Browse Forums Building A New House Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1201Oct 13, 2011 10:45 am Built the Havana 3 by McDonald Jones Homes Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1203Oct 13, 2011 4:00 pm ----------------------------------------------------------- Monte Carlo Grande Elite with McDonald Jones http://mdjatvermont.blogspot.com/ Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1204Oct 13, 2011 4:02 pm Built the Havana 3 by McDonald Jones Homes Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1206Oct 13, 2011 8:44 pm Built the Havana 3 by McDonald Jones Homes Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1212Oct 15, 2011 7:36 am KTKTKT, considering this was our first home and we had a budget to stick to we didn’t want to upgrade everything, we found that what was offered in the impressions package was enough for us. We found the bathroom tiles that we wanted straight away. They're standard colours for kitchen cupboards are endless; from Laminex or Formica.... our major upgrades were the 9ft ceilings, waterfall edges in the kitchen, and a larger kitchen sink and a few other things... Do your research now and find out everything that you would like to include, because the colour walk through will be the time where you can obtain pricing for everything... congrats, good luck and have fun!! Built the Havana 3 by McDonald Jones Homes McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1213Oct 18, 2011 10:19 pm We went to our colour walk through today! Very exciting! Theres plenty of choice, and have now found out we don't need exposure bricks which increases our options. We've almost decided on bricks/colourbond and kitchen cupboards/benches but haven't really had a good look at flooring yet Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1214Oct 19, 2011 11:34 am Hi all, Just wanted to know if anyone has included the home theatre package, if so at what point did the home theatre chap come and run all of the cabling for speakers and hdmi’s etc? Tried to call him a couple of times but to no avail… Built the Havana 3 by McDonald Jones Homes Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1215Oct 19, 2011 1:01 pm Just got in contact with the him, all good! Built the Havana 3 by McDonald Jones Homes Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1216Oct 20, 2011 8:55 am Our brickwork is finally complete! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ More on the blog.... ----------------------------------------------------------- Monte Carlo Grande Elite with McDonald Jones http://mdjatvermont.blogspot.com/ Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1217Oct 20, 2011 9:54 am Hi All, just wanted to update where we are at.. After the last call I had with the SS which was on the 11th Oct, we received a call to say that as of yesterday the 19th we were at practical completion!! We had our walkthrough on Monday in which we found minor issues mainly dealing with the paintwork that needed to be addressed. The microwave shelf also needed replacing as it had been badly scratched. We also had the issue with the manhole rectified and we are extremely grateful to the area construction manager who came up with the ideal place for us to put it. Without his help we would have been forced to have it in living area which I would have been less than impressed about! My husband and I are over the moon with the end result and can truly say we have our dream home. We also only have the highest praise for our CLO, who has the best communication and made it a very smooth process from the start, and the ladies in colour selection who seemed to be able to read my mind..lol We should be in our home in no longer than two weeks and although it has been an extremely long process (16 months) since we paid our initial deposit, we are just so happy with out house. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1218Oct 20, 2011 10:18 am just checked the ponds website... I guess our land is registred already? Will landcom inform us or our solicitor? Construction Status Completed Availability of Services Due 31/10/2011 Council approval of Plan Completed Lodgement of Plan to LPI Completed Registration of Plan by LPI Completed Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1219Oct 20, 2011 1:07 pm Hussibug Hi All, just wanted to update where we are at.. After the last call I had with the SS which was on the 11th Oct, we received a call to say that as of yesterday the 19th we were at practical completion!! We had our walkthrough on Monday in which we found minor issues mainly dealing with the paintwork that needed to be addressed. The microwave shelf also needed replacing as it had been badly scratched. We also had the issue with the manhole rectified and we are extremely grateful to the area construction manager who came up with the ideal place for us to put it. Without his help we would have been forced to have it in living area which I would have been less than impressed about! My husband and I are over the moon with the end result and can truly say we have our dream home. We also only have the highest praise for our CLO, who has the best communication and made it a very smooth process from the start, and the ladies in colour selection who seemed to be able to read my mind..lol We should be in our home in no longer than two weeks and although it has been an extremely long process (16 months) since we paid our initial deposit, we are just so happy with out house. Congrats Hussibug, Glad your patience has been rewarded with a home you are truly happy with. It gets frustrating towards the end as you can see how good everything looks but can't get in and use it. You have every right to be over the moon. Remember the moving mantra as you prepare to move in "If you haven't picked it up in over a year, throw it out you don't need it". Looks like of all the bloggers on here regularly we might be next to do a handover so we are right in the middle of trying to explain that to our kids. Once you identified areas that needed work did you get an idea of how long to rectify? Did you get a big list of stuff to do as owner (in your initial contract) before you can move in such as clothesline, letter box etc? Do you get the keys at the same time as an occupancy certificate so you can move in straight away? Good luck with the move. Re: McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread 1220Oct 20, 2011 2:13 pm Just an update on my previous post... We will be getting our keys next Tuesday afternoon!!! cant believe what a smooth run it has been right at the end, right when you most need it too I think! No rest for the wicked though..lol Time to organise the actual move. 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 17760 Hi, Apologies - I know there is plenty out there on this but struggling to put together the puzzle. 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