Browse Forums Building A New House Re: building with mcdonald jones... yay or nay? 13Mar 04, 2019 7:26 am Ace76 Kylz86 Thanks everyone for your replies, I really appreciate it as we are complete noobs when it comes to all this building stuff lol. We have been advised by our conveyancing lawyer to go ahead and also some stage 1 owners of our development to go ahead and lock a price in on a 24month tender. So we are going to go with building the Esperance Grande. I would imagine we are up for a long and expensive ride lol but it is what it is and at the end of the day we will hopefully have a decent home. We are building The Esperance Executive ( modified to suit our block 650m2) in Chisholm and so far so good. No issues with Mcdonald Jones. The slab was poured on friday and Hopefully the frame will be going up soon. Will try and upload more Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ photos as the build progresses. Good luck with your build. Looks awesome! Would love to see more when you can . What office did you deal with... if you don't mind me asking?. We have been to Thornton and Wallis Creek, we are thinking to go through Wallis Creek because they have the esperance on display, the guy there seems ok. Thanks so much for sharing, i wish you all the best for your build. Re: building with mcdonald jones... yay or nay? 14Mar 04, 2019 10:22 am Kylz86 Ace76 Kylz86 Thanks everyone for your replies, I really appreciate it as we are complete noobs when it comes to all this building stuff lol. We have been advised by our conveyancing lawyer to go ahead and also some stage 1 owners of our development to go ahead and lock a price in on a 24month tender. So we are going to go with building the Esperance Grande. I would imagine we are up for a long and expensive ride lol but it is what it is and at the end of the day we will hopefully have a decent home. We are building The Esperance Executive ( modified to suit our block 650m2) in Chisholm and so far so good. No issues with Mcdonald Jones. The slab was poured on friday and Hopefully the frame will be going up soon. Will try and upload more Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ photos as the build progresses. Good luck with your build. Looks awesome! Would love to see more when you can . What office did you deal with... if you don't mind me asking?. We have been to Thornton and Wallis Creek, we are thinking to go through Wallis Creek because they have the esperance on display, the guy there seems ok. Thanks so much for sharing, i wish you all the best for your build. Thanks. We went with the homeworld Thornton office. Dealt with Andrew Dimosvki and he was awesome and very helpful.I would highly recommend him. Re: building with mcdonald jones... yay or nay? 15Mar 04, 2019 12:22 pm We just got the keys to our MJH Havana Executive just before Christmas 2018 and we are also in the Hunter Valley area, Branxton to be exact so not that far from you. We had a fairly good run with MJH and after a few hiccups towards the end I believe we have a great quality home. We have a instagram page: Dalwood_15 if you would like to see some photos etc. Feel free to DM me if you have any questions about the process, I would be more than happy to help.. Re: building with mcdonald jones... yay or nay? 16Mar 10, 2019 8:36 pm Hi All, My partner and I are considering building the Port Sea we have been quoted around $350k including drive way, the facade we want, Alfresco, & site costs. I was told we get to $30k to spend in the colours appointment, which covers tiles, bench top selections ect. I was wondering if most of you guys went over and by how much? We will be tiling the living areas and Alfresco ourselves, as well as getting downlights done elsewhere. We also aren’t interested in getting the extra cabinetry as we will also source that elsewhere. Thanks!! Re: building with mcdonald jones... yay or nay? 17Mar 10, 2019 8:43 pm Depending on your block and your geotech results your site costs can really start to add up. Also BASIXs & BAL requirement can add a lot of extra cost.. Just for reference it cost us around $110k over the base house price for our home with flooring included, minimal electrical & no driveway.. Re: building with mcdonald jones... yay or nay? 18Jun 15, 2019 9:22 pm We are looking at MJH now and have been offered 20k in the design studio etc. anyone elSe hold off. Our block is about 4 months from registration. We never locked In prices and we could have 3yrs ago. But we were too scared. What are people’s experience with MJH? Are you happy? Did the tender price go up and down much? I’ve read and heard horror stories about their prices rising during “unexpected” things in the builds Re: building with mcdonald jones... yay or nay? 19Jul 26, 2019 7:56 pm Hello there MacJones is a good builder. They are one of the biggest if not the biggest builder in NSW. But like anything else, it's important that you have a fixed price tender with everything you want upfront so there are no nasty surprises later. What kills any experience is nasty surprises and unmet expectations. So don't opt for the cheaper option or the shiny million dollar promo giveaway option. Rather try and understand what you are completely getting and for how much. I hope this helps. Girgis My blog: www.LearnProperty.com.au 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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