Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building the Milano with McDonald Jones 7Sep 04, 2011 7:47 pm Hi all We have made a decision to build the Milano 16. Wanted to add the study but with our odd shaped block it would make getting into garage awkward. Haven't made many other changes. Just a door to ensuite and 1 m added to side of garage for bikes etc. Oh, and 2.7m ceilings. Chose the Bali resort facade but still not sure about this. Also like contemporary and country cottage. Anyone have one of these facades and like to advise? Saw the Bali Resort facade at Wongarah on the Chesterfield and it felt really relaxed and comfortable. Isabella, which facade are you having? Anyway, REALLY excited already. KT KDRB Carlingford, NSW Building Garden Retreat with MDJH Re: Building the Beachouse with McDonald Jones 9Oct 03, 2011 4:02 pm Hi We are thinking of building the Beachouse at Fern Bay and are waiting to get title to our block. We are trying to prepare a budget so would appreciate help with this if you have built in this area.
Re: Building the Milano with McDonald Jones 10Oct 03, 2011 4:32 pm Hi newdeal, cant help with prices in your area (we are in Sydney). We are only at the beginning of the process so dont know what we will be up for in the end but just wanted to say i so love the beachhouse. You have made a great choice there. We will be building the garden retreat which is the only one that makes the most of our big side yard. It was seeing the beach house at harrington while on hols that convinced us that the MJH style was for us. That was last Jan and we only just paid our deposit last week. No one could accuse us of rushing in to these things! KT KDRB Carlingford, NSW Building Garden Retreat with MDJH Re: Building the Milano with McDonald Jones 11Dec 02, 2011 1:51 pm Hi guys thought i would say hi, we are building the Milano Two as well 16M in Gregory Hills. we have decided to go with the Balanise Tropicana Facade (the missus prefers this one) i quite like the pavillion facade which is the same as the milano 4 at kellyville ridge. we have just signed our CT and we have our colour appointment booked in for late jan next year. happy to help with any questions. Re: Building the Milano with McDonald Jones 12Jan 03, 2012 3:31 pm Hi everyone, Thought that we would finally get involved in this forum, weve been looking through it for months. We are building the Milano Two 15m (Classic facade) at Largs (Maitland). We managed to get on to the construction list on the last week before MJ shut down and are looking at having a slab down by mid Jan! Building the Milano Two 15m at Maitland NSW! Re: Building the Milano with McDonald Jones 13Jan 03, 2012 6:32 pm ![]() Hi KT Nice choice for home design but I am bias!! We decided not to bag or render (both a different process) as we wanted to have something different to our neighbours who both bagged their homes and unforutatley for them they both chose the same colour for the exterior wall and look identical since they are both next to each other apart from their design. We elected to use a PGH brick which cost us an extra $2400 so we are different from the neighbours. Our last home did have a steel frame and we were more than happy with it that is why we elected to go with MDJH again even though we had issues with them as builders (better the devil you know). I have much insight to offer regarding building with MDJH but will add this in followup post. I have also used my regular interior designer who has co-ordinated the total exterior colours scheme from roof to driveway to compliment the bricks. My designer has helped with selection of all cabinetry colours for kitchen/bathroom including stone benchtops,external/internal door handles all based around the colour scheme we selected for the internal wall /doors with consideration given to the colour of the large 600 tile that I have elected to use througout the home along with the carpet that were both outsource and will be laid after handover. This process has all be done before my attending the colour selections room and only took just under 3 hours. My designer will also attend my colour appointment (MDJH are happy to allow this) and help with the selection of tapware,kitchen door hardware, tiles for the bathroom/ensuite/ laundry & kitchen splash (not using glass this time will explain in later post) and making sure that all of our previous selection completed through her studio are all available but this should not be a problem as I used all brochures from my colour selections pack and my designer has rooms full of samples from laminates to stone and everything in between. I must add that using an interior design consultant is not as expensive as one would think and worth every cent!!! this is the biggest investment you have and your personel interior designer takes time to know your style and what you are trying to create. I will endevour to keep all updated with our building of the (Milano 15 Two) at Maitland. Cheers Isabella Hi, We also chose to use a colour consultant. We are building with Beechwood Homes in Aberglasslyn. Curious to know who your colour consultant was. We used Lyn from Colour Monkey. McKeachies Run, Aberglasslyn Deposit paid 11th April Land registered 6th June Land settled 20th June Colour selections and contract signed 5th August Commencement letter received 26th September Re: Building the Milano with McDonald Jones 14Jan 19, 2012 9:03 pm Hi everyone, Like others we will endeavour to keep you up to date with the build of our milano, might help act as a guide for some wayward soul in the future! Our block was scraped on Monday and we are awaiting piering / plumbing (Thursday) we're hoping to see some activity tomorrow on this front, especially considering my CLO advised that the slab should be poured late next week, seems to be taking a little longer then we thought to get the slab down but we will see how we go! On the scraping front the guy that did this did an awesome job, and he didnt take long to do it either! Ive attached some images of the block before and after. 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