G.J. Gardner Homes TAS

RUN !! – If I could give 0 stars I would. The Franchisor is just as morally bankrupt for not giving a damn about the incompetent and dishonest franchisee in their network. They don’t give a toss if Hobart is trashing the GJ name. Their solution is to just sell the franchise to someone else and leave existing customers high and dry. The Hobart franchisee… Read more

continues to destroy peoples lives with absolutely no acknowledgement of their own astonishing ineptitude and lack of financial management. Avoid any dealings with GJ Gardner - they don’t deserve to be in business.

Do not build with GJ Hobart – The worst customer service experience of our entire lives. Sales people are very good at their jobs and will suck you in (hence why most of their good reviews are from people who haven't commenced building yet), but as soon as the build starts you will be in for a world of pain. Our house was "completed" months later than it should have been with… Read more

a defects list that was 40 pages long — some of which we are still waiting to have fixed 10 months later, and some that cannot be fixed. We had an independent building inspector look at the house before we moved in and he described it as the worst house he had ever been to. If you are considering building with GJ Hobart, I strongly encourage you to pick a different builder — the cheaper quote is not worth the pain.

We're not alone either. We live in an estate of new houses and have chatted to many GJ customers and have yet to meet one that was happy with their build. Unfortunately most weren't in a position to be able to share their story and leave a review such as this, as they were still waiting on issues to be resolved or their house to be completed and didn't want to be punished for speaking out.

First home build, great experience – We never thought we would build a brand new home, so we approached the process with caution and a lot of questions. Initially Aaron our new homes consultant was incredibly helpful in choosing our design and making it fit our budget. The entire process was smooth from start to finish and any questions we had were answered promptly and expertly. … Read more ·  1

He was transparent from the get go, even advising us that generally first home builders don't chose GJ Gardener as they tend to be more expensive but promise superior build quality compared to other companies.

Due to COVID we were cautious to start the build but Ludek and Adele were extremely helpful and re-assuring that nothing was stopping them from completing the build.

Our initial site supervisor was Darren and he was great in keeping us up to date with the progress and answering any questions. Unfortunately mid way through the build he accepted a position elsewhere so we had a few weeks delay with no real progress as we waited for another supervisor to be appointed.

Jason was then appointed as our supervisor and things moved at a whirlwind pace. This was the most exciting and nervous time for us as the build approached completion and all the final details went onto the house. Jason was calm and collected through the whole process, reassuring us every step of the way and even going out of his way to make sure our house was finished 8 weeks prior to the contracted hand over date. Without Jason we would still likely be waiting to move into our new home so we are forever grateful to him. It's not often you meet someone so professional that you can trust 100%, that they will listen and follow up with you every step of the way.

We must also express our thanks to Bree and Lenka during the final weeks as we approached hand over. They were efficient and easy to deal with as we arranged details such as the occupancy certificate, final bank transfer and finalising our account.

Overall our experience was very positive, we never felt a burden even though we knew sometimes we were stressing and asking thousands of questions.

We would not hesitate to recommend GJ Hobart West!

Building with GJ Garden homes Hobart west – Our very first home we built with G J Garden homes Hobart west. The people we encountered through out our building Experience was was nothing short of amazing my husband and I love our new home! First we meet with Aaron I have never known some one to engage/sell with people with such passion and honesty he truly believed and loved G J homes and… Read more ·  1

