Saturday, July 12, 2014

"If I had to choose one word to describe Lakeland Homes it would be Exemplary with a capital E"

Ahhhh...Lakeland Homes; if I had to choose one word to describe Lakeland Homes it would be Exemplary with a capital E; they simply “got it right”. We had an awesome experience building a house for the first time!

I had just taken a new job in Windsor and we were trying to decide whether to build or buy. We met
with Andre Goulet of Lakeland Homes and the decision was made. I told Andre that I was very busy and I would need them to look after “stuff”, I said “Andre build me a good house; I need it in 90 days; I have no idea what it entails, and I don’t have time to be at the site”. His answer was “we can deliver” and deliver they did!!

As soon as the decision was made they took over. I was working 10 and 12 hour days learning my new job and weekends were spent driving to Milton where my spouse and our three children were waiting for the house to be built.

The house was started and the excitement began. At this point Mike McMahon took over and I thought to myself; I hope this guy is as good as Andre; I was not disappointed. Mike sent a spreadsheet with everything I needed to do and the completion dates. I’ve heard that sometimes with builders it’s the customer calling the builder to get things done, but in my case it was Lakeland calling to remind me that my input was needed. I would called Andre or Mike every other week thinking I missed something and the reply was “no problem, it’s taken care of”. This was the case time and again; me calling thinking I missed a cut off and the answer every time was “don’t worry Sandra, it’s done”. Mike McMahon guided and assisted us in any decisions that had to be made such as colors, countertop, plumbing fixtures, flooring, etc. The businesses and affiliates of Lakeland Homes were equally professional, courteous, and just plain fun.

This company; from their work crews, associates, affiliates, contractors and the pool guy as stated
before “simple got it right” They made the entire experience a fun and exciting process. We have been in our home for almost a year now and Lakeland didn’t build us a good house; they built us a great house. I would recommend Lakeland Homes and their affiliates with the highest regard.
By the way Andre thanks for choosing the windows, the colors matched exactly what we wanted.

Kind Regards,
Sandra Cole
Pinehurst Dr.
Belle River, On.

Friday, July 11, 2014

We saw the high standards that Lakeland delivers within a reasonable price range for a custom home.

We purchased a beautiful property with a golf course view off of Seven Lakes Golf Course in LaSalle Ontario. We then began the process of searching for a custom home builder that could build the dream home that we envisioned for our family.  We looked at many homes that were recently built in the local area. There was a common theme that many of  the homes we liked were built by Lakeland Homes.  We went through a model home and the minute we walked through the doors, we knew Lakeland Homes was the builder for  us.  We saw the high standards that Lakeland delivers within a reasonable price range for a custom home.  We worked with Andre Goulet  to design optimal spaces for our family  and we achieved a design that is spacious, offered great functionality for our young family and an exterior that was unique and beautiful with a side entry garage.  Lakeland designed and built a home that fit our personal needs and it enhanced the beautiful golf view on the property that we purchased.The construction of the home was a seamless process with Mike McMahon. He addressed any questions during the construction of the home with ease and was a pleasure to work with. The follow-up service that they provided was fantastic and when we needed anything Mike Olar and Mike McMahon was there instantly addressing it.  We believe that we received a great value for the size, quality and style of home.

Thank you to Lakeland Homes for going above and beyond to build us our dream home. 

Glenn and JoAnne

Thursday, July 10, 2014

The quality and beauty of building your own custom home at a affordable price was unbelievable

We moved into our Lakeland Home over 3 years ago. We are as happy with our home as the day we moved in.  We moved from east of Toronto and were used to the cookie cutter homes where you pick package A, B or C when building a house.  We couldn't get over all the different choices we had when building our Lakeland home. The quality and beauty of building your own custom home at a affordable price was unbelievable  and almost unheard of coming from East of Toronto.  We built our house just the way we wanted and love it.  Mike, Andre and the Lakeland team were outstanding and easy to work with during our build. Any ideas we had to make our house better for our family of 5 was no problem and easily obtained.  Not only did the Lakeland Team build our dream home they also found a house for us to move into while our new home was being build.  I have nothing but wonderful things to say about Mike, Andre, Angie and the Lakeland team.  For this my family is forever THANKFUL to them for making our 4 hour long distance move go smoothly.  Thank you!!

Tara, Mark, Siobhan, Ethan and Aedan