My wife and I are currently building with AV Jennings in Chisholm near Thornton NSW. We started talking with the sales person in January this year (2011). After what seemed like delay after delay, one to two weeks for each minor
variation, e.g. putting in an extra door here and there, we are only now just cutting ground. This is taking into account Maitland council approved plans in only two and a half weeks. The rest of the time has been AV Jennings
internal red tape and politics between their own departments. Like many other people we are renting while building and each delay is costly. I have a mate building with Mac Jones are they are way ahead of us despite signing
documents etc at same time. We are now also very angry at the cost AV Jennings have charged for certain items, $14,000 for extra garage. Other mates are quoted between $7000 to $10,000 from other builders. A niche is
the shower suite was $360 for goodness sake. This is our issue and we should have looked around a lot more. My WARNING to everyone is be very aware AV Jennings are very expensive and after signing contracts take a VERY
long time to get things started. Allow at least 12 to 18 months to get into your home. Is there anyone with similar experiences to ours?