that was clear the way he sold us in designs and how he encouraged us to change the design to suit our wants and needs some other builders we look at were more stuck on their design and not willing to move much with out costing a fortune the design didn’t fit us perfectly it was Aaron who Made the design into a perfect first home for us on paper he knew everything from front to back so Informative we made a great friend the day we walked into that office. We then meet Lenka and ludek what lovely people although we only meet a few times when the bank mucked about Lenka was so understanding and kind to us which made the building process so much easier on us Meg was THE most amazing young lady I have ever met, no matter what I wanted she listened every single time my useless, excited, nervous, rambling phone calls that girl deserves a medal for putting up with me through out build no matter what I needed or wanted to know she was there the amount of times I changed my mind in Taps, wardrobe, no wardrobe, lights I made soo many changes I’m amazed we got a home at all but Meg she was there and ready to help I couldn’t tell you In words how hard that girl works GJ is a better company for her being there. Then we meet David what a guy he truly is such an amazing asset to this company Ofcourse when humans are building something there is bound to be mistakes, mishaps, misunderstanding or miscommunication but the very few there were this man right here FIXED everything nothing I called to have fixed or changed or upgraded he talked to me with honesty and respect if it couldn’t be done right there and then he kept me informed of when it was going to happen and I feel honesty goes along way, Dave is amazing In his job and truly you couldn’t get a better man for the job. The home we were given on hand over was nothing short of perfect everything we had dreamed of was built with such care and respect. There were no hidden costs unless I upgraded and I was given plenty of notice of how much that upgrade would cost we ever upgraded our insulation THE DAY BEFORE it was due to be installed not anything I asked for was questioned. One mishap was our pantry ( was my fault for changing so much) however when it was realised I got a WAY bigger pantry and matching door handles and all at no extra cost! The day we walked into G J garden homes Hobart west we made a whole new family and we love them

Alicia & brad Medhurst

Fantastic job by GJ Gardner, West Hobart! – My wife and I are ABSOLUTELY IMPRESSED with Josh Laredo, GJ Gardner new home consultant. Within a short time of taking over the planning of our dream home project, Josh has made incredible progress. Josh is patient, prompt, courteous, amazingly attentive to details, very responsive, thorough, accomodating, dedicated and knows his stuff well. He’s… Read more ·  1

an asset to his company. We are so thankful and blessed to have Josh with us on this journey. Now we can rest easy, knowing that our project is in good hands. Akin

Highly Recommend – What a great experience dealing with kylie she is conscience and passionate in her work. What a great person. Bree in administration, what a little sweetie very supportive. We were fortunate to catch up with david &jan Would like to thank them both for their help, and looking forward to their expertise. Show details ·  1

Fantastic customer service – My husband and I couldn't recommend Josh Lardeo enough for the wonderful customer service he has provided getting the planning of our forever home underway. He has always been honest, prompt and easy going throughout the planning process. Assisting with getting the plans just right for our family, our land and our budget has never been to much… Read more ·  1

effort (even with my annoying questions and indecisiveness). Josh is patient and flexible - he is always happy to work around our busy work and family schedules for appointments.

The worst builder in Hobart – I wish I had a time machine so we could go back in time and tell our past selves to choose a different builder. Our experience has been and continues to be awful. We moved into our house several months after it was due to be completed with a defects list dozens of pages long. Some of the issues we faced included: - the frame of the house… Read more

overhanging the slab - capping not installed on cladding causing water to leak in through the walls - no plumbing at all under our bath and no taps in our bathrooms when our house was apparently "finished" - scratches/chips/dents/stains in our flooring along with hundreds more defects, some of which we're still waiting to be fixed almost a year later.

If you're thinking of building with GJ Hobart, I encourage you to chat to others who have built with them and tradies that have worked for them. You will quickly change your mind and look for a different builder.

Went into liquidation don't touch them – I will share detailed comment later. We are still building over 12 months into a 12 month build and not on track to meet Practical Completion date (still no plaster). Milestones not being met. Giving GJ a last opportunity to provide the service they promised. Any work done at the pre sign on stage is definitely not coming to fruition during the… Read more

build. Excuses come think and fast and no acceptance of issues along the way. Come on GJ lift your game I would like to update this with something positive although you are not making it easy.

We have been given a new completion date of 30 April 2024 only because we requested one, nothing provided unless we ask. I will update this review at that point or where there is further lack of progress. Here is your chance GJ HOBART. Meet the new timeframe.

