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5 September 2022

Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new threadBuilding A New House

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Sep 05, 2022 11:28 am

Hello Folks, I am in process to get tender to build house in Mid Coast from McDonald Jones. At the moment I am between Panorama 36 and Bridgetown 38 house designs. During discussion, I have been told my McDonald Jones that flooring is not the part of standard offering and has to be decide during in...

We decided to do it after handover since it was almost double the cost. However, we are still in the construction phase...

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Fredii

1 September 2022

Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new threadBuilding A New House

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Sep 01, 2022 1:02 pm

We decided to do it after handover since it was almost double the cost. However, we are still in the construction phase...

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Fredii

10 March 2022

Re: At my wits end with McDonald Jones Homes…Building A New House

Mar 10, 2022 3:43 pm

Assume you have approx 45 week build time in the contract. A $600k volume home can be built in as little as 13 weeks with materials and contractor availability of course. Its up to McDonald Jones Homes to manage the build to the contract timeframe and so far its not delayed. If they are delayed at ...

I have to add that the liquated damages is almost nothing (it was worth about half of a 1 bedroom apartment rent) but y...

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Fredii

15 December 2021

Re: Alfresco and Final OCBuilding A New House

Dec 15, 2021 1:54 pm

Hello, My builder got CDC approval for the plans but it had this note on it. I asked and they told me it only means that CDC do not cover alfresco and it won't affect final OC. Since the builder only does compliance certificate and l will do final OC, should I be worried? Thank you https://forum.ho...

Hi Fredii That is really interesting. Never seen it before for an alfresco, but essentially there are certain types of ...

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Fredii

13 December 2021

Alfresco and Final OCBuilding A New House

Dec 13, 2021 1:41 pm

Hello, My builder got CDC approval for the plans but it had this note on it. I asked and they told me it only means that...

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Fredii

29 October 2021

Interim Compliance Certificate and Final Builder PaymentBuilding A New House

Oct 29, 2021 9:38 am

Hi, I am building with Mcdonald Jones in Northwest Sydney and my lender is Westpac. We will do flooring, driveway, some of electrical fitting and a few other things ourselves after the handover with our cost (the loan is only for builder's scope). We have to get the OC ourselves too. Builder expects...

Hi, I am building with Mcdonald Jones in Northwest Sydney and my lender is Westpac. We will do flooring, driveway, some ...

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Fredii

25 October 2021

Re: Occupancy Certificate Requirement after Moving inBuilding A New House

Oct 25, 2021 10:57 am

ask to see the calcs showing that only fans solve the problem. Achieving BASIX can be done several ways, and there are often cheaper solutions. fans are not the only way we were told that double glazing several windows will also work but it would cost $10000 more. For the fans, they don't cost much...

fans are not the only way we were told that double glazing several windows will also work but it would cost $10000 more...

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Fredii

25 October 2021

Re: Occupancy Certificate Requirement after Moving inBuilding A New House

Oct 25, 2021 8:19 am

New construction has to meet minimum standards to comply with energy efficiency guidelines, I thought. If the above is the case, I doubt if ceiling fans would meet the requirements. Have you thought about window film instead of double glazing the windows? Would be cheaper, if it is considered compl...

We are building with a very big builder and one downside is that communication is very limited and they use a lot of th...

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22 October 2021

Occupancy Certificate Requirement after Moving inBuilding A New House

Oct 22, 2021 3:27 pm

Hi, I am building a house with a builder (Northwest Sydney) and they came with a $21000 variation (mostly for thermal) which includes a lot of insulation and double glazing of windows to achieve BASIX requirements. I asked them to find another way and they said the only way to bring this about $110...

Hi, I am building a house with a builder (Northwest Sydney) and they came with a $21000 variation (mostly for thermal) w...

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