Browse Forums Building A New House Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13143Mar 08, 2016 9:12 am Our McDonald Jones Cordova Two Build - http://cordovatwomjh.blogspot.com.au Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13145Mar 08, 2016 9:20 am d_sfirsthm Jazz926 Our land is finally registered! with settlement in two weeks. Can't wait to see our house take shape. Been one hell of a long journey. Hi , Are you building in the Hermitage? Nope, we are building at Edmondson Park so not too far from the Hermitage. Our McDonald Jones Cordova Two Build - http://cordovatwomjh.blogspot.com.au Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13146Mar 08, 2016 10:27 am Colester78 Yay, we have PCI on Friday and should be moving in to our new home on 19/20 March. With regard to going over the tender period, this happened to us too and yes we had to pay $1k per month. We did get a $1k reduction though because there was a bit of time wasted by MJH between our land registering and them starting things, not a massive period though. Congrats Colester78 how exciting for you. Happy moving Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13148Mar 08, 2016 10:43 am Jazz926 Our land is finally registered! with settlement in two weeks. Can't wait to see our house take shape. Been one hell of a long journey. Thats great news Jazz. After so long, the building process will start soon. You just need to be patient for a while longer. I found that it took two months after I settled on the land, before building started. Once I was on the construction list, it really moved along quick. Looking forward to seeing your building photos. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13149Mar 08, 2016 10:45 am lileegirl hi does anyone know where I could order a similar designed complimentary glass sign for the house number? I'm not building with MJH but love the design plate they use. They come from a sign maker in Forster. NSW. I forget the name of the company. Maybe ask Mr Google for a sign maker in Forster? They might not let you have exactly the same design, and would have other ideas? Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13150Mar 08, 2016 10:48 am Davidr13 lileegirl hi does anyone know where I could order a similar designed complimentary glass sign for the house number? I'm not building with MJH but love the design plate they use. They come from a sign maker in Forster. NSW. I forget the name of the company. Maybe ask Mr Google for a sign maker in Forster? They might not let you have exactly the same design, and would have other ideas? oh you're a legend thank you I found them!! Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13152Mar 09, 2016 9:28 am Linda_K Hi All, has anyone had issues in time delays from MJH? We are 8 months in since signing our initial quote and there is no council approval in sight as yet. All the delays have been due to either their errors or delays in getting into appointments. Was your land registered when you signed that initial quote? If yes, 8 months to wait for council approvals or to be in construction would've been too long. I suggest you note all the delays you feel MDJH caused and email/call them. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13153Mar 09, 2016 11:06 am Hi all, I'm a long time lurker and I just wanted to say thanks for the wealth of information here! We are in the paperwork stage of building a seaside retreat and will hopefully be getting developer approval in the next few days. I plan to blog our journey if anyone is interested. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13157Mar 11, 2016 5:38 pm Spronkly I think censorship has come to this forum! So much for sharing positive and not-so-positive experiences with our builder. Seriously?? Why don't they spend more time making their customers happy by fixing the issues than complaining about the bad experience they have given them to the forum admins. I'm still waiting for them to fix faults. 20 months after handover. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13158Mar 12, 2016 6:36 pm Hi, well I've finally figured out how to post an image of our house plans. It's a modified Miami 16 exec which we are pretty excited about! Colours coming up next month which is traumatising me already as I keep changing my mind. I'm wondering if I should speak to an interior designer regarding my colour schemes for internal and external in an attempt to try and pull my ideas together before I go to MJH colours appointment so that I end up with what I'm trying to achieve? Has anyone else used a colour specialist before going into their colours appointment? Cheers, Cordy Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13159Mar 12, 2016 7:58 pm You're plans look fabulous. Sounds like you have grand plans for the home. We're building our forever home, super exciting. We just had our colours appt on Thursday. Went very smoothly but we knew we wanted minimal in terms of a colour palette and had fiddled around with some on a mac app beforehand (thankfully hubby and I were on he same page!). MJH are great to work with in the meeting and I'm sure if you take a few ideas in (which they encourage) they will be easy to work with and will bring some ideas and tips to the table. You have the day. We were out by 1 though! Next step sign off and plans through council....Apparently our council isn't the quickest! Please be kind to us Hawkesbury Council.... Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 13160Mar 12, 2016 9:07 pm Hey guys we are up to electrical just want some pointers from experience of things we night not think of thanx in advance, hope everyone is having a good build 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 16745 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 10924 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 23198 |