Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Recent McDonald Jones construction experiences. 3May 30, 2021 7:06 pm Hey sorry for late reply, We’ve finally got our slab down but still having a list of issues with them. It feels as though it’s nothing but a complete battle and trying to talk with anyone about our concerns, questions or anything for that matter is just a waste of our time. There are several other homes in our estate both completed and still in construction with McDonald Jones and the owners are also quite upset with a various list of items and issues they have caused. I understand some people are happy with the whole experience with them, however my husband and I are yet to see it for ourselves. The sheer lack of communication from supervisors and the bad attitude from the office construction team at Baulkham hills are enough to make anyone feel like just another number and endless money pit. They have beautiful designs, their sales staff are absolutely wonderful, but that’s it in my opinion. I’d recommend you really look around at other builders. A joyful experience to build a beautiful family home has not been experienced yet. Re: Recent McDonald Jones construction experiences. 4Jan 13, 2022 9:00 am We had a really good experience building in S/W Sydney and dealing with the South Coast office. The sales team were lovely and so where the people at the studio. Our build went smooth and on budget, the end product was really nice too… Where they lost points is in communication both at admin and onsite with the SS Would I build with them again ? Without a doubt I said after the 1st build “ never again “ & now im on my 3rd Re: Recent McDonald Jones construction experiences. 5Jan 13, 2022 10:21 am CD12JD We had a really good experience building in S/W Sydney and dealing with the South Coast office. The sales team were lovely and so where the people at the studio. Our build went smooth and on budget, the end product was really nice too… Where they lost points is in communication both at admin and onsite with the SS Would I build with them again ? Without a doubt I’m happy to hear you had a good experience with them. Some people do, most people I speak to do not. We’ve moved in, the overall build is great. Our last construction ruin supervisor was wonderful. We went through 3 construction supervisors as the ones we had all resigned and moved on to other builders. Says a bit doesn’t it? Now sitting in a BAL 19 rating zone, with pouring rain, we can see they have neglected to install flashing from our front Patio to the eaves over the garage and bedroom. Water is pouring into our eaves, roof and coming out through our downlights. Not to mention the gaping holes where we can clearly see the blue frame. Lucky there aren’t fires around like a few years back. Perfect entry point for hot embers to get in yeah? Emergency service call out logged and it’s been over a week and they are still not coming to fix it until next Monday. Oh well, I guess we just put up with water damage and water in our electrical work until then 👍🏼 Hi AKG, We had a base tender of $592 for 31 squares from MC Donald Jones. It looks relatively cheaper than other builders. But I assume there are many hidden things that… 1 16848 You have mandatory building inspections and privately engaged building inspections. The difference between the two comes down to inspecting the building so it's safe and… 3 18083 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair That laser level looks lovely! We bought one for less than a quarter of that price off eBay. It worked really well for us and it's still going now, five years later. After… 1 16716 |