Slowly but surely getting there.
Thats great news guys. It sure has been a long time coming. Soon you will be posting photos of the construction work.
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13241Apr 11, 2016 2:35 pm Jazz926 MJH just received our 149 certificate. Our file is now in queue with their estimator to check all requirements and ensure it is compliant before going to council/CDC for approval. Slowly but surely getting there. Thats great news guys. It sure has been a long time coming. Soon you will be posting photos of the construction work. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13242Apr 11, 2016 3:39 pm Hi Guys, Did anyone ever receive a call at the time of piering? i was told by a few people at MJH that we would get a call when piering was being done. I received a sms from the builder saying piering is done and it came out to a total of 60lms. Our contract had an allowance for 50lms which we were told would be the worst case scenario. I really dont believe it came out to 60lms at its a 300sqm completely flat block with H1 soil. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13243Apr 11, 2016 3:49 pm bih53 Hi Guys, Did anyone ever receive a call at the time of piering? i was told by a few people at MJH that we would get a call when piering was being done. I received a sms from the builder saying piering is done and it came out to a total of 60lms. Our contract had an allowance for 50lms which we were told would be the worst case scenario. I really dont believe it came out to 60lms at its a 300sqm completely flat block with H1 soil. Hi, I did not receive a call when my piering was done and when I enquired about it I was told you only receive notification if the piering goes over your allowance because there is a cost you need to be aware of. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13244Apr 11, 2016 3:54 pm maze2m bih53 Hi Guys, Did anyone ever receive a call at the time of piering? i was told by a few people at MJH that we would get a call when piering was being done. I received a sms from the builder saying piering is done and it came out to a total of 60lms. Our contract had an allowance for 50lms which we were told would be the worst case scenario. I really dont believe it came out to 60lms at its a 300sqm completely flat block with H1 soil. Hi, I did not receive a call when my piering was done and when I enquired about it I was told you only receive notification if the piering goes over your allowance because there is a cost you need to be aware of. How can i prove it though they could gave me any number. The person that sold it to us told us we would get a call. How much did your piering come out to? Thanks for the response. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13245Apr 11, 2016 4:36 pm bih53 maze2m bih53 Hi Guys, Did anyone ever receive a call at the time of piering? i was told by a few people at MJH that we would get a call when piering was being done. I received a sms from the builder saying piering is done and it came out to a total of 60lms. Our contract had an allowance for 50lms which we were told would be the worst case scenario. I really dont believe it came out to 60lms at its a 300sqm completely flat block with H1 soil. Hi, I did not receive a call when my piering was done and when I enquired about it I was told you only receive notification if the piering goes over your allowance because there is a cost you need to be aware of. How can i prove it though they could gave me any number. The person that sold it to us told us we would get a call. How much did your piering come out to? Thanks for the response. Hi, To answer your first question not really sure what you can do in this regard. With regards to the second question I do not know how many lineal metres the piering actually came to, all I know is that I did not go over my allowance which in my contract was 50 lineal metres Cheers Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13248Apr 12, 2016 8:07 am Mine was over 85lm which was way over allowance. Expectation was same as yours to get call beforehand with the invitation to see actual peiring but they didn't. They should prove if they don't invite anymore. This is unfair to simply call and say your peiring is this much therefore you need to pay xxxx amount. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13249Apr 12, 2016 9:15 am We had 120 lineal metres of piering allowed for in our Contract so we wanted to be there when the piering was done also. We just chased up our site superviser ourselves and he let us know when to meet him on site so we could measure the piers. He had already measured them just before we got there and they came in at 32 lineal metres so we were extremely happy with that so we didn't bother measuring again. We got back a huge refund of almost $8,000.00!!! Our site superviser was really good though and always on the ball and when he said something he always did it. CathyLeigh Building the Monte Carlo Executive with rear activities with Balinese Resort Facade, Salt Water Beach Estate, Wallabi Point Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13250Apr 12, 2016 1:26 pm Josh and Katie It was just the brief walk through. Well semi-brief lol there's so much to choose. Its a little overwhelming. How much did everyone spend on colours and what did you guys upgrade? Hi Josh and Katie! Congrats on your decision and your build! We went $47k at colours and $13k at electricals - However we are doing our own floor tiling after handover for the entire house (excluding wet areas which have been done) and a lot of our home automation will be done after handover as well... We went with the following: Floor to ceiling tiling in bathroom and ensuite Underfloor heating in ensuite Decided we could/might upgrade our own tapware at a later date Upgraded kitchen sink to double undermount Extended separate toilet by 600mm to include a handbasin Extended pantry by an extra 1m Upgraded some doors to be Lin1 with glass to