Turns out I have more to update you on. Once again, I will hold back on a number of items and focus on the main one. Weekly commitments were made upon offer of a new completion date. NONE OF THESE HAVE BEEN MET. More excuses coming and significantly no engagement on an agreed way forward that would be fair. Still a little bit of time left to do what you say you will. GJ Gardener Hobart over to you.

Worst experience ever – Our experience building with GJ Gardner Homes, Hobart West has been absolutely terrible. Anyone who is considering building with this company should definitely think again. We were looking to build our first home and after doing some research and meeting with a few companies we eventually signed on with Gj's in late 2016. The initial… Read more

consultations and selecting a design were fantastic and everything sounded like it was going to be perfect. however, It turned out to be anything but perfect. The entire build, from beginning to end (and beyond) has been both frustrating and so badly managed that it is almost amusing. What we have endured throughout this build is totally unacceptable and you should avoid this company if you are ever thinking of building. I will explain our experience with GJ Gardner Hobart West in further detail below for those interested.

After our initial consultation with a Gj's sales rep, we signed on to build with them. It all starts to go downhill from here. After going back and forth with architects about our design plan we finally settled and signed off on a plan we were happy with. Not long after this we received a call from the franchise owner saying they would not be able to do a concrete slab like normal but instead would have to do a suspended timber floor. It is important to note that we were building a two story house on a downward sloping block and after a conversation about why we couldn't have concrete we were still a little bit unsure but happy for them to change it to suspended timber in order to not delay anything further. (As a result of this we now have a 1.5m drop from our downstairs sliding door to our backyard which we will now need to build a deck off in order to ever be able to use it).

After all this, a few other hiccups, and what seemed like forever, all appropriate paperwork (Plans, Approvals, contracts etc) were finalised and we finally received our conformation of commencement of the build on 1st May, 2017. It is important to note this was a 120 day until house completion contract.

We were assigned a Site Supervisor who had just started with the company and from the get go (his fault or not) he was clearly not up to supervising our build. He was unable to answer many questions and when we had any problems he didn't seem to know how to resolve them. After a month or so this supervisor was 'no longer working for GJ' however we were never informed why or even who would be now supervising. (we only ended up finding out he didn't work for them anymore as we rang him for an update on the house and he told us himself he wasn't working for them anymore). We actually ended up having 4 different supervisors throughout the build (yes, 4 supervisors over a 4 month build) and each time we had a new one we seemed to be back at square 1 (three actually quit the company in this time)

At the bricking stage of the lower level we noticed the brickies had put one row of the wrong coloured bricks in. I have no idea how this is even possible but luckily we noticed it early on. This issue was eventually resolved towards the end of the build but still had to be picked up by us and had we not said anything the whole house would have been built in the wrong colour brick.

In our original design plan we agreed to have an oversized large window in our living room. Once we were at glazing stage we were told we couldn't have the window size we agreed on (still unsure why) and would have to have a smaller one. Again we were not happy but eventually agreed as we did not want things falling behind. After all windows were installed, we were going through the house and noticed every single window (all 14) were single glazed. We had previously upgraded (an extra $10,000) to double glazed before signing our contract. We raised this with our supervisor at the time and he said 'he would have to look into it'. Although we constantly kept asking about the issue we never heard anything back but one day noticed all windows were ripped out and new double glazed ones were installed (not sure what would have happened if we didn't pick up on this)

At the tiling stage, the tiler installed the wrong coloured tile as our splash-back. We raised this issue only to be told the ones we had originally picked out were not available (tiles had been sitting here for a long time before commencing of tiling, but ones we picked out were not delivered yet no-one seemed to realise) and we would have to pick something else or wait until after Christmas . We again had to compromise and pick something else.

There were a few other minor issues, which you can expect throughout a build, but at tiling stage we were finally, after many many weeks of asking, given a move in date. This was December 14th.

The house did not even look like being done by then but it is the date we all agreed on as they were all on holidays the week after this (this is well and truly over the contracted time anyway).

