LeapaiSouth East Queensland, QLD
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Sales consultant is amazing, Megan _ I have ever seen like her. Very helpful.
My husband and myself have been to lots builder but we choose Valeco. We are very thankful to sales consultant Megan especially she guides us very well. We never built house ever. Valeco helps us to built our dream home. Love it. Later at end we have different supervisor his name also was John, he is very supportive. Wish we could get him earlier as we starting build our home.
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Ant H.South East Queensland, QLD
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Valeco don't Follow up
Sales process and drafting at sales time was good, but everything after that was about 2/5. To try to keep it short and punchy I have done it in dot points below;
> 3 different Supervisors during build (2nd was one of the Valeco owners who made a few mistakes; like pouring the house slab too low). 1st & 2nd Supervisor avoided any direct contact, only contcact was via my Valeco Admin contact.
> Was nearly 3mths late for handover at end of November 2018. But then the day before that handover date Valeco came clean with me that the house slab was ...Read more
poured too low and the certifier would not sign off the house (house not deemed habitable). Because we could not move in the new house at that time, I had to move our whole house of contents into storage and move my family of 5 into temporary accommodation (horrible and costly time for our whole family). To date Valeco have not provided any compensation for their building mistake and were un-helpful in the whole painful experienced caused by their mistake. One of the Owners has spent that last 5mths pretending he will get back to me. The old Avoid, Avoid and Avoid technique. I will eventually get it sorted through QBCC/QCAT because it was a very clear breach of contract, but QBCC/QCAT process is slow. House was nearly 4mths late at the final/final handover on 21st Dec 2018. > Defects list was ignored for 5mths after handover, until I registered the defects/complaints list with the QBCC, Valeco have recently fixed some of the defects/complaint list, but only after they were contacted by the QBCC.
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First Home With ValEco Homes
Our experience with ValEco Homes :
Our first encounter with ValEco homes was pleasant and ultimately what drew us to them as a company to build our first home. As with all sales consultants, their job is to sell you their homes/builder. Dean on the other hand was more interested in us and our block and whatever else that came along with it. We felt he genuinely wanted to help, he asked for our lot disclosure plan so he could identify any problems or things that would concern him as if it was his own block. We found this extremely helpful, and...Read more
we really appreciated that Dean didn’t try and push ValEco Homes on us, like all other sales consultants (which is very off putting). After a few emails back and forth, we decided this is who we wanted to build our home. ValEco allowed us to customize plans to suit our needs, and allowed many, many changes during the drawing/planning process. They also had a fair amount of standard inclusions, that other companies didn’t offer as standard. There was also a promotion on at the time, which we also felt was of great value (lots of family and friends were surprised what the promotion included for a small price tag). Dean was extremely helpful, always happy to answer any questions we had and put any worries at ease. He was extremely patient with our plan/design changes, and was more than happy to plan/build a house that met our requirements. Anything throughout the process that Dean felt wasn’t necessary, he was honest and told us upfront (he wasn’t pushy). Our colour selection process was nice and easy. Katherine was lovely to work with and was able to guide us with our colours to get the look we were aiming for.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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HasalaSouth East Queensland, QLD
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Great experience building our home with Valeco
We definitely made a great choice by selecting Valeco to build our dream home. The building process has been a great experience from the beginning and we are extremely happy with the final build quality.
Very impressed with the support Greg Colbert gave us since the start of the process. He was instrumental in helping customizing the design we picked to suit our needs and preferences while keeping the cost within the budgetary constraints. His knowledge and professionalism helped us to make correct design choices and most of all, guided us in ...Read more
making the hard compromises when required. The approval process was a breeze and Valeco handled everything well on our behalf. Had a great experience in the colour selection as well. Katherine Mousavi guided us through the process extremely well. She was very patient and gave us the right tips to pick the best choices and combinations. If building a house is stressful, doing that while living in another state, as in our case, can be really hectic. This is where Peter Titov did an amazing job so that we never had to worry about the progress of work or any other issues. Understanding that we cannot visit often, Peter sent us regular updates through videos and photos, which really kept us excited. He also managed the whole building process extremely well, resulting the house being completed way ahead of schedule and us moving in early. The overall build quality is excellent and Peter organized people to come in and fix couple of minor defects we pointed out. The ultimate proof of customer satisfaction is repeat sales and after witnessing our great experience, my wife’s brother is also building with Valeco at the moment. We will also not think twice in selecting Valeco if we decide to build a house again.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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All settled in to our new Valeco home!
