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Fay SinclairGippsland, VIC
- VIC, Inverloch
- Verified customer
The home we wanted
So glad that we choose hotondo to build with who altered their design to build the home we wanted and everything was fantastic. From the time we met with Inverloch Hotondo to the time we finished nothing was too much trouble and always only a phone call if we wanted something. Workman ship is fantastic and their time frame was exactly what they said which is very important.
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Shane and ShareeGippsland, VIC
- VIC, Inverloch
- Verified customer
Great experience
We had a great experience dealing with Hotondo homes Inverloch. Right from the start we found Trent and Caroline to be very easy going but also very professional to deal with and to be honest we couldn’t have asked for much more. We spent about 18 months trying to find the right team to build our home, and in the end we chose Hotondo Inverloch for several reasons, like the way they limit the amount of houses they build per year so they can focus on quality, they use local trades people and keep jobs in the local area, and also the way that Caro...Read more
line takes the time to help you through the colour selection process and chase up all of the hard to find finishing touches it really makes you feel special. I suppose the most important thing about choosing a builder is to find one that really cares about what they do and Hotondo Inverloch do really care about building a quality home.1 comment
Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Shane and Sharee,
Thank you for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. Trent and Caroline take a lot of pride in their work and are so glad you chose to work with them to create your beautiful n... Read more
ew home. Each and every client is so incredibly important to them and they really take the time to ensure you are all comfortable and well-informed throughout the process, and have a home they can truly be proud of in the end. We're sure you will love living in your new Hotondo Home and continue to feel part of the Hotondo family for many years to come. Kind regards, Hotondo Homes
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- VIC, Inverloch
- Verified customer
Quality Build with Hotondo Inverloch
We have been in our new Hotondo home for three months now and and couldn't be happier. Being first time house builders, we really had no idea what to expect and had heard horror stories but this was certainly not our experience and we would sincerely like to thank Trent and Caroline for their professionalism and expertise. A quality build, using experienced, local trades was important to us. The reason we chose Hotondo Inverloch was because they had a great reputation for both and they didn't disappoint.
Caroline guided us through the entire...Read more
process from designing, planning, to colour and finish. She was quick to respond to emails and was able to compliment what we wanted with her knowledge and advice. Trent's building competency and matter of fact approach really put us at ease. The one small issue we had with our hot water service when we moved in was quickly dealt with which we appreciated. We have a beautiful home, one that we are proud of. We would like to thank Trent and Caroline for their personal attention and hard work. We are more then happy to give Hotondo Inverloch a genuine 5 star rating. R and G - Inverloch1 comment
Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi R and G,
Thank you for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. We are so happy to hear about your wonderful experience with Trent, Caroline and the Inverloch team. Caroline is known for her amazi... Read more
ng design flair and Trent takes great pride in his craftsmanship so we are glad to hear that is exactly what you experienced. We are thrilled to hear you have your dream home and are sure you will continue to love your new Hotondo Home for many years to come! Kind regards, Hotondo Homes
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- VIC, Ararat
- Verified customer
In love with our Hotondo Home!
The staff were incredibly friendly and helpful from our first encounter, right through to the end. Their knowledge led us to an incredible block of land, and we were able to easily adapt our house design to meet our every need. We were kept informed throughout the building process and found communication with staff members in the office and on-site to be excellent. Our home is both stunning and comfortable. We are so grateful to Hotondo for making our dream a reality! I have and will continue to recommend Hotondo Ararat to anyone looking to build.
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Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Erica,
Thanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. It sounds like you had a wonderful experience with Russell, Jenny and the Ararat team! It is always so great to hear our teams have been ... Read more
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- VIC, Torquay
- Verified customer
"...man's home is his castle"
We wake from our home to see a beautiful view and the sun streaming in. Our home was a custom build. Scott our Designer was fantastic at making the most of the light and lay of the land. Our build was well managed. Darren our Site Manager was always contactable and Margie, Kerrie and Scott at Hotondo were always quick with a response to an email or call. The workmanship is very good (my husband is a carpenter, so very picky!). Our construction did take longer than anticipated, however, we built during a building boom in the area. We were aware...Read more
of costs throughout, and were tempted several times by upgrades. Our final cost was higher than estimated, but not outside of our budget. We love our home and thank Hotondo for their workmanship and professionalism.1 comment
Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Whitney,
Thanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. We are so happy to hear about your wonderful experience with the Torquay team. We're glad to hear the workmanship is such a standout fo... Read more
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JacJ79MELBOURNE
- 3 reviews
- VIC, Wallan
- Verified customer
Dream Home!!!
