Jennian Homes Wellington – I would not recommend dealing with this company

I think you will find as the market regresses, firms like this will start to change their attitude with customers, as they have had a boom period for quite some time now and have been maxed out and turning customers away. Enquiries from customers have wained and they are starting to pull their heads out and tout for biz again, which is good for jo public. Note though that build costs are increasing for all products incorporated and cheap is no longer. Land is expensive still and needs to readjust to bring house pricing down (contrary to what politicians tell you). It will not happen by endeavouring to cheapen the actual build price of the house, only the land.

We approached Jennian in 2016 and some other building companies. I think Jennian is more high end, and sells standard plans, rather than catering to customised /tailor fit requirements. The guy we spoke to said our budget was too small for a single level house, 170 sq m. and said we wouldn’t fit 4 beds in a 170 sqm. he was very dismissive and didn’t show any interest. it’s all about business at the end of the day, and I can’t blame them. looking for a builder is a challenge, but the build stage is way more challenging. We started building in March and the house is now due to finish 20th December. Every stage was a challenge because of the delays. The workmanship is good though. We engaged with a builder and an architect early on so we knew the cost implications of our decisions. The cost of our build is higher than our budget but we got most of what we wanted. And also we were able to upgrade insulation, doors, windows, etc and the overall price is still much much better than the big companies. It’s just the delays that we had to deal with because the tradies are all busy working for other bulk builders like Russell Properties, plus we had a lot of rains this year.

Agree. We built with Jennian Wellington and did find them rude and disrespectful. We felt we were bullied. We were also pushed to sign on the dotted line without much time given to review their contract or designs. In the end we had to pay for changes which we could have included in contract and designs, if we had enough time. We did expect more professional care and attitude from a brand like Jennian homes but it was not the case with Wellington franchise. If we had a choice we would have gone with other builder.