Browse Forums Building A New House Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 2621Aug 09, 2012 10:38 am Built the Havana 3 by McDonald Jones Homes Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 2630Aug 12, 2012 8:26 pm Hi KTKTKT have you moved into your home? are you happy with it? is there any thing you wouldnt do again or recommend to others (like us) what to change? we are stuck.. on two facades - which one - classic costs us nothing.. or the baliness - which has a lovely verandah to sit on over looking the swamp/lake and barrington top mts and costs a fair bit $$$ we bought the block for it has mt/hill views, seems silly to go for the classic facade.. dont think there is much room to even put a chair on that one.. decision decisions.. then there is the bricks - all the choices we like - are discontinued.. arrragh!! Building Beachside Elite MJH http://duskdartersrest.blogspot.com Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 2631Aug 12, 2012 8:59 pm Hi Duskdarterrest Unfortunately we are a way off yet. Roof and eaves are done and bricks have been cleaned. Now for the inside... The good part is that the decisions we made so long ago about bricks, roof, windows etc are now on show and we LOVE them. The house is great. We are getting an independent inspector in next week - just for peace of mind because we know Nothing about building. Only advice so far is to pick a few thingsyou really think will make a difference overall on your finished house and go for the best you can afford. With everything else stick to the standard range. It's great. KT KDRB Carlingford, NSW Building Garden Retreat with MDJH Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 2632Aug 12, 2012 10:04 pm Hi KTKTKT, we to are building the garden retreat, we decided on the classic facade as it doesn't cost anything and also because it want date in the future, we did like the Balinese facade, but price and future consideration won. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 2633Aug 13, 2012 5:54 pm Hi Sandybee Now that we can see the GR on our block we know it was the perfect choice. We have a massive side yard and the Alfrsco is going to be fantastic. What stage are you up to. KDRB Carlingford, NSW Building Garden Retreat with MDJH Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 2634Aug 13, 2012 6:10 pm We have had our pre color walk through, just waiting on the consolidation tender, we love the G R was perfect for us, are you having the alfresco grand, we are and we will also put a pool down that side as we have a 1600m2 block, so heaps of room, did you do many up grades KTKTKT Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 2635Aug 13, 2012 6:49 pm We have got the grand and it makes a really nice line along that side of the house rather than a fairly flat edge. We did some of the usual upgrades - higher ceilings, lever door handles, gloss cubboard doors and four banks of drawers in the kitchen. We are doing bamboo floors throughout after handover. We have a look around with our site supervisor tomorrow morning. Really looking forward to it. Where are you building? KDRB Carlingford, NSW Building Garden Retreat with MDJH Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 2636Aug 13, 2012 9:18 pm did anyone have trouble chosing a brick colour you liked from austral? as all the ones we both agree on seem to be discontinued on the online austral website.. we are now half thinking of not rendering the house, its a choice we can do later on, and just getting a nice brick.. as for the facade we are still leaning towards the baliness, but it all depends of where the driveway sits on the block, currently its on the right but there is a street post right in the middle of it, so waiting to see what MJH will do about that?? we think we have sold one of our houses - Building Beachside Elite MJH http://duskdartersrest.blogspot.com Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 2637Aug 14, 2012 8:08 am we had trouble finding bricks we liked that were still available also. We needed exposure grade as well so it was even harder for us to pick a brick. Out of the whole of Austral there is only 1 range of bricks you can choose (Urban One) as standard and we didnt like any of them. We paid i believe it was $400 and went with a brick from Boral. It was called "Blue Rio" it cost almost $6000 to upgrade to this brick. When it comes time to build were informed that Boral are having issues with this brick and we cant get it at the time and who knows how long before it is available again - could be weeks or even years. so we went with the Victorian Blue brick from Boral instead which was from the same range/price. Not my first preference, but checking with Boral over the weekend and almost 9 months later the Blue Rio is still unavailable. So it would of delayed our whole build if we went with this brick. You can also go to PGH as well all 3 brick suppliers have a standard range from MJH you can choose from. It just will cost you a $400 fee to use a supplier other than Austral. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 2638Aug 14, 2012 8:24 am mandv we had trouble finding bricks we liked that were still available also. We needed exposure grade as well so it was even harder for us to pick a brick. Out of the whole of Austral there is only 1 range of bricks you can choose (Urban One) as standard and we didnt like any of them. We paid i believe it was $400 and went with a brick from Boral. It was called "Blue Rio" it cost almost $6000 to upgrade to this brick. When it comes time to build were informed that Boral are having issues with this brick and we cant get it at the time and who knows how long before it is available again - could be weeks or even years. so we went with the Victorian Blue brick from Boral instead which was from the same range/price. Not my first preference, but checking with Boral over the weekend and almost 9 months later the Blue Rio is still unavailable. So it would of delayed our whole build if we went with this brick. You can also go to PGH as well all 3 brick suppliers have a standard range from MJH you can choose from. It just will cost you a $400 fee to use a supplier other than Austral. We didn't really look into 'which brick to choose' it was cheaper to bag and paint (different but similar to rendering) the whole house... an upgrade but the price ($5000) is less than the cost to upgrade to a decent looking brick. This way we didn't have to worry about choosing a brick, just the final colour for the house, we have chosen Thunderbolt. We can't wait!! Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 2639Aug 14, 2012 8:56 am When we went to austral we struggled too. Seemed like there were virtually no exposure grade bricks. When we asked at the counter, the lady got some new ones out, they were the "couture" range. They weren't even out on display yet (not sure if they are now). She told us mc j were introducing them into their colour choices as a standard exposure grade brick (ie no extra charge). We loved them immediately. When we went for our colour selections they initially didn't know what we were talking about, but the consultant went out the back and found their sample! So they didn't even realise it was there! I guess each to their own, you might not like them, but we got the colour "georgette," a dark cool grey, and I think they look great. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 2640Aug 14, 2012 9:27 am protoxl your colour is very nice, i wish they told us about this range when we went there is still nothing even on the Austral website about this range. When did you select colours? We picked them in Janurary this year. there was no mention of this range at that time. 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 Hi, Apologies - I know there is plenty out there on this but struggling to put together the puzzle. 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