We completed our build with Hotondo Wallan just on 2 years ago. From the first inquiry to post construction service we cannot fault the Hotondo Wallan team. Building a home can be very stressful, and when making the biggest investment of your life you want to make the right choices. The Hotondo Wallen team are professional, flexible and made themselves available - even after many (many, many) emails or calls it was never a problem, they were always willing to help or provide guidance.. They were there every step of the way to answer your quest...Read more
ions. The finished product was more than we could of hoped for, with quality finishes and we were able to make the design entirely ours. We had very minimal problems, but they were fixed immediately with no issue. We would recommend this team to anyone, and couldn't be happier with the home the created for us.1 comment
Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi JacJ79,
Thanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. We're so happy to hear that even after two years you are still so thrilled with your experience. The Wallan team work incredibly hard to... Read more
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- VIC, South Morang
- Verified customer
Thank you for building our dream home Hotondo South Morang
We built our dream home with Hotondo and moved in in December 2022.
Darren, Kate (owners) and Ashley were excellent to deal with throughout the whole process. They made the whole build process very easy and provided weekly updates of the progress even including pictures. The quality of the build exceeded all our expectations, all our friends that work in the building industry commented how well the finish product was!
We could only find a few things that needed to be fixed after the handover and they have been very quick to rectify these i...Read more
tems. We cannot thank Hotondo Homes enough for building our dream home, a place where we can now start creating amazing memories! Thanks again team, we would recommend you to anyone wanting to build. Phill & Courtney1 comment
Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Phill and Courtney,
Thanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. We are so happy to hear about your wonderful experience with Darren, Kate and the South Morang team! Darren takes a lot of p... Read more
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- VIC, Wallan
- Verified customer
Great local builder
We originally didn’t expect to build, but explored builders in the local area and found Hotondo homes, thankfully!
The build was great and surprisingly not as stressful as we thought.
Staff kept us informed every step of the way, especially for each change and also the progress.
Any issues we had were handled with great communication, and were fixed in a timely fashion. It was a big advantage that the team and contractors were local, as any adjustments along the way could be processed straight away!
Our final cost was a little over budget, due to our own added adjustments, but the team ensured we could modify the plans to suit us and our budget in every way.
With the help of everyone involved it looks amazing! Thank you!
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Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Vanessa and Josh,
Thanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. We're so happy to hear you had such a great experience with The Wallan team. They are well-known for their fantastic customer ... Read more
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Amy HCentral Highlands and Goldfields, VIC
- VIC, Wallan
- Verified customer
Our Dream!
4 years ago we decided to build our dream home, after ample amounts of research we decided to go with Hotondo Homes Wallan for the reason of professionalism and quality. The professional advice and support we received throughout the processes leaving us stress free throughout the journey we have every thing we asked for and wanted under one roof and are so happy 4 years on.
We highly recommend the team at Hotondo Homes Wallan.
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Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Amy,
Thanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. It's fantastic to hear that even after years you are still so impressed with your experience with the team in Wallan. The team are very wel... Read more
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GlendaGippsland, VIC
- 2 reviews
- VIC, Warragul
- Verified customer
We adore out beautiful Hotondo Home
The entire experience of building with Jeff and Fiona was wonderful! They catered to our needs and wants in the design and construction of our forever home. Any follow ups have been dealt with promptly and professionally with no fuss or stress. Both Simon and myself would recommend them enthusiastically to anyone thinking of building now or in the future.
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Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Glenda and Simon,
Thanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. We are so happy to hear about your wonderful experience with Jeff, Fiona and the Warragul team. Jeff's years of experience rea... Read more
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Kyle MeyerCentral Highlands and Goldfields, VIC
- VIC, Wallan
- Verified customer
Love our house is perfect, builders were amazing to deal with and quality is really good.
Build was managed perfect, we were informed off everything that was going on weekly! Quality of the our home is perfect. We had a few little problems with getting permits and what not but they were all handled great. Pretty much perfect there were a few extra costs due to us upgrading a few things. All in all we are wrapped.
