Preferably someone who is currently building a home with them or has recently...

I had a really bad experience with the current Signature franchise in East Auckland. I would not recommend them to anyone.

Hi Blescel, Just wondering who you eventually ended up with? We’re in the process of deciding between GJ and DW for a Pokeno home and was hoping you could share some feedback about your experience with them. Cheers

Hi Blescel, You can probably ask these builders for some customers to speak to perhaps? Also, I understand that DW Homes aren’t a franchise builder, they’re indepenant.

Hi Howard, Anything you can elaborate as we are talking to them at the moment and are someway down the process already.

Hi Anne & Blescel, Feel free to visit our website to read some of our client testimonials for homes we have recently completed building in Pokeno, I’m happy to put you in touch with them directly for further feedback if that is something that would be of interest to you. Kind regards, Emma Walworth DW Homes http://www.dwhomes.co.nz

Hi Anne J, We had put our plans on the back burner because of COVID but we are now revisiting our options. At the moment, we are focusing on the subdivision part but have not made a solid decision on a builder. Cheers.

Thanks for that tip Anne. We will look into it.

I worked for Allan Moore at the Signature East Auckland franchise for 2 years. He has proven to me that he lacks integrity and cannot be trusted. He still owes me over $25,000 in commissions on houses I sold for him. In my opinion his builds take much too long. None of the last 6 houses I sold were finished 18 months after contract was signed. To me his business looks like just a ‘project manager’, subcontracting the trade work, with the client paying 20-25?% extra on top of the real build price … with someone who in my experience cannot be trusted.

Good afternoon. Howard also goes by the name of David Wilson. David/Howard worked for us for a couple of years but now works for another building company. David/Howard left unhappy as a result of a misunderstanding relating to some homes sold in a development. We met and discussed the issue and agreed on a resolution to the issue which we shook hands on. Several months later, after completing several sales with my support and obtaining an offer of employment from another home builder, he decided to renege on the agreement and demanded we pay him what he thought he was owed. We always paid David/Howard everything he was owed on time before and after this misunderstanding arose. David/Howard is a bitter ex-contractor who now works in competition to us and takes every opportunity to disparage us and our business. I invite anybody who is interested in understanding further the reason for David/Howards comments to contact me directly. Regards Allan Moore Signature Homes Botany

I know it is unfair to generalise when it comes to franchised builders but I do have a word of caution when it comes to Signature Homes. I built with the North Shore franchise and they continually over invoiced me or invoiced me to cover rework from their mistakes. This resulted in a stand-off situation when they stopped work after I refused to be ripped off. The Operations Manager from the Franchisor was brought in to mediate impartially but it very quickly became clear whose side they were on. Effectively they just brought more people in to gang up on me. Personally I recommend people stay well clear of Signature Homes unless you want to be constantly in fight mode. Honestly quite hopeless.

My first names are Howard David. I worked for Allan for two years. He refused to pay me the commission as agreed to in my contract. I am not bitter. I do not trust him. I cannot recommend him. It is what it is. He is what he is. When we met to discuss the “misunderstanding” Allan stated what he also sent me in a letter: “Accept his offer” (of less than half of what was due) “or you cannot continue working here.” At the time I had around $7 million in contracts lining up, of which I contracted over $5million before leaving 8 months later. He was using that future commission as leverage: Take his measly offer or walk away from all the commission I had been working towards for 12-18 months. I was not given the opportunity to reject the offer. I was told “this is sorted now, or you are no longer welcome”. So I took the offer. We did not shake hands. I then asked for the full amount owed several more times – long before looking for another position and finally leaving. Apart from briefly here and on Allan’s local Botany office Google maps/review page I have not made any statements publicly about Allan or his business. And yes, I moved to a great business that has integrity and looks after its clients and its people better than most. And we build way better houses. It takes a lot of money to build a quality home. I need to trust my builder before giving him that much of my money. That’s why I left Allan Moore’s business.

That is what they all do!