We would like to express our thanks to the awesome team at Valeco Homes.
As first-time home builders, we had little idea of what was involved in the building process. With the help and guidance of the Valeco team, we completed our build with a minimum of stress.
From day one, Dean helped us design a home comprising the features we needed and brilliant inclusions, all within our budget. Dean's enthusiasm for the building process is infectious!
The admin staff at Valeco were amazing. Nothing was too much trouble, and every time we needed in...Read more
formation from them, they would have a response for us the same day. Building a new home could potentially be very stressful, and it gave us peace of mind knowing that we would have a professional response to any queries straight away. The building stage was completed without any major hitches. It was a deeply satisfying feeling to drive past our lot every weekend and see our new home taking shape. We have now been living in our new home for several months, and if we ever decide to build again, Valeco will be our first port of call. I would have no hesitation in recommending Valeco as a home builder.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
Sal K.South East Queensland, QLD
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Beautiful Home / Value for money
This is the first time we have built with Valeco Homes and we are happy with the result.
Sales Process: (5 Star) We had a wonderful time dealing with Dean Allison at the Springfield Lakes Display Village. If it wasn't for Dean’s professionalism, extensive knowledge, transparency and excellent customer service we wouldn't have signed on with Valeco.
Colour Selection: (5 Star) We have built a new house with another builder and having a reasonable idea of what we wanted certainly made this process a whole lot easier. Our colour consultant was ha...Read more
ppy to help us out and make sure that everything flowed nicely. Build process: (4 Star) Overall experience is good except the followings: Plumbers should have checked the invert level of the sewer connection point before they commenced their under-slab pipe works. As a result of deep plumbing works, the existing sewer property connection had to be dropped with an extra 4k payment to the authorities. The quality of the bathroom tiling is not acceptable, there are no matching lines and there are bad edges. Unfortunately, the supervisor could not do anything about it even if we pointed out these problems during the construction. Apart from the above, we are happy with the quality of the build.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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First Home Owners with Satisfaction
At the start, my wife and I were little nervous in trying to choose the right design for our first home to suit our little family. We started looking around other builders but most were out of price range and their promotions weren't great. I have friend and work college who had built with Valeco Homes and have recommended them so we decided to sit down with Dean Allison at Springfields and he was most helpful in explaining and guiding us with the floor plans and has been much helpful even during the building stages.
The construction at start s...Read more
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Another Great Build by ValEco Homes
ValEco Homes recently finished ( build No.365) our 3rd build ( investment home ) with them in 4 years and we could not be happier.
We first came across ValEco Homes when we were doing the display home circuit, as our 1st build was an investment i was looking for 3 things when visiting every company. 1st- inclusions for price, 2nd- value for size, 3rd- quality of finish. After getting base prices back for similar size houses with their inclusions there was only 1 that came back with a true turn key home that had the best inclusions in the bas...Read more
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VijaySouth East Queensland, QLD
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Experience of getting our First Home built with Valeco is been Good
- To start with Sales, Dealing with Dean Allison at Springfields been a very good, he was good at explaining things well and been very supportive,was genuine, honest and helpful.
- Color selection process and support in showing the items related to color selection and suggestions provided were very good.
- Then the construction Work, our site supervisor Simon Taylor is very good at his work. He know his work very well, and was always informative.
- A part from above, as the work is done by humans, i understand there will be human errors which ...Read more
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Kristie and LukeSouth East Queensland, QLD
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Happy first home owners
While our build was not without its hiccups, as all builds are, we had a good experience with Valeco.
Dean, the sales consultant at the Springfield display, was genuine, honest and helpful throughout the entire experience. Dean helped draw up our original plans, took care of our many design changes (this was a big factor in our decision to build with Valeco - most changes to the plan are free of charge) and helped us through the contract process.
Colour selection was made easier with lots of samples available in the showroom and upgrades and ch...Read more
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john carrierGippsland, VIC
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We love it
We had visited a Valeco Display home In Sovereign Pocket Deebing Heights 18 Months/2 years ago
and were very impressed . We first started this journey with Valeco Homes in Jan 2018 whilst still living in Victoria.
