Leneeva Homes

Completely happy – We could not be happier with the entire process. Leneeva were upfront and honest about every stage of the build. I was comfortable with my questions as every one was taken seriously. Our "three month review" consists of a couple of paint blobs and one sticking door handle. Show details ·  1

We love our house! – We love our house that Leneeva Homes built for us. And are continually blown away (but shouldn’t be) by the amount of people who stop and tell us how much they also love it. You can tell that Leneeva Homes takes great pride in their work. From the moment we first spoke with Jason, he was professional, helpful, honest and very responsive. He… Read more ·  1

answered all our questions (and never had an issue with confirming it in writing) and we liked how transparent he was with costs as we designed our house. That was a big benefit of designing our house with Leneeva Homes.

Dean our site manager was also great. It was evident that Dean (and Leneeva Homes) cares about creating the best house they can, and as the owner we reap the rewards. Plus, the house looks as good in person as we envisaged it.

The after build care has also been great.

We have no hesitation to recommend Leneeva Homes based on our experience.

Exceptional Quality and Value – Leeneva recently completed building our home. From first engagement to final handover our experience was exceptional. All tradesman were professionals, the project management process was detailed and communication was excellent. We would recommened Leeneva to anyone looking to build a house. Great work Leeneva, keep it up ! Show details ·  1

Highly recommended custom builder! – I had never heard of Leneeva Homes when someone suggested I call them and from the first chat I had I felt comfortable. There was no sales pitch, just answers to the questions I was asking. We found the quote transparent with upgrades individualised in price making it easy for us to decide if we wanted to go ahead with them. Our entire experience… Read more ·  1

with the company was a positive one. Due to COVID we had a couple little hiccups with product availability, but it was clear that Leneeva's priority was to ensure that we were 100% happy with our finished product. Our site supervisor was accessible and very easy to deal with. He kept us up to date and informed throughout our build. The best part was that the service didn't stop at handover. The Leeneva team wanted to be sure that everything was working as it should and any minor issues we did identify were rectified as quickly as possible. I love showing off our home and have no hesitation recommending Leneeva to others. If I was ever going to build again it would be with Leneeva Homes!

A timeless classic - the Leneeva Hamptons – Initially I went to see a volume builder but finding out that I couldn’t even make small modifications to the house I knew I needed a custom builder and that why I decided to use Leneeva Homes. Their Hamptons designed houses are beautifully styled and timeless. I have been very happy with the quality of the build and any small issues have been… Read more ·  1

fixed immediately. During the build they have been very responsive and kept me up to date with the progress of the build which was reassuring especially during a difficult time like covid. I’m grateful that I chose Leneeva Homes a well-run family business and now I have one of the best houses in the street. Quite often people passing by the house would stop and take notice. I would highly recommend Leneeva Homes.

Hampton’s on Connassidy – Leneeva was amazing from start to finish. Contractors produced Quality finish. Supervisor fantastic at communicating and kept us up to date regularly. Very professional company, happy with our overall build. Would definitely build with them again. Highly recommend Leneeva Homes to build your home. Show details ·  1

Honest and reliable local builder – We shopped around for a long time before deciding on Leneeva to build our new home. From the first meeting we felt completely at ease with Joe and the Leneeva team and they did not disappoint. Every person we dealt with at Leeneva during the pre-build and build process were polite, professional and responsive. I believe being a local builder… Read more ·  1

with a cap on the projects they take on makes a difference to their "care factor" - they all seem invested in producing a great product and meet their client's expectations. We have just moved into our new home and we are very happy :) Anything that cropped up along our building journey was handled promptly and without delay.

I would highly recommend Leneeva to people wanting to build with a honest, reliable and reputable local builder. They will adapt and design a property for you, listening to all your needs and giving helpful advice as needed based on all their experience in the Bayside area.

Thank-you Joe, Cam and the Leneeva team. A seamless process from the very beginning until move-in date. Shame you guys don't unpack moving boxes too!

