Has anyone used Jalcon before

Hi Sarah, I’ve mentioned before on this blog (but not many people seem to see it), that in the notes at the top it suggests that if you want to check on a particular company name (or other topic) just click ctrl-F, and fill in the name in the search box at the top right-hand side. It will highlight it throughout the blog. There are quite a few references to Jalcon, some good, some not so good. But please note that they are a franchise builder, and there lots of comments on the blog (mostly negative) about using those. We went quite far in the process of building with them in the SE Auckland area. But did not in the end, because we decided we didn’t like the location our section was in, so we sold it. Their plans were quite good, and things looked promising regarding price. But we (my wife especially) felt the salesman was a bit too pushy. And certainly he was fond of saying things like, ‘We can easily build that (eg stone garden wall and gates) for $10-15K.’ But later when asked to give a specific quote based on a drawing it became $40-50K.’ So if you do go with them make sure you tie down the costs based on exact details, don’t just accept rough estimates or provisional sums for how much something will cost. That applies to all builders of course, unless you have a good relationship with them, and real experience that you can trust their estimates.

Thanks Chris, appreciate your reply.

Hi Sarah, hat area are you building? We have finished a build in Rodney with The House Company and are very satisfied with the quality and process. Not the cheapest of companies but certainly less stress than all of the other companies we have used in the past.