We were finally moving into our house and thought although everything that happened throughout the build was stressful and annoying and the build had blown out well beyond the contracted date we were finally going to have our first home together. We met the franchise owner at handover and everything looked perfect, we thought nothing could go wrong now. Boy were we wrong..

We got given the keys and everyone was happy, that was until we went to drive our car into our garage. The engineer had managed to stuff up the angle calculations of the driveway and our car could not go in to the garage as it would scrape on the drive and pull the whole bumper off. This was the tip of the iceberg and we had had enough and refused to be pushed over and "compromise" anymore. The franchise owner assured us this would be fixed.

The first night of moving in we had no hot water at all. We thought ok maybe it takes a while to heat up, we gave it 24 hours and still nothing. We tried calling the franchise owner and like every other single time you try calling him he did not answer. It was a weekend and we did not know who to call. After ringing around we managed to get hold of a GJ worker who was able to contact him and who he happened to answer and we were told a plumber would come look at it the following day. We were without hot water in a brand new house for nearly 48 hrs. It turned out to be a broken element in the hot water cylinder but the fact we couldn't get in contact with someone about this was a disgrace.

After Christmas and new year we had still not heard anything about the driveway. This was now becoming very inconvenient. We have a young baby and for over a month have had to carry her from the street, down the drive and into the house and make multiple trips up and down when doing groceries. So again we had to call and try and find out what was happening. After going back and forth for well over a week someone eventually came up and the plan was to rip the whole drive out and start again. We were happy as long as it would be fixed.

While this was being organised, an electrician had to come back and fix a few things he missed when doing the electrical work on our house. He was up in the roof and almost beyond belief he put his foot through our ceiling. We now have a crack in the ceiling and still waiting for someone to come fix this.

After weeks of waiting and days of listening to extremely loud concrete cutting machines our old driveway was ripped up and our new driveway was poured and we were told to wait 7 days until we drove on it. We waited patiently as our driveway and front yard looked like a tip due to ripped up excess concrete, timber, and other debris that was just left behind. After 7 days had passed we tried to call the franchise owner (no answer) so sent a text requesting the front yard be cleaned up so that we could drive on the driveway.

That brings us to today 6/2/17. the concreters came back and cleaned up and we were ready to test out the new driveway. We thought great, we will finally be able to use our garage. but no, we AGAIN could not get the car in there without scraping the front bumper. I would say we were surprised but we aren't. We again tried to contact the franchise owner today to talk about the issue but surprise surprise he will not answer.

I honestly can not explain how bad this experience has been, nor can i list all of the things that went wrong/are wrong with the house. There are other issues such as terrible paintwork, scratched/chipped benchtops, paint stained tiles/floorboards, poorly hung doors, stained bricks, bowing doors, dented garage door, i could go on forever.

My main reason for leaving this review is to warn any person thinking of building with GJ Gardner Hobart West to seriously think twice. The worst part in a strange way isn't even the things that have gone wrong, it is the lack of communication and care. it is non existent and whenever you had an issue to raise you would hardly ever get a straight answer (that is when they did actually answer the phone) and it took at least multiple phone calls about the same issue before they would even do anything about it. The owner does not seem to care about the reputation of his business at all and as long as they get their money they dont care. We paid our money in good faith that our house would be the dream home we were promised at the beginning. Instead we are left feeling ripped off, disappointed and to be honest quite sad - this was supposed to be one of the best experiences of our lives... and the worst part is the franchise owner could not care less.

I can not stress enough, do not build with GJ Gardner Homes, Hobart West.

Amazing Service – Late last year I had a 2 hour meeting with Josh Laredo after meeting him at one of their display homes and when he made quite an impression. From the moment I met Josh, I knew I was in safe hands. He exuded warmth and friendliness; and I was impressed by his honesty, knowledge, advice, communication skills and professionalism. Josh really took… Read more ·  1

the time to understand what style I was going for. He was even happy to stay back after hours in his own (unpaid) time to continue the meeting.