Excellent excellent excellent. 100% Good – Yes absolutely love the house, Leneeva did an excellent build, would recommend them to anyone, they manage the build very well, workmanship and the quality of the house we are very happy with, and we didn't have an issues with the construction which was great, even talking to the trade's working on the house, said they love working for Leneeva which was interesting. Would use Leneeva again, no question. Regards JW. Show details ·  1

Dream home became a reality beyond our expectations – Leneeva Homes have been extraordinary in every aspect of our build. The quality and workmanship of this home is outstanding. We couldn’t be more happy with them. Jason and Todd have been great to work with. We sought advice on building this home from other builders before we chose Leneeva Homes. Leneeva were able to help create our home to… Read more ·  1

all our expectations, incorporating some of their own ideas which we hadn’t even thought of. They have been most helpful in guiding us whenever decisions had to be made.

During the build complications arose with the lift company. Leneeva resolved the problems in a professional manner despite the lift people being totally unreasonable.

Neighbours have commented to us on the fact that this is the cleanest building site they have ever seen and that it usually reflects on the workmanship of the inside. It was always tidied up every night.

We would highly recommend Leneeva Homes to build your home as they have the special ability to bring your dreams to fruition.

Quality builder who will give you a peace of mind building experience – Our build experience with Leneeva Homes was amazing; This was the first time we went through the design & build process and every step Jason helped us to get it going smoothly. We had a few hiccups with Storm water pit design when we started construction, but it was handled really well by Joe and Jason. Dean as our project supervisor did an… Read more ·  1

amazing job to get things done on time with precision. Their post completion inspection and the minor issue rectification are also commendable. Would highly recommend Leneeva homes to anyone who is looking for a peace of mind quality build experience. Thanks to the whole Leneeva team.

Fantastic Builder – We usually do not do reviews and this is our first only because it justifies an exceptional, above expectation experience that we had building our new home - something we have not heard from anyone which is quite sad. We had met with several builders in our short list, all boutique in nature from the ones that were marketed really well with glossy… Read more ·  1

brochures and impressive show homes to those that are emerging in the market. We actually had signed up to a builder in the first instance before they became greedy and placed a last minute 20% increase on prior confirmed costing – we almost decided not to build at all as a result of this experience and time invested, but by luck stumbled onto Leneeva homes.

Going into the project we were building a custom home with many special features (the Pinterest disease ), and we were very particular in our needs and expectations that would have pushed any builder to their best. Essentially we wanted was a builder we could trust, be reasonable on cost against our specification level, deliver to a high quality outcome and meet the promises presented in the sales process. An impossible equation many would say… What did we get??

A group of people that build for you as if it is their own home. They listen to understand not to respond. Transparency of costs and a goal to give us the best result, especially through challenges (not the easy way through but the best outcome for us). A philosophy that quality output is paramount and driven through the trades working on the project. Flexibility on sourcing materials from our own suppliers. Continual guidance and advice throughout the build complexities to ensure we were … it is what seems so hard to find in a builder for some reason even though they are out there. We found this builder in Leneeva. Variations were not a business driver and very fair support of changes we needed with the best solution every time to the need with reasonable costing. Each challenge was considered holistically and positively with balanced options no matter the building complexity / impact on the build side. Some may say this may sound like an unrealistic equation, but it is our experience.

Every person we have recommended to have a chat with Leneeva have chosen them as their builder when comparing to the other choices they had so we do have a special Melbourne based builder here!

If you are considering building, it is one of the biggest expense activities and experiences you will likely sign up to in your lifetime, and take a significant amount of your precious time…. The best 30 minutes you could invest is a call through to Joe or Jason and you will see very quickly what the Leneeva difference feels like. And you can decide if they fit you and your needs for your special project.