Our daughter who lives in the area made an appointment with there consultant in Springfield Lakes Dean Allison explaining to him what our requirements were, how much we were prepared to spend etc. After selecting a design from there catalogue and bearing in mind to the size of a block we had opted for and as our land wasn't being ...Read more
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Meagan and ClaytonSouth East Queensland, QLD
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Very happy customers
We are extremely happy with the end result of our Valeco Home. Being our first build we had many questions and a few things we weren't too sure about. Greg at the Newport display home was patient and helpful offering ideas and answering our many questions. The plans were flexible and we were able to customise the layout to suit our needs from the get go. Very happy with the standard inclusions and the price of the upgrades we selected.
Our build supervisor Pete was amazing. As we were living interstate during the build it was wonderful to...Read more
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Our first family Home EXCEPTIONAL
Our experience with Valeco home was quite exceptional from start to finish. Our first encounter with Greg at Newport Display centre was terrific from the outset we knew we were in great hands. He was extremely helpful as this was our very first time building a home. He was very patient with all our requests and countless never ending phone calls and visits to design the perfect house for us. We then went on to see Katherine for our colour consult and again the service was wonderful. Our project supervisor Pete was and remains the best project ...Read more
supervisor. We were informed and updated of every stage and He was happy to take us for walkthroughs and explain the process to us. Pete would always do the walk through with our build plan and would ask if everything was as it stated on the plan. We found this helpful because issues were identified quite early and were rectified quite quickly. We are very happy in our new home and would recommend Valeco without any reservationsSimilar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
Mike McSouth East Queensland, QLD
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Awesome home
My experience with Valeco homes was awesome, it was just easy. I met Megan in the display home at Burpengary East, from the start Megan was very accommodating customising my home to suit my wants and needs, she was there for me the whole way through my build.
My site supervisor Pete was a legend. He was very knowledgeable and worked with me the whole way through.
Megan is the best in the industry, I looked around at many builders and she was the one I kept going back to and I am glad I chose Megan and Valeco to build my home.
Having Pete as my supervisor made my overall experience excellent.
When I do this again, I will build with Valeco and work with Megan and Pete.
Thanks for an awesome home guys.
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Our first family home.
Our experience with Valeco was very good from start to finish.
Our journey started with Dean from the sales office in Springfield Lakes, he was extremely helpful and patient with us, as this was our first time building in Australia. Dean guided us through with lots of advice, ideas and he always responded in a timely manner with answers to many of our questions.
The colour selection process was really smooth and we were guided through all our ideas with professional interior and exterior design ideas. We added on a few luxury extras but this...Read more
was not pushed upon us. Our build went extremely well. It was completed in the estimated time frame. We didnt come across any issues or problems. The only negative part of the build was communication from the site supervisor which was limited and no updates were given. This was resolved through contact with a manager. The build quality and workmanship was really good and we are really pleased with the outcome. We have lived here for 6 months now and we only had 2 minor problems with plumbing and both were dealt with promptly. Overall we are very happy with our house and pool.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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The Short FamilySouth East Queensland, QLD
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ABSOLUTELY THRILLED WITH OUR DREAM HOME!
Our experience with Valeco homes was simply wonderful and beyond our expectations. Our Journey began with a visit to their website and our first meeting was with Megan in the display home we were interested in. From the very moment we met with Megan to the very end when we were handed the keys, our journey was a fabulous one full of excitement and exceeded expectations.
Our site supervisor Pete was an absolute legend and worked his backside off to make sure we were in our home as quick as we could – and never once did that come at the comp...Read more
romise of quality! He was flexible, attentive and very thorough in his communication with us as the customer. Just call Megan now if you are thinking about building a home and forget wasting your time with other builders and their reps (we spent plenty of wasted time on that) We wouldn’t even bother discussing a build with someone else in the future – if we do this again, we will use Valeco and insist on working with Megan and Pete! So now you have the summary, for those of you particularly interested in the detail and our Journey…. Read on! After securing a block of land off the plan in Newport QLD, we started to research builders online and poured over hundreds of floor plans. As a large family (Mum, Dad, & kids 20,18,13,12), we had very specific requirements that we wanted to achieve so the house functioned effectively for us all. We found the Mandalay floor plan was close to what we wanted, and we met Megan at their original display home for this build in Burpengary East. Here’s what we loved about the process:Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
Sarah B.South East Queensland, QLD
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Don't do it.