Josh also offered to drive out and view my block of land and nothing seemed to be too hard for him. He was very flexible and always responded promptly to emails and calls.

Due to my circumstances, I unfortunately couldn’t go through with the build with GJ Gardner, which was a real disappointment. However I would highly recommend Josh to anyone interested in building.

Thank you so much Josh for your valuable time, I really appreciated it. You’re a real asset to the team!

Love our home – Well, where to start. Thank you so very much GJ Gardner for our new home. We love it. Ludek and the whole team have bent over backward to help us with every step of our journey. Everyone is so polite and respectful, and nothing was too hard. As first time builders, we didn't know much. They helped us understand each and every step. There have… Read more ·  1

been teething problems after hand over. Jason, our site supervisor, has fixed every problem without fuss. You are awesome Jason, and you know your stuff. Thank you. We have totally fallen in love with our new home. I whole heartedly recommend GJ Gardner for your new build.

Great Experience – After loosing our house to a fire, the team at Moonah GJ were so supportive and helpful in the rebuild. It was built in record time and the house is pretty well perfect and they were quick to fix any slight issues we had. Everything is exactly how we pictured it. The whole process was relatively smooth and the communication was fantastic. No… Read more ·  1

question or phone call was ever a hassle for the girls on the front desk and were always happy to help with enquiries. Charlie was always happy to make time for us on site and explained what was happening with weekly updates. Highly Recommend these guys, the customer service was top notch.

BUILDING WITH G.J.GARDNER MOONAH – Our experience started with visiting a G.J.Gardner Display home at Tranmere and meeting the wonderful Lillian, Marketing Consultant who showed us around. She then went through what we were looking for and after a couple of weeks we basically had designed our new house. Lillian was so helpful, professional and listened to what we wanted, which to… Read more ·  1

us was most important. The process continued over the coming months going through plans, fit outs, paint colours, cladding and so on. All G.J.Gardner Moonah staff whom we dealt with along the way including the very switched on Adele and Meg were all so helpful and very friendly. The only problems we had were with the Council and getting our plans approved with various delays. Eventually we got our D.A and the build began. We then had Damien and Dave looking after us, who again were fantastic to deal with keeping us informed of our building progress. Unfortunately Damien moved on but Dave the took the Site Supervisor control and our new home started to grow quite quickly with all the trades providing a professional and quality service and also were wonderful to deal with, especially Terren the Sparky and Phil the chippy. Any problems we had, we changed a couple of things, such as a door, window and room design but it was never a problem, we spoke with Dave and it was done . Also the fixed price contract is an excellent way to go, paying after each section is completed such as after the slab was complete, after framing etc We are now at lock up stage and couldn't be happier, we are loving the way the house is looking and cannot wait to move in. Thank you Ludek, Lenka, Dave, Lillian, Adele and all the G.J.Gardner Moonah crew...bring on hand over day!! Cheers Glenn and Joanna.

G.J. Gardner Launceston Made The Whole Building Process Simple and Stress Free – My husband and I were so happy with the service provided to us by GJ Gardener Launceston. They made the whole building process extremely simple and stress free which is exactly what we needed! Their staff are extremely helpful and nothing is too much trouble, they also gave us constant updates on how the build was progressing. We love our new home and could not rate them high enough! Show details ·  1

Awesome experience – From our initial contact with Sales Consultant Craig our experience with GJ Gardner was nothing short of professional,friendly, and obvious to us that this was the company to build our home. We built from interstate with most communications via phone, email or text. Craig together with Gary the builder & Danae in the office constantly kept us… Read more ·  1

informed & updated through the whole building process including progress photos which was very reassuring and absolutely stress free.

An AMAZING experience .. THANK YOU !!!

