Browse Forums Building A New House Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1045Aug 05, 2011 11:13 am Built the Havana 3 by McDonald Jones Homes Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1046Aug 05, 2011 11:16 am Built the Havana 3 by McDonald Jones Homes Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1050Aug 10, 2011 8:51 pm ----------------------------------------------------------- Monte Carlo Grande Elite with McDonald Jones http://mdjatvermont.blogspot.com/ Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1053Aug 11, 2011 10:32 am Hey all, Its been a while but, we appear to be a couple of weeks off handover. Tiling is now done along with painting and alot of other bits and pieces. A few bits to finish up now and we are at the end of the road....then let the landscaping, etc begin! If you check out my blog, ill have some pics up in about 30 minutes. Ill follow that up on the weekend with soem finished tiling pics. Let me know what you think or have any questions! Cheers! Building the Monte Carlo with side activities in Mt Annan MY BLOG: http://gavsfirstbuild.blogspot.com/ Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1054Aug 11, 2011 5:59 pm Hi all, Well, I can report that things have been sorted out and I'm being more optimistic. Brick issue has been sorted, not that I was too worried about that as it's an easy solution to pick and choose more carefully to avoid orange bits being exposed. Brickies have continued on and are doing a great job. MJH have been on the ball to fix the overhang and more concrete was poured to extend that area. I'm now awaiting an engineer's certificate, so it should be structuraly sound. Bricks are expected to be laid in this place when concrete cures a bit. Hopefully we are now back on track and things will go as smooth as possible. Will update more with brick photos on the weekend. Gavmer1, glad you updated and you are nearing the end, your place loos great. Can you tell me if you have explored driveway options yet and if you have found someone local to do it? Molly2007, great to hear about your positive exeperience. I would love to see some photos when you get a chance to post them. Em.Russ, how are you progressing with you paperwork process. Which house are you building and where if you don't mind me asking? Forgot to add that our frame is finally complete, roof truss issue has been sorted. Building Havana Elite with side HT with MJD 20/04/11 DA approved by council 06/06/11 cut/fill 08/06/11 piering 20/6/11 slab 11/8/11 frame complete 18/9/11 lock up 28/11/11 handover booked Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1055Aug 12, 2011 1:27 pm Hey Taki, Thanks for the feedback! I am literally looking into driveways now as well as blinds, landscaping and decking the alfresco. Ill let you know what we do but, would welcome any suggestions?? Cheers!!! gav Building the Monte Carlo with side activities in Mt Annan MY BLOG: http://gavsfirstbuild.blogspot.com/ Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1056Aug 12, 2011 3:28 pm thanks scott, contracts have now been signed and just delivered to mjh, yay! taki, our paperwork process has been fairly smooth. the only real delay was caused by the developer as they wouldnt allow borehole tests to be done until after settlement. we are building a split and slightly modified beachside executive grande at voyager point (liverpool council). gav your place is looking great. good to hear you and molly are close to completion. molly, would love to see some photos if you have some... very exciting times for you both, i cant wait to be in your positions. Timeline Land deposit 14.9.10 Land settled 16.6.11 DA submitted 13.3.12 DA appoved 17.5.12 Construction cert 6.7.12 Site scrape 23.7.12 Lock up 29.11.12 Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1057Aug 12, 2011 7:03 pm Finally we have turned earth, scraped Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Fenced, Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and piered! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ All things being equal, slab should be done by Wednesday. ----------------------------------------------------------- Monte Carlo Grande Elite with McDonald Jones http://mdjatvermont.blogspot.com/ Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1058Aug 12, 2011 7:22 pm Gavmer1, not really a recommendation, but I did e-mail a local landscaper and communication was really good. I will e-mail him again towards end of the month to meet on site and have a look if we need any retaining. We can't budget for the professional landscape for the whole lot, so we plan to do most of it ourselves. Not sure what his work is like, but out of 4 I contacted, this was an only one with a decent response. You can search for locals on home improvement pages. scotta_74, glad you had a start, very exciting. Em.Russ, not long for you now as well. taki Building Havana Elite with side HT with MJD 20/04/11 DA approved by council 06/06/11 cut/fill 08/06/11 piering 20/6/11 slab 11/8/11 frame complete 18/9/11 lock up 28/11/11 handover booked Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1059Aug 13, 2011 8:11 pm hi guys... anyone here is using a dark shade of bricks which is almost black? we went to the ponds today to check some of the houses there. I think we saw around 4-5 houses which has a dark shade of bricks (like black). Just wanted to ask if you guys know the name of the bricks???? as of the moment, we are considering the following : blackstone (austral) precision black (austral) black angus (austral) espresso (pgh) boral steel blue. any idea how much to upgrade to the these bricks? we are only building a single story house. thanks Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1060Aug 15, 2011 4:18 pm another question guys... we need to sign off our plans during our color selection, what do we need to check on the preliminary plans? I know we are sure about the orientation of the plans... please help.. 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 16980 Hi, Apologies - I know there is plenty out there on this but struggling to put together the puzzle. We're planning our garage/external laundry to master bedroom and… 0 11382 Hi there! 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