High quality builder who cares for their customers – We very highly recommend Leneeva Homes! We recently completed our first build and moved into our new home and we couldn't be happier. After hearing many stories of how hard building can be, we were a bit nervous about how the process would go. We looked at a few other builders and visited lots of display homes before we were given Leneeva's name… Read more ·  1

by one of their tradespeople on a Facebook forum. The whole build was very smooth with hardly any hiccups at all. The staff were friendly and helpful with any questions that we had, our new neighbours were very impressed with the amazing tradespeople and how hard they worked, and the quality of our home is outstanding. Joe was super friendly and informative all the way through and the build was on time, even with the hurdles that lockdowns presented! We had the tidiest work site I've ever seen and everyone who now walks into our home has commented on the workmanship and how brilliant a job Leneeva did. We have many passers by comment on our home and ask about it which is really lovely. Joe and team, we can't thank you enough for giving us our Hamptons inspired home and we can't wait for the future memories we will have here.

Excellent Builder – We have recently moved in to one of the townhouses Leneeva Homes built for us over the last year, and we are very happy with what we have achieved. The quality of the two houses is what we expected when we chose Leneeva as our builder. From the start, Jason and co. were extremely helpful in interpreting and improving our plans so we could achieve… Read more ·  1

what we wanted. Any hiccups along the way, as could be expected in this sort of process, were resolved quickly and satisfactorily. Jason and Dean always kept us informed on progress and they managed to deliver on time even during the Covid restrictions applied to the site. Our neighbours faced over a year of construction work in the street but we have received comments on how pleasant all the workers were during that time. As mentioned we are extremely pleased with the final result and are now living in one of the houses. (We managed to sell the other one easily which is testament to the look and quality of the final product). We recommend Leneeva Homes as a builder and a great company to deal with. In fact, we already have to several people!

Quality builder – I can’t recommend Leneeva Homes highly enough as a quality builder who will take the utmost care with every detail. Joe and the team were fantastic to work with from design through to handover. We had a custom build which required a lot of attention to detail and they really worked with us to bring our dream home to life. No request was too big… Read more ·  1

or small.

Communication and customer service were excellent. Everything was timely and clear which made the whole process stress-free. Covid threw a few curveballs but these guys took everything in their stride and went above and beyond to ensure we moved in on time. We’re so impressed with how responsive and accommodating they were, you can tell they genuinely care about their customers.

We’re beyond thrilled with the quality of everything, our home is beautifully designed and is even better than we had envisioned. We would definitely build with them again.

Who ever said building was stressful didn’t build with Leneeva – Who ever said building was stressful didn’t build with Leneeva. Jason and his team are great communicators the whole job through. They helped us get our house to budget then built a custom house on 4m of fall. We are wrapped with the quality of the build and in the times we wanted to change things they were very reasonable with changes and happy… Read more ·  1

to help out where they could. If we every build again I would undoubtedly call them up. Highly recommended

Fantastic Builder – Leneeva homes is a fantastic builder and couldn’t recommend them enough. The team work seamlessly and makes what is a complicated process simple and easy to understand. Joe and Dean were amazing and were always available throughout the process. If you are looking for a great builder make sure to speak with Leneeva. Show details ·  1

Professional, responsible and patient! – We are very picky and have compared more than 20 builders and very glad to have chosen Leneeva Homes to build our dream house. Especially thank Jason and Dean, very professional, responsible and patient! From the beginning to the end, the project is very smooth. Even the handover cleaning is so professional, hardly find any dust from anywhere. We… Read more ·  1

made many changes and builders always listened and answered all our queries within very short time -- extremely good communicators.

Unbelievable Quality and Trustworthy Builder!!!!! – The team at Leneva supported us through every step of the way. As first time builders it could of been a stressful time. From designing our layout to suit our block and have everything we wanted, to picking our colors, everything was made a breeze. We love our new home and everything was built with such quality and care. If you want a house that… Read more ·  1

not only looks amazing, but feels amazing dont look any further, Leneva are your people to call. Thanks again guys. We will definelty be building with you again!