Excellent service matching the quality of build! Definitely Recommend GJ Gardner Hobart!!! – Throughout every stage of the planning right up until the handover of the keys the staff at GJ Gardner in Hobart - West were amazing, the communication and prompt service made building our first home a lot easier than we were initially thinking it would be seeing how others have experienced the process with other companies. Any concerns I had… Read more ·  1

regarding certain issues were addressed immediately and hats off to the office staff of Meg, Lillian, Nathan and Adele for putting up with me for all my requests and relieving my stress! When I first approached GJ Gardner I met Aaron who managed to take my poor description of what I was trying to achieve and turn it into a house that we are so very happy with. Throughout the process of dealing with the finance side of things I could not recommend GJ any higher as they were very flexible and super quick to get what the bank required even on a Friday afternoon when it seemed the bank had forgotten some form that they had not sent through time and time again. Now to the builders and site foremen of Damien initially and then Charlie, my experience was phenomenal - the personalised service of these two were great, GJ Gardner Hobart truly have an amazing work ethic and values each customer as it is apparent with all their staff. Finally I would like to thank Ludek and Lenka for running such an amazing business with the friendliest and professional staff, you should be very proud of how your business runs and that your staff do an amazing job of promoting your business! - Will use again if I build.

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Tom & Chantel Hawkes Happy Home Owners!

Great build, excellent customer service! – Our first home built with GJ Gardner Hobart was a great experience from the moment we walked in the office. Their friendly, knowledgeable & approachable staff guided us through the journey & process of building our first home. We wouldn't hesitate to have GJ Gardner for our future extension or build and would definitely recommend anyone who wishes… Read more ·  1

to build with them. Special thanks to Meg, David & Ludeck @ GJ Gardner Hobart.

Al&Ayu Happy new home owners!

Love our new home - Thankyou GJ Gardner Hobart – GJ Gardner Hobart – We are very pleased with our new home. Preparing to move from Queensland to Tasmania we needed to have a top-quality builder we could trust to construct our new home. We chose GJ Gardner Hobart as our builder and visited their office a number of times. Each visit was simply amazing as we were given the time to make all the… Read more ·  1

arrangements for the design and selection of all colours for our home. Meg, Lilian and staff were always very helpful and supportive at each visit.

On arrival in Tasmania the slab for the house was ready and our workshop shed erected.

We met our building supervisor Damian who gave our building dates for progress of construction and finish of our home.

The construction and finish of our home was well managed by Damian. He was in control of all aspects of managing the various contractors working on our home to have a trouble free top quality finish. Ludek (Owner) visited a number of times during construction and was always helpful and supportive.

GJ Gardner’s attention to detail with Damian as our supervisor was excellent and we are very happy with our new home.

Our maintenance period was managed in a professional way with only minor adjustments required as the building settled.

We are very happy with our new home and would highly recommend GJ Gardner Hobart to anyone who is looking to build their home.

Going the extra mile – My Wife & I are very pleased with the service and build quality that we have received from the entire GJ Workforce. Not long after initially signing up to build our family home we mentioned to the team that we are expecting a baby in November (this was in April before we even had council approval) ever since then, the whole team has pushed as… Read more ·  1

hard as they could to get certain things done in a timely matter to ensure we could be in the house with our new born.

I would like to thank Aaron, Meg, Lillian, Ludeke, Lenka, Damian and an even bigger thank you to David who has been by our side and on the phone to us constantly making sure we are happy with every little step.

I honestly reccomend GJ Gardner for your next home, you won't be disappointed!

Extremely happy and satisfied we chose gj gardner Launceston for our new home – We can't speak highly enough of the team at gj gardner Launceston. From the beginning of choosing the design with Warrick and Craig we believed that this was a very professional team of people particularly warrick who was very patient with us in the design stage. Tanya was most helpful and understanding with us choosing the colours externally and… Read more ·  1

internaly as it took us time to decide on the choices as we live in north queensland and things were done by email and mobile phone this lady is very professional in what she does. The build went extremely well with the construction manager Garry who kept us very well informed with pictures and phone communication, a very helpful man indeed.The end result of the build was excellant. I must also mention the admin lady Natalie who was always a very cheery, happy, joyfull, helpful and pleasant soul to ring and talk to. A special thankyou to Chris who heads the team he is professional, full of knowledge and experience in the buiding industry, Thankyou everyone for your help in building our new home. I have no hesitations in recommending gj gardner home in Launceston to build their new home. In my opinion they are the best builders in Tasmania if not Australia and we genuinely appreciate what this team of people have done for us Paul and Julie. Townsville.

