 2022 10:54 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Anyone Built with Langford Jones (Melbourne)? 46Jun 04, 2022 11:07 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Anyone Built with Langford Jones (Melbourne)? 47Jun 04, 2022 11:09 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Anyone Built with Langford Jones (Melbourne)? 52Jun 16, 2022 2:15 pm toocan 23 Allym toocan 23 LJH took our money for preliminaries, BP, and variations back in mid 2021, then started to mess us around with no communication, no responses, then when you did hear from them, they just give COVID excuses, its all crap and they are dishonest. Keep away from them is an understatement. Kiss my deposit and variations payment goodbye most likely. Don't know how to get any money back from the crooks? Did you get insurance?? It's unfortunately the only way you can get any money back. yes, finely got the insurance only recently. But they need to close shop for us to get any pay out from insurance, right? I think I have read other comments saying people have combed through their contracts to see if LJ had broken any conditions. Then have taken it up with the girls in the office. I’m not sure if this was to get money back, or just get them out of their contracts. But carefully check this forum and others. I have definitely read other comments from others in the same position. Best of luck, it sure takes some of the excitement away from the process doesn’t it. Re: Anyone Built with Langford Jones (Melbourne)? 53Jun 16, 2022 2:24 pm Allym toocan 23 LJH took our money for preliminaries, BP, and variations back in mid 2021, then started to mess us around with no communication, no responses, then when you did hear from them, they just give COVID excuses, its all crap and they are dishonest. Keep away from them is an understatement. Kiss my deposit and variations payment goodbye most likely. Don't know how to get any money back from the crooks? Did you get insurance?? It's unfortunately the only way you can get any money back. I think you better check with the various state building commissions They would have taken a deposit for the Preparation of Plans Agreement (PPA) The building contract comes later and there is no insurances that covers money lost at the PPA Stage If the builder hasn't formally started the build, you may loose all your deposit -> no insurance Goodluck Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Anyone Built with Langford Jones (Melbourne)? 54Jun 16, 2022 2:29 pm StructuralBIMGuy Allym toocan 23 LJH took our money for preliminaries, BP, and variations back in mid 2021, then started to mess us around with no communication, no responses, then when you did hear from them, they just give COVID excuses, its all crap and they are dishonest. Keep away from them is an understatement. Kiss my deposit and variations payment goodbye most likely. Don't know how to get any money back from the crooks? Did you get insurance?? It's unfortunately the only way you can get any money back. I think you better check with the various state building commissions They would have taken a deposit for the Preparation of Plans Agreement (PPA) The building contract comes later and there is no insurances that covers money lost at the PPA Stage If the builder hasn't formally started the build, you may loose all your deposit -> no insurance Goodluck Noted, thank you. Re: Anyone Built with Langford Jones (Melbourne)? 55Jun 17, 2022 11:53 am toocan 23 StructuralBIMGuy I think you better check with the various state building commissions They would have taken a deposit for the Preparation of Plans Agreement (PPA) The building contract comes later and there is no insurances that covers money lost at the PPA Stage If the builder hasn't formally started the build, you may loose all your deposit -> no insurance Goodluck Noted, thank you. WA Building commission Warning No Doubt others will post their own experience here Building a home in challenging times Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Anyone Built with Langford Jones (Melbourne)? 56Jun 18, 2022 10:45 pm Smack56 We've been sitting around for most of 2022 with no trades onsite aswell. Going on nearly 2.5years since BP. They gave us 3 options: 1Pay LJ upfront, 2Pay Suppliers upfront or 3status quo-in other words hope & pray something happens. We are considering op2 out of sheer frustration! Hi, we're half way now with our build in San Remo. They gave us the same options but our lawyer advised strongly against it. After Craig left, there has been no one on site. We have no idea what to do. Have you paid the trade and they've done the job? Re: Anyone Built with Langford Jones (Melbourne)? 57Jun 20, 2022 12:17 pm EvryThingIsNormal Hi all, We have seen a few of the Langford Jones homes builds around the area, and wondering if anyone has any dealings with them? Any concerns (significant) We are thinking about going with them as they seem to be more customer focused compared to the big ones (M, PD, etc) Thanks all Jerry Wow, what can l say. DO NOT build with Langford Jones. They will rip you off by not returning to attend defect list post build. Spin doctor staff lie to you and promise they will help. They DO NOT CARE about their customers. Re: Anyone Built with Langford Jones (Melbourne)? 58Jun 20, 2022 3:04 pm Louise62 EvryThingIsNormal Hi all, We have seen a few of the Langford Jones homes builds around the area, and wondering if anyone has any dealings with them? Any concerns (significant) We are thinking about going with them as they seem to be more customer focused compared to the big ones (M, PD, etc) Thanks all Jerry Wow, what can l say. DO NOT build with Langford Jones. They will rip you off by not returning to attend defect list post build. Spin doctor staff lie to you and promise they will help. They DO NOT CARE about their customers. Yes, that is true for me too. Re: Anyone Built with Langford Jones (Melbourne)? 59Jun 28, 2022 8:49 pm Dusty Bronze Smack56 We've been sitting around for most of 2022 with no trades onsite aswell. Going on nearly 2.5years since BP. They gave us 3 options: 1Pay LJ upfront, 2Pay Suppliers upfront or 3status quo-in other words hope & pray something happens. We are considering op2 out of sheer frustration! Hi, we're half way now with our build in San Remo. They gave us the same options but our lawyer advised strongly against it. After Craig left, there has been no one on site. We have no idea what to do. Have you paid the trade and they've done the job? We are also building at San Remo and we were upset when Craig left also. We are up to the competition stage so we are hoping we can get to the finishing line. We didn't want to pay the trades upfront our bank suggested we do an amendment of scheduled progress payments so we have paid the 1st payment of our completion stage according to the invoice sent to us by LJH. Mal is now looking after our build but not sure how this is going. Expecting a call tomorrow? Re: Anyone Built with Langford Jones (Melbourne)? 60Jul 01, 2022 10:18 am Just heard LJH is going into administration! Apparently they will be informing everyone today I haven’t. But have a Lowe Design home. Not only did I find Matt Lowe patronising and a bully, but the home is NOT TO CODE. I have water coming through the bricks… 1 14660 Hi AKG, We had a base tender of $592 for 31 squares from MC Donald Jones. It looks relatively cheaper than other builders. 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