Browse Forums Building A New House Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 14282Jul 21, 2017 1:02 pm May I ask the area you built we are in the hunter and having multiple issues with MDJ. Both staff and sub standard build Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 14283Jul 23, 2017 8:30 am hi all we are tossing up between two build mcdonald jones and coral homes. mcdonald jones is throwing in alot like outdoor kitchen air con alfresco and also whitegood promo. at moment mcdonald is thirty thousand more the coral. coral is a bit bigger, we are looking at the lyndhurst modified a bit. what at peoples opinions. who better to go with. anyone building a lyndhurst thanks Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 14284Jul 23, 2017 12:58 pm aden hi all we are tossing up between two build mcdonald jones and coral homes. mcdonald jones is throwing in alot like outdoor kitchen air con alfresco and also whitegood promo. at moment mcdonald is thirty thousand more the coral. coral is a bit bigger, we are looking at the lyndhurst modified a bit. what at peoples opinions. who better to go with. anyone building a lyndhurst thanks Hi Aden, We're also tossing up between MJH and Metricon. MJH have thrown in those things to us too, but we'll get a lot more house from M for the price of MJH! Only reason we're considering MJH is because they seem to be the major builder around Hunter/Newcastle, (+ they offer steel frames, Hebel at a reasonable price), and their quality seems higher than other builders. I maybe wrong but this is based on looking at display homes... However, I'm now concerned having read ourforeverhome's reply! ourforeverhome ourforeverhome May I ask the area you built we are in the hunter and having multiple issues with MDJ. Both staff and sub standard build Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 14285Jul 23, 2017 3:26 pm we have also came to the conclusion that mcdonald jones is a bit better quality and offering the steel frame is great considering in a bush area. i have not heard bad reports on mjh but alot of negative on coral. hard decision this house building Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 14287Jul 24, 2017 8:31 am Currently building in the hunter what you see in the display homes is not what you get. Be prepared for extra costs and highly recommend a professional independent inspection throughout the build. We are 4 months past original finish date and still on end in site. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 14288Jul 26, 2017 10:52 pm My advice to anyone considering building - McDonald Jones or otherwise - if its not written down, it hasn't been discussed. So email after every conversation to confirm discussion. As the old phrase goes "measure twice, cut once".... check check check every drawing and email for details, multiple times . The mistakes are amazing... Its your due diligence. But its also one way of avoiding so many issues. It takes longer to get started by doing this, but will be easier in the long run. We are still before our build (weeks away), but so far, that philosophy has worked well. PS being in a similar role has helped me with diligence. But you can do it too!! McDonald Jones Homes - Don't do it! 14289Jul 27, 2017 4:41 pm Well unfortunately we are yet another one to be screwed over by this "builder". We had lots of issues through the admin phase and their lack of communication and now we have issues with our house. Things like scratches on the range hood, chips, scratches and marking to all the high gloss cupboards throughout the house, scratched window frames wher some imbecile has tried to remove paint. Drawers and shelves where they have been cut are chipied all along the cut. There are many more but I won't go on. The Area Manager and his Manager have been involved and all everyone does is pass the buck or they can't see the problem. They expect the clients to just accept things with obvious scratching. We couldn't take any more so we have lodged a complaint with Fair Trading. It's a shame we have to rely on a statuary body rather than them doing the right thing by the clients in the first place. I haven't said too much during the build as we were hopeful of getting these things fixed however it is obvio they do not care about their clients! I would not recommend this pack of your know what's to anyone! The best of luck to anyone silly enough to build a house with them with all the obvious issues they have. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - Don't do it! 14290Jul 27, 2017 6:14 pm HFW003 Well unfortunately we are yet another one to be screwed over by this "builder". We had lots of issues through the admin phase and their lack of communication and now we have issues with our house. Things like scratches on the range hood, chips, scratches and marking to all the high gloss cupboards throughout the house, scratched window frames wher some imbecile has tried to remove paint. Drawers and shelves where they have been cut are chipied all along the cut. There are many more but I won't go on. The Area Manager and his Manager have been involved and all everyone does is pass the buck or they can't see the problem. They expect the clients to just accept things with obvious scratching. We couldn't take any more so we have lodged a complaint with Fair Trading. It's a shame we have to rely on a statuary body rather than them doing the right thing by the clients in the first place. I haven't said too much during the build as we were hopeful of getting these things fixed however it is obvio they do not care about their clients! I would not recommend this pack of your know what's to anyone! The best of luck to anyone silly enough to build a house with them with all the obvious issues they have. HFW003 - Where abouts did you build, and what did you build if you dont mind me asking Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 14291Jul 28, 2017 7:41 am Anyone with more than 3m high ceiling have got pictures of their stacker/bi-fold or garage door from outside. Do you have brick or cladding above? Building "The Havana Executive Elite" Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 14293Jul 28, 2017 4:03 pm Hi nike66 We should have been in our home in march still waiting so it could be a long wait. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 14294Jul 28, 2017 4:07 pm Is it normal practice to refuse an independent progress inspection before handover? I thought it was under fair trading that progress inspections be allowed. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 14295Jul 30, 2017 4:54 pm We are getting closer to handover so thought I'd post a few updated pics. It's so exciting seeing color selections come to life and we are happy with the way our Bronte Executive Lodge is coming along! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 14297Jul 30, 2017 5:41 pm Thanks. The tile colors were in the standard range. But it was a small upgrade to get the 300x600 tiles on the walls. And a much bigger upgrade for full height tiling. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 14298Jul 31, 2017 7:53 am nikel66 Hi Anybody know roughly what the time periods are between: Slab and frame Frame to lock up Lock up to Handover? Cheers Our slab was poured on 10th Feb, frames were delivered on 14th Feb and up by 21st Feb. Garage doors were installed around 14th June to complete lockup, and we are approx. 4 weeks from hadover. Hope that helps. (We are building a Bronte Executive Lodge on The Central Coast) Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 14299Jul 31, 2017 8:08 am Wow thanks. Our slab was poured on the 4th July. Still waiting for the frame to go up. It was supposed to be early last week, then late last week now some time this week (?) Just trying to figure out if ours was normal period of time to be waiting or not! (Our house is also much smaller than yours). Thanks again. Hi AKG, We had a base tender of $592 for 31 squares from MC Donald Jones. It looks relatively cheaper than other builders. 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