Michael Doalman – The quality and workmanship was outstanding with a great attention to detail . Coming from another State it certainly was a big task of not being there for face to face meetings, however Ludek and the whole team were great and it all went smoothly. I would have no hesitation in recommending Gj Gardner Hobart and look forward to building again with them in the future.  Show details ·  1

Tasmanian retirement in a G.J. Gardner home – From the beginning the team at G.J. Gardner Launceston were fantastic. Organising a new build from interstate could have been a nightmare but this was not the case. A couple of visits to Tasmania to start the process then to choose colours then the move and watch the building taking shape. The team at Launceston answered any questions and the whole process was transparent. I am now enjoying my new G.J. Home and love it.  Show details ·  1

People to trust on building your new home – I never built a house before and i had been living in high rise buildings so building a house was something i had no idea of. I am glad i found GJ, which was actually recommended by my colleague. There were some hiccup due to weather and other unforesseable issues so my house was a tiny bit delayed. But what impressed me the most was the aftersale… Read more ·  1

service. They are very accountable, and rectify problems very quickly if there is any. Director Ludek himself is awesome, he takes care of a lot of things himself, he would come after hours to check on the problems, and he responds quickly to save me from worrying from anything. They do not wash their hands off after they handed me the keys, i feel that they actually care about my house as much as i do. Every staff has been really nice, and has been really looking after me. Its been more than 5 months since i got the keys and i can still always ask them if there is any question or problem and they always help me!

We could not have been happier with GJ Gardner's in Launceston, and our new home is perfect! – When we were planning to move to Tasmania from Melbourne we did a lot of research to find the builder that suited us, and we have absolutely no regrets about choosing GJ Gardner's. We started the process of planning our new home with Chris and the team even before we arrived in Tasmania. They were very good at dealing with email and phone… Read more

communications and it was great to get a "jump-start" on the project as we were keen to get out of temporary accommodation as soon as possible after we moved here.

The team were really responsive and accommodating to us with all of our peculiar "demands", the most unusual one, perhaps, being our desire to build a fully soundproofed recording studio as part of our home. We'd had a studio built in our last home, which we had agonised over designing, with a huge amount of research and trying to explain to the builders what was necessary. So I knew how tricky it was to make a room properly soundproofed. But this new one that Gardners have built (using the Boral Cinemazone Gold system) has been a great success and we're very happy with it. We can bang away on drums and bass and guitars and not bother the rest of the family, never mind the neighbours. And it's perfectly silent inside, so we can record without any extraneous noise. So if you need a "theatre room" or, indeed, a small studio (maybe a big one, even), Gardner's can do it for you!

The rest of the house is built to a very high standard and the team were happy to work with us patiently to make our little idiosyncratic ideas possible - and to make sure they looked good too. The ornate tiled entrance is gorgeous even though the poor tiler guy had to do a lot of head-scratching to make it perfect - but perfect it is, because this guy was a perfectionist if ever there was one!

Everything fits together as it should be. Maybe that seems like something you could take for granted, but it's not always the case with other builders, and it's an absolute delight when every door is hung perfectly, every window is right, the carpentry is accurate, the brickwork is tidy, and everything feels solid and properly put together from good materials.

It's now nine months since we moved in so we've had a chance to put the house through it's paces, so to speak. When Gardner's contacted us for the three-month maintenance the only problem in the whole building was the slightest little cosmetic flaw in one of the door knobs, which wasn't their fault anyway.