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Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Kyle,
Thanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. We are so happy to hear you had such a great experience with the team in Wallan. There can always been unexpected speed bumps that arise d... Read more
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AnnieCentral Highlands and Goldfields, VIC
- VIC, Wallan
- Verified customer
Great First Home Experience
As this is the first home we have ever built, we were very pleased with the whole process. We have heard stories of how 'difficult and stressful' building a house is, but we did not experience this with Hotondo (Waydon) Wallan. Every step of the way we were kept informed on the progress of the build and the team was friendly, easy going and helpful with all of our first home questions and concerns.
The build quality is quite good and you can see that Waydon take pride with their workmanship. There were a few minor hiccups along the way but the...Read more
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Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Annie,
Thanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. We are so glad to hear you were so happy with your building experience. Building for the first time can be extremely overwhelming so it i... Read more
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Crispy M n MGreater Melbourne (Outer), VIC
- VIC, Clyde
- Verified customer
Amazing Everything!!!
Florence has been absolutely amazing! My partner and I will always say service over price any day. Florence is absolutely honest, lovely and 100% on point. She will always take the time of her day to make the process as smooth as possible. We would also like to thank her for making this experience worth while especially as first home buyers, the stress levels are unreal and Florence really does ease that tension.
100% would highly recommend with flying colours!!
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Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Crispy M n M,
Thanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. We're so glad to hear your experience with the team has already started off on such a high! We completely understand how overwhelmi... Read more
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RustyCentral Highlands and Goldfields, VIC
- VIC, Wallan
- Verified customer
Fantastic experience
We really appreciated the way Waydon builders (hotondo) group approached our much loved home. They were very professional and really great to work with.
The trades were amazing and showed top workmanship. The communication between the office ladies and the supervisors were second to none.
We will definately build with them again.
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Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Rusty,
Thanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. We are so happy to hear you had such a great experience with the Wallan team. They really pride themselves on their phenomenal customer s... Read more
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- VIC, Warragul
- Verified customer
Quality First Home
We would like to thank Jeff, Fiona and the team for building our dream home, we could not be happier. Being our first time building we had no idea how much was involved in building a house. Luckily they made the process as simple as possible and from Start to Finish could not fault their workmanship. We would not hesitate in recommending Hotondo homes to anyone wanting to build a quality home.
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Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Lloyd,
Thanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. We are so happy to hear about your wonderful experience with Jeff, Fiona and the Warragul team. We know exactly how daunting building you... Read more
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- VIC, Ararat
- Verified customer
I'm delighted with my new home.
I have recently moved into my new Hotondo Home in Ararat. The project was very well managed from the initial discussions through to completion. The staff were friendly, helpful and knowledgeable, dealt with any issues quickly and efficiently and I found their colour consultant most helpful. The quality of the workmanship is excellent and importantly to me, local tradesmen were employed. Thanks to Russell & Jenny Pearse and their team at Hotondo Homes in Ararat for a job well done and I would certainly recommend them as the builders for your new home.
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Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Phillip,
Thanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. We are so happy to hear you had such a great experience with Russell, Jenny and the team from Ararat. It's always fantastic to hear tha... Read more
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Colin PWestern District, VIC
- VIC, Ararat
- Verified customer
We love our Hotondo Home
The team at Hotondo Ararat were fantastic, we are truly thankful for their support the entire way through the building process. Choosing and modifying our new home options was made easy thanks to Linda and Jennifer, Russell and Jenny were always welcoming and helpful and a big thankyou to Jessie our build supervisor on his first project he definately went above and beyond to ensure we got exactly what we wanted. Our family are very happy living in our new Hotondo home and highly recommend the Hotondo team in Ararat.
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Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Colin,
Thanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. We are so happy to hear about your wonderful experience with the Ararat team. We will definitely pass your great feedback onto Jessie. Th... Read more
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Missm
- 2 reviews
- VIC, Warragul
- Verified customer
Love my new home
Thanks Hotondo Warragul!
I absolutely love my Hotondo home so much. The workmanship and quality finish’s are amazing and exceeded my expectations by far right from start to finish and the service they offer after moving in as well. They assured us that if we had any issues they were there to help and resolve it! This is what makes Hotondo Warragul worth it in the end.. Thanks for being patient with us especially with any adjustments and the one million questions we threw at you sorry Jeff!! :) but thank you for getting our home completed before Christmas it meant the world to us. I would most definitely build with Hotondo again.
