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12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

I like your way of thinking re credit!! Our skirting was put up by our flooring people but now we are not looking forward to painting it!! We will just…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hello Lady Dragonfly, sorry I can't help with all the questions but can give some idea on the others. Yes the 150 days starts from the day you pay the…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

That is silly. What was the wording of the DA. What does the driveway have to consist of? Can you throw down some gravel and that is a driveway.…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

No certificate no money no house. Absolutely no way out of that one. Luckily we managed to borrow the remaining amount to pay off MDJ, so at least we can…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

HI, it really all depends on a number of things. 100K sounds about right, after we are finished we would have gone over the base price by about 110K, but…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

That's funny cause we had a bricky come yesterday and finish off a gap that was under our alfresco. Are you building in South West Sydney? Looks like we are…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

From following this forum for a long time I have only heard once that they have gone over their contract time. So expect to be finished before x-mas. Having said…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Sorry to hear about your mum KTKTKT. I'm sure that once things get started they will pick up speed. We got off to a slow start, picked up speed in…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hope to be in our new home before June, it's getting cold at our rental. Looking forward to having ducted air again and my dishwasher back.

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

CamKat is MDJ doing your driveway? Congrats on your progress, we are probably going to be finishing around the same time. Our painters were due to finish this week and…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

They would start work within the fortnight depending on the weather. Good Luck

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Good news is that the painters worked on the weekend so we've caught up a bit.

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

It has been 13 months since we paid our deposit and still waiting for our house to finish, our council approval took 9 weeks, then it was a slow start.…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

You are welcome, just ring 131081 and ask for your NMI (national meter index?) They will ask you a few questions but it's not much hassle :)

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

I may be wrong but I thought the pegs were for what needed to be cut and not necessarily for the position of the house. I would not worry too…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

If you mean the meter number (IM) you have to ring endeavour energy. The others are just the electricity providers.

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

You run the risk of not passing the inspection if you have exposed cable (that's what our supervisor told us)

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

I suggest looking on other threads of this forum for people with similar experiences.

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

You are about 7 -8 weeks from finishing. You are so lucky things have progressed so fast for you. We lodged to council beginning of Aug last year and will…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
Talana Estate - Edmonson Park

there are other developers selling in edmondson park soon. One is Talana Rise, the other is Village square and a bit further up is the golf course estate.

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

McDonald Jones have been fantastic for us so far……we couldn't be happier with how our home looks!!! We're about 2 weeks off getting the keys and can't believe how…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Our downpipes went up yesterday and man are they ugly! I can't believe MDJ make such beautiful homes and use ugly round plastic downpipes, they look so cheap!. I guess…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

I was going to start a blog but to be honest I just can't concentrate on anything for longer than 5 minutes without my kids climbing on me, asking for…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Our insulation should be finished today then gyprock will start tomorrow. I have my fingers crossed that we get keys before June. Apart from getting 2.7m ceilings we got a…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Chrisd79, I just had a look at your blog and found that we chose the same vanity units, looks good. I couldn't imagine what they would look like. did u…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Thanks for the info, i think our area is a little smaller (no path) so hoping to pay a little less.

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hi kopite1892, would you mind me asking how much the driveway set you back? We are seriously thinking about our landscaping at the moment and it seems our landscaping budget…

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Congratulations, now the fun begins. Well they had forecast rain all of March but we've had 2 sunny days this week so lets hope they got it wrong.

12 years12 years28parrot28parrot posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

I know what it's like, we used to have a small (tiny) business and we made our own website, it took us a while to get it right and…

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