Browse Forums Building A New House Re: McDonald Jones Homes 8Jan 21, 2009 8:44 pm Hi JNR
We moved into our new McDonald Jones Home 8 weeks ago. Took nearly a year from deposit to finish. We love their designs. After looking at loads of builders and floor plans we found theirs offered great open living for the money. They were very flexiable with altering design (for a cost). We built the Chesterfield Grand Elite and we love it. In regards to the journey there is couple of things they could improve on. Sales guy was excellent. Always returned calls and was very helpful in the alterations we wanted to make. As for improvement, the customer relations person appointed to us was very average to say the least. Our SS was'nt to bad. Had to chase him on issues with the build that he had missed. He did have a big work load though. Did have a building inspection at handover which resulted in a few heated words from the SS and our building inspecter. Well worth the money as issues were picked up that I had missed. Most of those things have been fixed. The only thing that I havent been satisfied with is the quality of finish with plastering. Lots of pin holing in the plaster work, ceiling nails showing and lots of poor paint work. These issues will be brought up at our 3 month inspection. After reading this forum for the last 18 months and hearing what some people have been through I can recommend this builder. Many happy people in our area. Would I build with them again? Yes. They have great designs. Will we ever get there? Re: McDonald Jones Homes 9Jan 21, 2009 10:05 pm I personally would not sign on with a company which uses deception to advertise their services. RC and Hanson use very similar language to each other and are either extremely enthusiastic about this company or are pretending to be people he is not. Do they really think people are so gullible that they will not see through their comments? Busted.... Re: 12Apr 04, 2009 7:03 pm Treechangers After reading this forum for the last 18 months and hearing what some people have been through I can recommend this builder. Many happy people in our area. Would I build with them again? Yes. They have great designs. I know of many NOT HAPPY people in our area who have built with this lot as well! Re: Re: 13Apr 04, 2009 8:31 pm SuH Treechangers After reading this forum for the last 18 months and hearing what some people have been through I can recommend this builder. Many happy people in our area. Would I build with them again? Yes. They have great designs. I know of many NOT HAPPY people in our area who have built with this lot as well! Did I mention when our builder went broke we were warned against building with McDJH no don't think I did mention that Re: Re: 14Apr 04, 2009 9:18 pm SuH SuH Treechangers After reading this forum for the last 18 months and hearing what some people have been through I can recommend this builder. Many happy people in our area. Would I build with them again? Yes. They have great designs. I know of many NOT HAPPY people in our area who have built with this lot as well! Did I mention when our builder went broke we were warned against building with McDJH no don't think I did mention that hic! pardon me Re: McDonald Jones Homes 15Apr 04, 2009 9:24 pm Reiki did u good woman! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Re: 17Apr 04, 2009 9:32 pm SuH Adrian B And a nice IP address RC, funny it is the sme as Hanson61. I KNEW IT I can only laugh at such a loser that would PRETEND to be someone else bummer I missed it!!! I knew Hanson61 was suspicious, we knew didn;t we SuH? naughty naughty hanson61!! "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: McDonald Jones Homes 19Apr 04, 2009 9:49 pm Doesn't seem to learn 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: McDonald Jones Homes 20Apr 05, 2009 7:50 pm We are currently building with MJH. Our site costs on a flat block were good but increased due to extra peiring required due to soil conditions. MJH were for some time aware of the large increase of the number of peirs required as opposed to the original plans but failed to advise me that the costs will go over as they are meant to advise me of an estimate of the increase under the HIA contract. I wasn't called by MJH on the day of the peiring to let me know it would go over. As I could not witness the peir depths I found it frustrating to sign for a 3K variation. Apart from this and some poor communication amongst staff we are fairly happy with MJH. 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