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 Allym Your plans will need to be re done by your new builder anyway. We found problems with engineering on the plans Langford provided. Classic, tell the owners the previous builder screwed up on the engineering... that will get them elected (Humour) Seriously why would you trust the new builders on the engineering? LOL, Council's, regulators and society don't. Allym We we're told that the plans and permits are part of the initial 10k and that we owned them so if we walked away then we'd be able to use them but soil testing and everything needed to be done again. Walk out, loose you preparation of plans fees and start the whole process again.... Hope this is starting to make sense OWN YOUR OWN DRAWINGS , ENGINEERING, DATA /PROOFS as its the only thing that safeguards you in disputes Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Anyone Built with Langford Jones (Melbourne)? 47Jun 04, 2022 11:09 am Alltad They use bribery to milk you of funds using the building permit as the carrot. They do not provide you with Domestic Building Insurance Policy on signing the contract. This is by law a requirement. So they openly break the law. They pretend to be compiling all the documentation and performing all the necessary functions to provide you with a Building Permit. You find out through the Building Surveyor he has not received any of the documentation. Your deposit is being syphoned off and used elsewhere. Meanwhile you sit there for about 12months or longer and wonder what's going on. These guys are crims. They are going under any tic of the clock. I have made a complaint to the VBA and if I don't get any satisfaction from my letter if demand. I will pursue them legally. They are a mongrel lot of theives. The government and regulators know exactly what they are doing and they let them get away with it..... It's is shameful Cheers Chris Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Anyone Built with Langford Jones (Melbourne)? 48Jun 16, 2022 12:59 pm 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? Re: Anyone Built with Langford Jones (Melbourne)? 49Jun 16, 2022 1:56 pm 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. Re: Anyone Built with Langford Jones (Melbourne)? 50Jun 16, 2022 2:06 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. yes, finely got the insurance only recently. But they need to close shop for us to get any pay out from insurance, right? Re: Anyone Built with Langford Jones (Melbourne)? 51Jun 16, 2022 2:09 pm I hope they go bust soon it would make it easier to move on. I have inside info that they shouldn't really be trading. I wish they would just call it so I can get my money back. 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 15764 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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