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Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Missm,
Thanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. It sounds like you had a wonderful experience with Jeff, Fiona and the Warragul team. We are so pleased to hear you really felt the love ... Read more
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Old mateCentral Highlands and Goldfields, VIC
- VIC, Wallan
- Verified customer
Hotondo wallan great to deal with. The fellas went the extra mile. Always happy to fix/ amend any issues.
The build was managed very well. Great conversation and communication levels.
Trades have left a little to be desired but all issues have been dealt with by great staff at Hotondo.
The final cost of the build was well within our budget and there was no hidden surprises at the end of the day.
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Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Old mate,
Thanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. We're so glad you enjoyed your experience with the team from Hotondo Homes Wallan. Thank you for your feedback regarding the trades, w... Read more
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jaidavinciCentral Highlands and Goldfields, VIC
- 5 reviews
- VIC, Ballarat
- Verified customer
Practically perfect in every way!
After a terrible customer service experience with a different builder and losing my deposit, I can honestly say that I wouldn't be in my new home if it wasn't for Brett and the team at Hotondo Homes, Ballarat.
Brett worked wonders to meet my concerns, budget, and specifications, yet he maintained all inclusions, and upon moving in I couldn't be happier! Other than two small hiccups - site supervisor changed half-way through, and build time went one week over - the end result is a high-quality (and overly customised) build for a sensational price. We moved in just before Christmas, which ensured the perfect end to 2022!
Hotondo might not ever want to deal with me again, as I'm super OCD, but I'd definitely build with them every time.
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Hi Jaidavinci,
Thanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. While we are sorry to hear about your poor experience initially with the other builder, we are so thrilled to hear the Ballarat team... Read more
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Questions & Answers
Andrew M.asked
Once deposit is paid how long till contracts are ready for the banks?
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In my experience Hotondo contracts were ready straight away and we had to wait for bank! Our build was complete from deposit to move in ahead of the twelve month time frame they gave us
Once all the colours and finishes etc are finalised the Contracts are ready for signing quite quickly.
Once signed they can go to the bank.
Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Andrew,
This can vary depending on each situation as a lot of factors can contribute to contracts being finalised including land being titled, colour selections etc. It's best to speak directly to your builder about time frames as they'll have the background knowledge on where everything is at.
Hope that helps.
Thanks - Rose
umesh r.asked
Anyone built with Hotondo near Werribee, Melbourne? and how is the experience? where can i find the standard inclusions? Do they offer custom builds?
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Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Umesh,
You can find our standard inclusions by visiting www.hotondo.com.au. We have three ranges of home designs which each have their own set of standard inclusions - Forever Retreat, Forever Sanctuary and Forever Oasis. Our builders also offer flexible floor plans meaning they can work with your to tailor our designs in order to suit your needs. Hope that helps.
Thanks,
Rose
Hi Umesh, Run from Hotondo mate, we are 13 months into our 4 month build - terrible experience
kk a.asked
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I have a sloping land in Doreen, just wondering if you have any suitable home designs or do you undertake split level construction.
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Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi kk a,
We definitely do undertake split level construction and have a range of home designs to suit sloping blocks depending on the fall of the land. We can also tailor our standard home designs to suit sloping blocks but again this will depend on the fall of the block. You can take a look at our split level home designs here https://hotondo.com.au/new-home-designs/?split=1 but it is best to discuss your options directly with the South Morang team who is the local builder for the area. The team would be happy to come out and visit the site to give you a better understanding of how it may work. You can find all the information about the South Morang team by visiting https://hotondo.com.au/home-builders/south-morang/.
Hope that helps!
Thanks - Rose
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Hugo B.Hotondo Homes
Hi Fay,
client feels comfortable and well-informed right throughout their experience. We're thrilled to hear your dream home is now a reality and are sure you will love living in your new Hotondo Home for many years to come. Kind regards, Hotondo HomesThanks for taking the time to review Hotondo Homes. We are so happy to hear about your wonderful experience with the Inverloch team. Trent and Caz work extremely hard to ensure each and every... Read more