Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building the Milano with McDonald Jones 12Jan 03, 2012 3:31 pm Building the Milano Two 15m at Maitland NSW! Re: Building the Milano with McDonald Jones 13Jan 03, 2012 6:32 pm isabellesfolly 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. If your on facebook feel free to like this page for images/updates, we're not running a blog as such, just this page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Beau-and- ... 0732333982 Building the Milano Two 15m at Maitland NSW! 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 17865 Elvis has left the building... The site supervisor quit after 2 month on the project. I guess he was just instructed to bark at people, but didn't like when he was… 26 22293 Following these simple steps will help you mitigate unwanted costs, have your expectations met and give… 0 4977 |