Great to deal with and top quality build – We moved into our new Leneeva home a year ago. We were referred to them by our draftsman after other builders pulled away when they saw the fall on what we thought was a slightly sloping block on which we wanted to build two homes. Leneeva was friendly, informative and happy to share what they saw as the challenges and solutions in building on a… Read more ·  1

block that ended up with over 2 metres of excavation and miles of retaining walls. The planning took quite a while with council being most of The problem, but once they started, in just over ten months they built and delivered 2 complete three bedroom modern homes. Throughout the process the supervisor Dean and boss Jason were approachable and happy to answer any questions with consideration and patience. The homes were completed to a very high standard. We struggled to find even slight faults which were all addressed without hesitation in the maintenance period. If we were to build again we would have no hesitation in using Leneeva again.

Great build , completely satisfied with result – leneeva Homes constructed our two storey house on Phillip Island during 2018 / 2019. Company Director Jason and supervisor Todd were very approachable and happy to discuss progress and arranged site visits. The whole project came in on price with no extra costs, and on time.Workmanship first class. Highly recommended. Helen Coghlan Show details ·  1

Dream home. Attention to detail. Customised approach – We just completed building our forever family home with Leneeva. We came to them with our own plans and from the very start we were pleasantly surprised by their work ethics, friendly attitude, knowledge and attention to detail. Leneeva staff, particularly Joe, went out of their way to advise us, fix some of the pre-existing issues and guide us… Read more ·  1

through all the challenges we faced on our journey. Unfortunately, we didn’t engage Leneeva early enough in our project, which resulted in some unnecessary stress and eventuates in unnecessary costs and delays. None of them were Leneeva’s fault. Furthermore, Joe did everything possible to pick up the slack and minimise the damage. We found his guidance and advice invaluable, his approach more than accomodating and his communication above reproach. Now we are looking forward to enjoying our new family home build with Leneeva and we are very grateful to Leneeva team for making this experience a positive one. We just wish we went with them from the very start and highly recommend to anyone who is considering building to come and speak to Joe before taking any steps. Roman and Deanne

Less than satisfied – REVIEW FOR LENEEVA HOMES We built our house on a steep block of land with LENEEVA HOMES, starting mid October 2015. We went ahead with this company after seeing the display homes they had in Clyde North. Compared with other builders around, we liked the quality displayed in those two houses. When we first met with one of the partners, we liked… Read more

the approach, charm and flexibility expressed and fully trusted that. We presented the plans, made some changes and then obtained an estimate from their estimator for building the house. The estimate was given us in small details in the “CONTRACT COST PLUS”. We were assured that the estimate was pretty accurate/very accurate We still have hard copies of the emails confirming this. Based on these assurances and the details outlined in the contract, we decided to proceed with the said company. We were also assured that the building of the house will take less than one year in fact the Contract specified 320 days, (Taking into account weather, holidays, approval of plans/changes, etc), so we could move in before Christmas of 2016. We believed all of the assurances given to us. Unfortunately, we did not get into our house till almost two years later August 2017 and even that we had to push for as we had to vacate the rental property we leased whilst the house was built. We have visited the site on regular basis and we did not see progress in the works. The journey to get to that point was very difficult and often just plain awful.

IN SHORT, Cost compared to estimate cost: We were charged well in excess of original quote. Work often stopped on site for weeks at times and when we enquired as to why, more money was required. When we questioned the excessive prices for some works done, we were again assured not to worry as in the end it will all balance out. In the end, we were overcharged more than 30%!!! than the estimate given to us. The contract said that we would be notified in writing if there would be a VARIATION and an increase in cost of more than 2%, yet in the end was more than 30%! But Nothing in writing. When we enquired why we were not notified the answer was: “Due to our Relationship and it was a Contract Cost-Plus”! About $170.,000.00 excess is no small feat! To this date we don’t have a breakdown of what they used the extra money for. Details given to us were always missing those particular breakdowns. Some explanations were that the building industry costs were going up Sorry! I work in the industry and that was not correct!

