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9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

Thanks :) cant wait to have the front completely finished... Just got to put the gates up :)

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

Pic of our bluestone by stonemad

Anybody building at Googong ?
9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

pic as promised

Anybody building at Googong ?
9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

We paid $260/m2. It ended up being about $22k for the whole right hand side (30ish metres long) the whole front and letterbox and along the low side where it…

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

Hey, we're doing our own fences to save $$ - colorbond is pretty reasonable and if you're handy, it's doable!
StoneMad did our bluestone walls. They are awesome -…

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

Hi guys,
Old googonian here... for those of you living here already, have you experienced theft or vandalism?
We've just noticed that someone has written a lovely message on our garage door...…

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

Congrats!!! I too have been watching your build! Was the process of getting your home approved more difficult being a panel home!? That's wonderful that you're so close. We are…

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

Hi guys, I haven't been on here in a while.. Too busy living the googonian lifestyle, haha!! But I know a bunch of you were asking about shutters... We got…

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

Hey, how's the house!? Yeah, its your responsibility to do the verge... I think its just turf but give the landscape coordinator a call :)

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

We have bricks above the garage and it wasn't extra.

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Just had a look at your blog- looking great! We moved in on Saturday and I LOVE my house sososososo much! You will love the veuve design, its amazing

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

Thanks guys :) it took us 3 years and was totally worth the wait if that helps!

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

Moving into our new home on Saturday! Got the keys yesterday.... Yay!!!!!!

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9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

Hey outdoorharry, not a silly question at all! We're at about $1500/m2 but we still need to do a number of things like fences, driveway, landscaping and retaining walls after…

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

That looks a bit scary! I am certainly not a tradie though! Ask your SS on Monday :)

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Thank you, It's called sandy beech :) I'm do glad it looks good... We picked from a sample 2 years ago and there were no large…

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

A PIC from today... Our bamboo is all done :)

McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

We've just had ours installed and I thought the same. They recess both but its done at a diff time to the bracket. Our aerial guy was the one who…

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

We've just had ours installed and I thought the same. They recess both but its done at a diff time to the bracket. Our aerial guy was the one who…

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey, just wondering if anyone has their colours book handy... What brand ducted VAC does mjh use these days!? We did our colours so long ago (I.e. 2 years ago)…

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

How did the final walk through go!? I'm not very happy with our painting :( its really $hoddy in bits. I was expecting better. It seems…

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Oh no Al :( I'd just point absolutely everything out and say what you think. I rekon our ss will sort it for sure.

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

We're $130k over base with no driveway, fences and retaining walls. We hit $10k worth of hidden site costs, I.e. Rock, and we were invoiced a month after the work…

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

I have asked this a few times (at colois and my as) and have been assured that they will be using a metal strip around the kitchen cabinets. The display…

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Yep, we're getting genesis 'sandy beech'... I'll be able to tell you how it looks in a couple of weeks :)

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey Michelle, it certainly has been that long! We were one of the first to buy in the new township of googong (near canberra), so there have been numerous delays.…

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

The mjh 'base price' doesn't include floor coverings, window coverings, drive ways, fencing, clothes line, letterbox, flyscreens and the big one... Site costs, etc. From what I understand these things…

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

We were also told that our painting would get done over the break and it wasn't. We had some tiling done over this week (but we didn't do the tile…

9 years9 yearsdi+mattdi+matt posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

The computer says 6 Feb but I think it will be closer to march :(... We have just had cornices, skirtings and architraves installed. Painters are…

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