Our house looked so beautiful until DISTINCTIVE HOMES destroyed our yard.
In September 2022 we were not building with Distinctive Homes but were unfortunate enough to be living next door to one of their builds. My family and I went away for a well-deserved and long awaited weekend camping trip. Upon our return we discovered our driveway pavers had been cracked and broken, two underground water pipes had been broken, our mains water had been turned off and our back yard/ side driveway had been turned into a muddy unusable mess. There was no information about what had happened.
We reviewed our CCTV and discovered a thirty tonne concrete truck from Hallett Concrete had entered our property destroying our driveway, backyard ...read more
We found no comfort with Distinctive Homes what so ever as the Cons of our experience has totally out numbered any Pros we may have had with them at the beginning. Distinctive Homes SA use tactics to replace your expensive selected materials, look closely at their unsigned HIA building schedule. They have very poor quality tradespersons who Distinctive are quick to blame for their defects they don't offer to fix, they create large gaps between brickwork to windows and doorways and use strips to try and fill, they never respond to phone calls, letters or emails whatsoever, their management and staff are arrogant and always use the term blameless to their defective works claiming contractors make mistakes. Distinctive Homes dispute resolutions are none existing, they never admit to defects or mistakes. Make sure you always place a clause in your contract to penalize them for their late late finish. Very seriously take note, you must always have ...read more
