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Jonathon Burden

Having our first home built by Newson Construction (in the Bay of Islands), we felt it necessary to provide some feedback. Dealing with the Newsons was often a very difficult, stressful and tiring process. The effective communication between the project manager and their accounts department was lacking and this caused multiple double ups on bills and errors on the accounts. When questioning these double ups, we felt our questioning was disregarded before they then admitted any error. Often we had to chase for the answers to our questions from the project manager who we felt would bury his head in the sand, he rarely met the deadlines he set and we lost our trust in his abilities. We would not recommend Newson Construction if you are building your first or dream home for that matter.
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