allow natural light Changed a window to be a door Changed theatre window to high up under eaves (it is a theatre after all.... who needs light? ) Upgraded shower for ensuite and added additional rose so there is one either end of shower Added a seat in shower (you can see on our blog) Upgraded to 40mm benchtops in kitchen but no waterfall ends High gloss kitchen cabinetry We opted for as many power points as we envisaged using - especially at the study nook as could not fathom having loads of powerboards if this could be avoided Added additional double power points to all bedrooms and on opposite wall to where bed would be Had MJH do the TV brackets for TV recesses Had cat6 cable from garage to TVs and study nook MJH have done the NBN to garage We split our power board so the switchboard is located in the garage, but the meter is still outside Soft close on all cupboards and drawers Upgraded all doors in house but did not increase door heights even though we have a 2.7m ceiling We are having our own electrician do downlights after handover Check out the blog... most things can be found there Good luck and enjoy your journey Building the Santorini at Spring Farm Riverside http://akaynjax.blogspot.com.au 14/04/2014 - Paid $3K deposit 28/05/2014 - Full colour appointment 01/12/2014 - Electricals 14/02/2016 - We are at lockup! Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13251Apr 12, 2016 3:37 pm jayeebee Josh and Katie It was just the brief walk through. Well semi-brief lol there's so much to choose. Its a little overwhelming. How much did everyone spend on colours and what did you guys upgrade? Hi Josh and Katie! Congrats on your decision and your build! We went $47k at colours and $13k at electricals - However we are doing our own floor tiling after handover for the entire house (excluding wet areas which have been done) and a lot of our home automation will be done after handover as well... We went with the following: Floor to ceiling tiling in bathroom and ensuite Underfloor heating in ensuite Decided we could/might upgrade our own tapware at a later date Upgraded kitchen sink to double undermount Extended separate toilet by 600mm to include a handbasin Extended pantry by an extra 1m Upgraded some doors to be Lin1 with glass to allow natural light Changed a window to be a door Changed theatre window to high up under eaves (it is a theatre after all.... who needs light? ) Upgraded shower for ensuite and added additional rose so there is one either end of shower Added a seat in shower (you can see on our blog) Upgraded to 40mm benchtops in kitchen but no waterfall ends High gloss kitchen cabinetry We opted for as many power points as we envisaged using - especially at the study nook as could not fathom having loads of powerboards if this could be avoided Added additional double power points to all bedrooms and on opposite wall to where bed would be Had MJH do the TV brackets for TV recesses Had cat6 cable from garage to TVs and study nook MJH have done the NBN to garage We split our power board so the switchboard is located in the garage, but the meter is still outside Soft close on all cupboards and drawers Upgraded all doors in house but did not increase door heights even though we have a 2.7m ceiling We are having our own electrician do downlights after handover Check out the blog... most things can be found there Good luck and enjoy your journey thank you we have a lot of the colors options in our DV so hopefully should keep the costs down! was wondering tho how much MJH charged for the underfloor heating? its one of the things i want to do myself just not sure if i can get onsite to do it? along with throwing in my own wiring throughout the house for extra light/power and data has anyone gone on site through out the build to do any of there own work? P.S i must start a blog there so helpful! Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13252Apr 12, 2016 4:39 pm Josh and Katie thank you we have a lot of the colors options in our DV so hopefully should keep the costs down! was wondering tho how much MJH charged for the underfloor heating? its one of the things i want to do myself just not sure if i can get onsite to do it? along with throwing in my own wiring throughout the house for extra light/power and data has anyone gone on site through out the build to do any of there own work? P.S i must start a blog there so helpful! The underfloor heating was around $1500 - only MJH electricians are allowed on site and only MJH electricians and other trades are allowed on site until handover (another reason we opted to get them to do some things....) Building the Santorini at Spring Farm Riverside http://akaynjax.blogspot.com.au 14/04/2014 - Paid $3K deposit 28/05/2014 - Full colour appointment 01/12/2014 - Electricals 14/02/2016 - We are at lockup! Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13254Apr 12, 2016 8:47 pm Hi, I have been following this thread for sometime now and is of great resource, thanks for all the share. My wife and I like one of the designs from NextGen series and we are hoping to sign with MJH. I am trying to work out the cost of items that are not mentioned in the inclusions list. I would appreciate any information on the following, Kitchen: 1. Cost of gloss finish of the Polytec cupboards, I reckon they are melamine? 2. Cost of 40mm benchtop with waterfall. 3. Pull down/detachable mixer. 4. Cupboards over the refrigerator. 5. External ducting of rangehood exhaust. 6. Water tap to fridge. I see that 20mm benchtop, glass splash back, undermount sink are all part of Impressions upgrade package. Of course there are plenty of upgrades that can be done to the kitchen but would like start with few basic requirement Thanks again. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13255Apr 12, 2016 9:03 pm @pshome ..... i signed over a year ago so my figures will be ballpark. 1. Not sure - mine are sheen which was around $1500. Thermolaminated and 2pack expect $3000+ 2. Will depend on dimensions of your bench. 