Workmanship and Build Quality: Once the house was “Completed”, a lot had to still be done after we moved in. From small things like the front door and meter box not being painted, to bigger issues where we had to employ an independent building inspector to assess the house. One particular trade was assessed by the inspector as “Appalling”. The Main Ensuite shower floor had to be completely redone due to major leakage; to their credit, the company organised one of their best tiler to come out and fix that problem which was done properly. A section at the back of our house had to be concreted as water was seeping under the house (We did it all around as it was muddy when rained) that cost us in excess of $17,000.00 this included the steps between the terraces, about which their concreter did not want to do at all. The entire driveway had to be removed and redone because of the danger hazard it caused being built on an incorrect gradient (Not built in accordance with the Plans). We were not able to get our cars into the 3 car garage (Only one of them) due to excessive slope. For months we kept one car on the street! Multiple guests fell trying to get to our front door even some of their trades attending to some works that were not completed before we moved in complained about the steepness of the driveway. We had had enough. LENEEVA Homes refused to fix these issues despite it being their build-fault. We had to pay in excess of another $15,000.00 for the new driveway. When the old driveway was removed, the amount of rubbish and left over bricks, tubes, wires, etc. that we found was unbelievable. Three truck loads for one driveway. They had simply hidden their leftover bits under the concrete is it any wonder the gradient was incorrect? We did not even get a final inspection with Leneeva as they cancelled and never rescheduled!

How well did they handle issues: They did not take any responsibility for poor workmanship or their failure to fulfil their assurances. They told us to take it to court if we wanted it sorted. Yet they knew that we were very short of money having to borrow money to pay for the extras that were never explained and of course we were unable to do that due to the great emotional stress they caused us. Other issues not addressed, although promised to be done: Rendering the front porch and faade, Balcony seeping water through the faulty plumbing and into one of the down lights. Porch first landing that causes a puddle in the middle whenever it rains we were told of how to fix it ourselves!!! after so much we paid extra! This was the builder’s responsibility. No reply yet to any of these issues!

We understand that there are a lot of good reviews on here. Perhaps they to a better job with template homes. I don’t doubt other people’s experiences. However, for a custom build such as ours we will always regret our decision to go with LENEEVA HOMES. Yes, our home is beautiful but the reality is someone else could have built it for us without us walking away feeling cheated and crushed. The loss of nearly $200,000.00 in excess, unplanned, unexplained payments, simply leaves us feeling sick. In fact both of us, me and my wife, we lost a good few kilos each within the first two weeks due to the emotional stress caused to us. Their company motto is: “QUALITY, HONESTY, VALUE FOR MONEY”, We never experienced this. So very disappointed. We could never wish such heartache upon anyone else. Would we ever recommend this builder to anyone, I’m afraid NOT! We were let down big time. We are just sharing our honest opinion so others go in with their eyes open and to be aware. Mary & George

Amazing house and amazing service – We recently build our new house with the company Leneeva, located in Berwick Waters estate, Clyde North, VIC. After having gone through it seems a million display homes and almost signing up with Henley (we ended it due to new expenses that were not explain prior to the contract signing), we finally found Leneeva. Leneeva is a smaller company… Read more

than Henley/Simonds and other major builders, which meant that we were well looked after - We were able to make changes to the plan that we wanted without any extra expenses as well as being able to knock the price down on items we didn't want.

The house that we choose to build was not on display, so we were a little worried to begin with, only seeing it on a piece of paper - but we were pleasantly surprised! The house is so spacious and beautiful inside that it went far over our expectations! (They do have some houses on display though, to see their work and craftsmanship). The price of the house included everything without any surprises and was very competitive compared to the other builders around. Our house was build in record time without any delays.

The service was fantastic, I was able to change my mind along the way regarding colours - where most companies would charge you extra for the change of mind, Leneeva did this for free. They were professional, accurate, respectful and patient! Our house is build to top standard, as they are very proud of their work, we only needed a few small things fixed once moved in, which where done without hesitation or conflict. Building with Leneeva has been such a pleasant experience, that we would love to repeat it if given the chance. I would encourage anyone who is looking for a great builder in price, service and craftsmanship to go and meet up with the team at Leneeva and find yourself a great house!