Browse Forums Building A New House Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 14455Sep 05, 2022 11:28 am vin83 Fredii vin83 Hello Folks, I am in process to get tender to build house in Mid Coast from McDonald Jones. At the moment I am between Panorama 36 and Bridgetown 38 house designs. During discussion, I have been told my McDonald Jones that flooring is not the part of standard offering and has to be decide during internal selection. Does any one have idea how much flooring for 36-38 Sq house McDonald in general charge. I am looking for Laminate throughout the Ground floor except the Bedroom and Carpet throughout the first floor. Also, how much and what kind of negotiation on price can do with McDonald Jones during tender process ? Thanks Vin We decided to do it after handover since it was almost double the cost. However, we are still in the construction phase which is extremely slow and frustrating (It has been 8 months and we still don`t have all the external walls!) Thanks Fredii, whereabouts your build is happening and which design you going a head with ? How long you spent in Pre-COnstruction and since when the construction is going on ? We are building in Sydney Northwest (15-20 minutes from the head office!). Land was registered in Aug 2021. We did tender and contract before the registration. Although it was CDC, it took them until Feb to start. They made a mistake in CDC plans and took them weeks to rectify it. We have a lot of neighbors that had the same registration dates and some of them are 6 months ahead of us. There were some that started after us and are doing internal works while we still are struggling with walls and external works. They are clearly don`t have enough resources to do the jobs that they accepted. Most builders sign more that should but we can compare with about 20 neighbors with same situation and we can tell MJH is one of the worst in construction delays. 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 16915 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 11260 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 24239 |