Browse Forums Building A New House Re: McDonald Jones - Final price variance 7Aug 27, 2021 3:25 pm Noname yeah ok. gotcha. we got all the big stuff out of the way upfront, raised and raked ceilings, flooring, stone choices kitchen finishes, etc. We provisioned 14k for electrical, 20k for cooling/heating and 10k colours buffer. we came in pretty spot on because this isnt our first rodeo. electrical came in at 12.3 and colours upgrades 12k and cooling 21k. on cooling, our builder and their supplier/installer were having a laugh trying to charge 32k for a system that i was able to get done after hand over for 18k. After providing them several quotes to that effect i got a much more reasonable price from them. SO I would recommend doing the same as heating/cooling is usually a pretty huge gouge. Thanks mate - appreciate your insight. interesting to hear about the AC - will have to keep an eye on that in the case they try to gouge us! They included a base model as part of the package but I think it won't be big enough/not enough zones so it will be interesting to see what they say the price will be for the upgraded version 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 16793 i would suggest nothing is unreasonable for PCI. we did all sorts, including checking the hot water, checking all the GPO's had power, testing that the showers were… 9 98623 Hi, I am approaching end of the build. My final invoice will be given to me soon to pay. Some context before I ask my question. 1. My builder wont do the landscaping or… 0 3861 |