Our building supervisor was fantastic, and he did an awful lot to put our mind at ease and make sure we were confident that the build was proceeding as it should. We also should mention the bloke (and his team) who did the excavation and a bit of extra landscaping for us, especially in how careful he was to ensure that water run-off and drainage was taken care of properly. He mentioned that it was better to think about such things during the build rather than after you move in and problems with rain water flow become apparent.

Finally, the kitchen is brilliant. There were a lot of little streamlined touches that we didn't even know were possible when we put in our own "ideas" for how it should look. The carpentry is good and strong and, again, everything "just fits right" - which is what you want!

I've left out whole teams of people - roofers, plumbers, electricians and more, but they all did a great job and were really helpful and communicative when necessary, and sometimes went out of their way, too, to accommodate us.

Oh, and the site was cleaned and tidied up very nicely indeed for us moving in, which I can say was definitely NOT the case for certain other houses that friends have had built by other companies.

So thanks from these happy customers to Chris and Tanya and everyone at Gardners for a very good job done very well!

Couldn't be happier – We are currently living in another state and have been dealing with GJ Gardner Homes in Launceston via, phone and email. Nothing has been too much trouble for any of the team. From the very beginning when we started dealing with Scott who took numerous calls and responded to emails and texts very quickly. Scott was able to recommend a home to us… Read more

that suited our family perfectly. On more than one occasion the Launceston team have gone above and beyond to help us as we are so far away and were unable to arrange necessary modifications, such as blinds and fencing, even down to colour choices which was a huge help that Tanya was able to provide as well as regular emails. Chris was also able to answer all of our questions regarding the build and sent regular photo's of the progress.The quality of the build is excellent. We would highly recommend GJ Gardner homes to anyone considering building a quality home. It has been a pleasure dealing with Tanya, Chris and the team in Launceston.

Effortless! – [Name removed] and the team @ GJ Gardner Launceston were excellent to deal with, from the pre-planning and quote stage right through to the completion of the build and beyond. The team are so quick to respond to any questions or phone calls and are on top of things. The site supervisor was very impressive, I could not fault him. Always on time to… Read more

meetings, always informing me as the build progressed, and got me in just in time for Christmas!! :)

The quality of the build is excellent, the very few minor problems were promptly fixed.

If anyone is after a stress-free, well managed building team, please consider GJ Gardner Launceston.

GJ Gardner Homes Launceston Rocks – This was the first time we have built and had been told all the normal stories. Don't do it, you will get divorsed before its done. Well none of it was true for us thanks to the team at GJ in Launceston. We built over an hour away from Launceston so all tradies made the trip every day. The build just flowed from start to finish and the… Read more

communication lines were always open. Our plan was an adaption of one of their standard plans and we could not be happier with the finished home. Thanks once again to all the team at GJ Launceston you guys are great!

Fantastic home – I would highly recommend building with G J Gardner Launceston the whole experience was a pleasure, friendly and helpful staff members and all the tradesmen I met during building were helpful and efficient. The standard of the build was great and I am so happy with the finished product. Thanks so much ******* Good prices and very good quality and excellent designs.  Show details ·  1

GJ Launceston – The initial thought of building a new home is extremely daunting. What to do what not to do? Where to start? Who to talk to ? What is the right direction to go? When we arrived at GJ Launceston, we knew we had come to the right place. We were treated with respect and were given a very honest appraisal of the packages available within our price… Read more ·  1

bracket. During the entire process GJ Launceston we very open and honest about where things were at. We were given realistic time frames and as we watched our house being built, we knew we had made the right decision. The communication during the entire process gave us comfort and allowed us to participate and any decisions impacting our new house. We now live in our new home and we are more than happy with GJ Launceston for giving us something we always thought about (build a new home), but were too scared to do. Would we recommend GJ Launceston? yes we would without doubt. The communication between the building supervisor and us. Was brilliant. [name removed] was always available and supported us throughout the entire process. He treated the construction of our place as it was his own. Dissapointed with one contractor, however the issue is being worked through.