40mm expect $1500- $2500. Waterfalls in same thickness $3000- $4000. 3. Not sure, it was included in my pack but i think around $400ish. 4. Around $450 5. $750 when i got mine 6. Around $350. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13256Apr 13, 2016 9:43 am pshome Hi, I have been following this thread for sometime now and is of great resource, thanks for all the share. My wife and I like one of the designs from NextGen series and we are hoping to sign with MJH. I am trying to work out the cost of items that are not mentioned in the inclusions list. I would appreciate any information on the following, Kitchen: 1. Cost of gloss finish of the Polytec cupboards, I reckon they are melamine? 2. Cost of 40mm benchtop with waterfall. 3. Pull down/detachable mixer. 4. Cupboards over the refrigerator. 5. External ducting of rangehood exhaust. 6. Water tap to fridge. I see that 20mm benchtop, glass splash back, undermount sink are all part of Impressions upgrade package. Of course there are plenty of upgrades that can be done to the kitchen but would like start with few basic requirement Thanks again. Hi pshome, we only just received the keys to our new home approximately 2 months ago but when we did the colour selections this is what it cost us for the kitchen upgrades (may possibly have gone up slightly now). For the Monte Carlo kitchen it cost us: * $4,200.00 to upgrade to 2 pak polyurethane (I think they were going to charge us about $1,200.00 if we went with the satin sheen finish that they use in a lot of their display homes which still looks really lovely) * $2,140.00 for 2 waterfall ends in 20mm stone (not sure what 40mm would cost - would be quite costly because you would need to upgrade the bench initially to 40mm and then add 40mm waterfall ends). If you like, I would be happy to post a photo of our kitchen with the 20mm waterfall ends if you want to have a look. * $900.00 to upgrade glass splashback to starphire glass so that you don't see any green tinge in the glass. This is not really necessary if you choose a darker colour but we wanted pure white * To add a bank of 3 drawers to the kitchen instead of cupboards was $250.00 per 3 drawers * To add an underbench soft close bin drawer was $480.00 but well worth it I think so you don't have a bin showing in your kitchen * We also upgraded the pantry door to a LIN1 door which you see in all their display homes. That cost us around $720.00 because we got the higher doors throughout the house because we increased all out ceiling heights to 2.7metres instead of 2.4metres. I think for the normal height door it was around $520.00 * Apparently soft close on your cupboard doors is now standard but you have to pay extra to have soft close on the drawers. We also got the soft close as a standard on our bathroom vanities which was a nice surprise to us. Just for your information, some other extras you might be interested in: * $400.00 to upgrade all door handles throughout the house to the stainless steel lever handles * $675.00 for a timber look garage door * $500.00 for a Trilock Omni front door handle * $250.00 for a stainless steel shower screen. I think a lot of their standard inclusions are still really nice but you just need to decide what are the most important upgrades to you and what you think will make the most impact with the money that you spend. Good luck with it all. We are really happy with the quality of our home and this is our third build now all with different builders. I think the quality we got with McDonald Jones was the best. CathyLeigh Building the Monte Carlo Executive with rear activities with Balinese Resort Facade, Salt Water Beach Estate, Wallabi Point Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13257Apr 13, 2016 10:06 am Our slab was laid on Monday - Frames to be delivered Thursday
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad202/STAUB7/20160411_175344_zpsytifrdbc.jpg Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13258Apr 13, 2016 10:06 am @CathyLeigh @ milby Thank you so much for all information. I have just started working on a spreadsheet of MJH vs one other builder. We really love the finish and quality of MJH, its just clearly visible in all the pics posted. I will be having more queries as I work through the sheet Thanks again. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13260Apr 13, 2016 10:15 am We received a call when they were doing the piering and hubby went on site to make sure it was accurate. With regards to upgrades, we chose not to go overboard, while many things are nice they just weren't THAT important to us (but may be to other people of course), so we did: 40mm kitchen benches soft close cupboards extra shelf thing in overhead cupboards so we can put downlights under them drawers each side of the oven rather than cupboards drawers in the ensuite semi-frameless showers higher ceilings tiles to both front porch and alfresco blinds on all windows bamboo floors in living areas and carpet in bedrooms laundry cupboards and bench installed laundry and pantry door upgraded to lin1 doors with glass upgraded all internal door handles to levers rather than knobs To whoever asked about waterfall edges, we enquired about this and were told $3,000 for our island bench, in 40mm, this is on top of the cost to already increase the actual bench to 40mm. We felt that was a rip-of and opted not to do it. Now that we are in our home, I am glad we didn't pay that extra money, we are happy with how ours looks without it. We did not do any electrical upgrades as one of our best mates is an electrician so he will be doing all of this for us (we have just moved in) at a fraction of the price. 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 17009 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 11431 Hi there! Putting the feelers out there for those who have (or almost) built with Arli homes! Interested in your experiences who've built from their stock home designs… 0 25267 |