We built on the south side and it was a very poorly managed build. The worst communication and still waiting on defects to be fixed over 12 months later. Workmanship poor as all outsourced to terrible tradies who didn't show up, painted the carpet, missed painting behind doors, dripped paint all inside kitchen cabinets .. just pure laziness. Husband was onsite more than the site manager which was lucky as otherwise windows would've been in the wrong place among other things. Do not buy a Hume front door as they are so poorly finished it's an...Read more
embarrassment. If you run the ducted air con under 24 degrees it will leak and cause water stains on the ceiling. Found that out the hard way. Electrical shorted twice due to loose wiring. The company has such high staff turnover that no-one seems to know what is going on. Have clearly grown too big too quickly and can't handle the workload.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
Bruce and BronwynMango Hill
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3 builds with Valeco - each great homes
Before deciding on a builder, we went through all the different company display homes and their inclusions and pricing - found a really helpful salesman Greg at North Lakes display home and then again at Newport with Valeco Homes. Very professional and explained different options, always helpful. Also found that Valeco had the best inclusions, so many other builders had optional extras that were included in the basic plans with Valeco. First two homes had the same site supervisor, different one on the 3rd home, Peter always happy to supply ans...Read more
wers to our many questions through the build processes. Some small issues along the way in each build but staff always listened and actioned the problems promptly. We wouldn't have built 3 times with Valeco if we weren't happy with the homes. Pricing right on track with each home too, no nasty surprises there. We are now staying put, but have been happy to send our son and his wife to Valeco and Greg to design their next home.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
BeckBrisbane
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Happy Home owners!
For those of you obviously on product review researching builders, here is an honest opinion from 2 fussy and particular home owners.
We decided to build with Valeco 3 years ago as friends and family were building with big builders and the customer service wasn’t as prompt and personalised as it was with Valeco.
Dean at Springfield lakes was very patient and helpful with our custom build and is truly an asset for the company with his energetic attitude and thorough understanding of the whole building process.
Tammy is especially helpful w...Read more
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CarlBrisbane
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Couldn't be happier!
In April 2018, my mortgage broker recommended Valeco Homes to me after I mentioned I felt kind of indifferent about another builder I was considering at the time. Out of curiosity, I went to the display home at Springfield Lakes. I was immediately impressed by Dean’s straightforwardness and positive can-do attitude. The design of their homes and their ability to customize and work to any budget were equally impressive, my own design and cost changed a few times before I finally decided what I wanted and it was no problem at all, Dean was noth...Read more
ing but patient and helpful. My colour consultant, Katherine, was brilliant. She is very good at what she does and helped me make the idea of what I wanted in my head come to fruition. The finished product looks absolutely stunning, Katherine, thanks so much. I think I found the actual building process the most daunting, being my first home and not knowing what to expect. Building supervisor Simon was great though, very approachable, always available to answer questions and kept me informed for the duration of the build. I also found Simon to be very honest and willing to take the time to make sure you’re looked after properly even after completion. During my practical completion inspection, Simon actually pointed out a couple of very minor errors that there was no way I would have noticed on my own and organized with me for Valeco to come back and fix them at a later date (build quality was good, these were just small cosmetic issues). I think this kind of integrity is rare nowadays and very much an asset to Valeco Homes. In the end, I moved into my amazing new home in Spring Mountain four days before Christmas, two months earlier than expected and I’ve never had a nicer Christmas surprise. I’m glad Valeco Homes gave me the opportunity early on to tweak designs etc to exactly what I wanted, the end result is a beautiful and unique home (within budget mind you) that I adore and am so proud of in a street full of boring brick boxes. Thank you very much guys, I couldn’t be happier.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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J Faliguerhoasked
Looking for Valeco tiler who worked on site supervisor Peter Titov jobs
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Spannaasked
Hi. Does anybody know who ValEco used to install the driveway (Brisbane North)?
Also I never had my defects list completed, after months of calls and emails I went in (Before they closed doors) and they said “it’s too late”!!
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Baybreezeasked
My husband and I are trying to source the aluminium balustrade company Valeco used, in order to finish our build, as a result of them going into liquidation. Would anyone know who they used? Thanks in advance
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john carrier
I sadly forgot to mention our Colour Consultant Katherine Mousavi who walk us through the challenging task of choosing a colour palate which on completion has all worked so thank you very much fo your effort