Browse Forums Building A New House Re: McDonald Jones Build Tender 9Jan 30, 2020 4:45 pm Hi McDonald_Jones What is the normal time frame after the 3 month inspection that your customers may expect all works to be completed satisfactorily? Re: McDonald Jones Build Tender 10May 27, 2020 3:06 pm Norfolk @christopher_hemmy I have just checked the reviews of Mcdonald Jones Homes on the productreview website. I would be very cautious interpreting these in your research as most of the positive reviews posted there do not look genuine! There is also some quite interesting discussion about this topic in the Q&A section for MJH. Some forum members are questioning their integrity given this situation. If you have not already done so, I would suggest you contact at least 3 recent real customers and speak with them directly about their experiences with MJH before you sign the contract. No build will be perfect and it’s how the builder responds to the issues that arise that will give you some insight into their capability and ethics. you can't just accept the bad reviews and question the good ones. Instead of relying on a google search best to actually speak with someone face to face who has built with them. Most people that review negatively are usually the ones who have done little to no research and complain about anything for the sake of it. We are on our second build and while there has a been a couple of issues I know I'm going to be getting a quality home with premium inclusions. Internal walls and insulation is about to begin in a few days. Our SS is great and quick to respond to any question and has bought to our attention issues I was not even aware of. Would I recommend MJH? Absolutely. oh yeah, and invest in a private building inspector. At approx $2.5k its worth every cent. Re: McDonald Jones Build Tender 11May 27, 2020 5:27 pm Supercharger, we’ve built 4 homes, and rented a brand new MDJ home last year, as i said above it was 12 months and all the maintenance work was still not done. The painting was appalling, however, the standard response was its within tolerances, if it was my home, I wouldn’t have been happy. Check every window and window frame for scratches, as the owner hadn’t noticed significant scratches at PCI they refused to fix them, paint was on the brickwork due to sloppy painting. We were considering building a hermitage grand and had got to tender with them, but while the house was average, it wasn’t of the quality we expected. Unfortunately my car caught fire and exploded in the garage in February, causing the house to be uninhabitable, MDJ no longer have to complete the maintenance work and fortunately for the owners the house will have all the gyprock replaced and repainted. Re: McDonald Jones Build Tender 12May 27, 2020 6:08 pm supercharger Agree, best to speak with at least 5 recent home buyers. MJH would have no problems providing plenty of happy customer contacts. Any anonymous 5 star reviews of a builder are meaningless like: https://traveladdicts.net/tripadvisor-fake-reviews/ perhaps only useful as a warning about the builder's ethics. If you check McDonald Jones Homes fluffy reviews you will get it! Re: McDonald Jones Build Tender 14May 28, 2020 8:02 pm gogo65 Supercharger, we’ve built 4 homes, and rented a brand new MDJ home last year, as i said above it was 12 months and all the maintenance work was still not done. The painting was appalling, however, the standard response was its within tolerances, if it was my home, I wouldn’t have been happy. Check every window and window frame for scratches, as the owner hadn’t noticed significant scratches at PCI they refused to fix them, paint was on the brickwork due to sloppy painting. We were considering building a hermitage grand and had got to tender with them, but while the house was average, it wasn’t of the quality we expected. Unfortunately my car caught fire and exploded in the garage in February, causing the house to be uninhabitable, MDJ no longer have to complete the maintenance work and fortunately for the owners the house will have all the gyprock replaced and repainted. Not denying there can't be issues not every build is perfect, and when it comes to post handover maintenance I'm sure all builders drag their feet. Re: McDonald Jones Build Tender 15May 28, 2020 8:03 pm RagRad If you're on Facebook, there is a Building with MJH page. It's very active with dozens of posts each day. Anyone building with MJH should head over there if they're on facebook. Re: McDonald Jones Build Tender 16Feb 13, 2021 5:26 pm you will be close to $500k once you come out of the studio and electrical appointments for that size house with a 3rd garage and some nice touches... You will sign your contract first and then any of the selections done through the studio are variations, you should be able to pay this out of pocket if needed. Keep an allowance for basix requirements and rock removal, you may not use it but its there if you need it I said after the 1st build “ never again “ & now im on my 3rd Re: McDonald Jones Build Tender 17Apr 04, 2021 9:09 pm Christopher_Hemmy Also just did a bit of research on houspect as a building inspector. They sound really good and are roughly $2250 for a 4 stage inspection or $2600 for a 5 stage. (5th stage being waterproofing check of wet areas) would the 5th stage be worth it or should I just get 4 stages? It seems like a no brainer getting them to inspect it as 2.5k when spending 400k is nothing...especially after the horror stories I've read! Do housepec cover the mid-north coast? If not any recommendation? Hi AKG, We had a base tender of $592 for 31 squares from MC Donald Jones. 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