Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Experience/feedback w Hotondo Wollongong/Illawarra regio 2Oct 10, 2010 1:55 pm Hi Valium, Keen to hear how you are going. We have just purchased at Seacrest and currently live in the area and are considering a number of builders including Hotondo, OneThreeDesigner Homes, GJGardner & Elmwood Homes. If you have any news would be great to hear. We are happy to share our experiences. Cheers, P&D Cudina Lot 240, Seacrest Estate, Flinders Blog: http://lot240seacrest.blogspot.com It won't happen overnight, but it will happen... Re: Experience/feedback w Hotondo Wollongong/Illawarra regio 3Nov 06, 2010 9:04 am ValiumLatte2GoPlz Hi all, I am a first time blogger, long time lurker of the homeone forums and have found so much invaluable advice and feedback, so thanks for all your help thus far! We will be building around Shellharbour in the next few months and have been trying to do as much research as possible on 'Hotondo' however as they are a franchised building company I would love to hear from anyone in the Wollongong or Illawarra region who has any experience with this team? We are first time builders so we are a little nervous at this point and would love to hear from you if you have any info for us? Thanks in advance for your help, How is your build going just came across your post. we are first time builders in wollongong as well. we are almost at lock up stage, we have had lots of dramas with our house!!! Where is your house up to now? i noitced your posted this in March! Re: Experience/feedback w Hotondo Wollongong/Illawarra regio 4Nov 18, 2010 11:49 am oh no emma... We just paid to get a quote with them! What issues have you had? where abouts in wollongong are you building? also which design did you go with? are you under wollongong or shellharboour council? oh so many questions for you!!! First home builder... Building with HOTONDO in Wollongong... Land settlement 13th May 2010 Any advice is appreciated! Good Luck with your homes! Re: Experience/feedback w Hotondo Wollongong/Illawarra regio 5Jun 04, 2011 11:00 pm Hi, did you build your hotondo home and what was the outcome. we are just about to put down a deposit and cannot find many reviews or badvice about hotonto in the illawarra. Thanks carrie Re: Experience/feedback w Hotondo Wollongong/Illawarra regio 6Jul 02, 2011 8:56 pm We built with Hotondo in the Sutherland Shire and we are still trying to get defects rectified 18 months after moving in. The design was good although the building process was a nightmare. We had to threaten legal action to get things done. Be careful! Re: Experience/feedback w Hotondo Wollongong/Illawarra regio 7Jun 01, 2012 12:46 pm We have had the most awful experience with a particular Hotondo franchise in Wollongong area. My advice would be to go with another builder. We were treated with respect until we signed the contract. Everything became too hard for them in regards to variations etc. All things we were assured where not a problem before contract stage. The owner is terrible to deal with. He is rude, aggressive and has no customer service skills. Since moving into our home with have had flooding into many areas of the house. We have damp and mold growing in a house that is 10 months old! We have had these issues for 8 months now and they have still not been resolved. They pass the buck and take zero responsibility for their poor workmanship. We are now in the process of going to fair trading. We are aware of others having the same issues with this franchise. We are extremely upset that it has come to this. For the biggest investment we have ever made the treatment we have received has been abhorrent. Sorry to be full of doom and gloom but I would like to prevent others going through what we have been through. Best of luck and I hope this helps. PS. I am happy to reveal which one through another method as I fear a backlash Re: Experience/feedback w Hotondo Wollongong/Illawarra regio 8Jun 07, 2012 10:24 am Hi Derek, I am also looking to build in the Wollongong area and was also considering Hontondo. But I am a bit disturbed by some of the comments posted here. Could you PM me with the Hontondo builder you were dealing with. As far as I know there are two who build in the area. Re: Experience/feedback w Hotondo Wollongong/Illawarra regio 10Jun 10, 2012 3:13 am hello donzrx Have you checked out Barrington Homes? We moved in end of November and quite happy with finished product plus communication with head office was surprisingly good. There are 3 single story on display at Haywards Bay and a single and a double at Oran Park. Regards, Grumbles Re: Experience/feedback w Hotondo Wollongong/Illawarra regio 13Nov 05, 2013 10:03 am I am a representative from Hotondo Homes. As I'm sure all readers are aware there are two sides to every story. This matter unfortunately went to fair trading and we were happy with the outcome. We wish the owners and their beautiful family many years of happy memories in their stunning home. Kind regards Angela Re: Experience/feedback w Hotondo Wollongong/Illawarra regio 14Nov 05, 2013 10:31 am Wow bringing up a dead thread. What was your side of the story. It sounds pretty bad and leaving it open to imagination makes the outcome sound worse than anything I could think up. My Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60910 Re: Experience/feedback w Hotondo Wollongong/Illawarra regio 15Nov 05, 2013 6:15 pm Never heard anything bad about a Hotondo franchise. Until you, a representative from the company dredges up an old thread, and now lets everyone know people have had issues. Clever! 4 Re: Experience/feedback w Hotondo Wollongong/Illawarra regio 17Apr 10, 2014 9:39 am Sorry haven't heard of them. My Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60910 Keen to hear from people in the area who have got KDRB done on whom they got the build from? Looking for recommendations. Thanks 0 21873 I apologise for any confusion, but your understanding is correct. We approached our situation differently based on advice from… 11 54943 Hey Mate, I faced the same issue that you are facing. My builder left my house incomplete after going through liquidation. In… 1 22480 |