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Castlevania

Waterford County, Maitland
Joined 12 August 2010
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13 years13 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey Guys
Just a quick heads up, our brick work was finished today. The house is finally starting to take shape :)
I'll post some pics when I…

13 years13 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey Guys,
Just a updated from our end, I have just returned from a 3 week exercise with the AF and when I left there was a Toilet and Site Scrap,…

13 years13 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey Guys,
A bit of news on our front, finally on the construction list after mucking around with the bank so much. It took the combined efforts of our CLO and…

13 years13 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey Ashy2323,
What estate are you guys building in? We're in Waterford county, hopefully planning on getting on the construction list within the week :).

13 years13 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey Guys,
Just an update from our end.
Have just received a letter from the council advising they have approved :), 3 week turn around from Maitland…

13 years13 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey everyone,
We are quickly approaching our 150 days due to no fault of our own (communication breakdowns/Maitland council), question is has anyone gone over their 150 day contract and what…

13 years13 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey Taki,
Which council are you in?

13 years13 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey Guys,
Just got off the phone to the bank after 2 grueling hours. Now I'm more confused and a little peeved. The consultant that I spoke to on the phone…

13 years13 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Thanks everyone for your responses, currently awaiting the phone call from the bank now (going to give me a call at 5). So I'll ask them then and put them…

13 years13 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Thanks Hanson,
I'll ring the bank and see if they are happy with that.
Cheers,
Josh

13 years13 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

+ Further to my last.
How long has Maitland City Council been taking with council approvals?
We are planning on lodging the contract tomorrow, how long until the details are forwarded…

13 years13 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey Guys,
Long time between posts, finally have gotten the contract, really helps that I'm doing a course directly across the road from their Thornton office :)
Happy…

13 years13 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey Guys,
Been a long time between posts, finally got our prelim-contracts after much jumping up and down. I would of like to see how long the process would take If…

13 years13 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hi Bon,
It sounds awful and has gotten me a little worried. we are building in the Hunter and going through Thornton office. They stuffed up our colour selections and we…

14 years14 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

thanks woodduck for the timeline, as it is good to see how long it could possibly take.
hey macca2000 - At your colour appointment did they throw in any freebies? Our…

14 years14 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey everyone,
Got a letter yesterday advising that our land won't be registered/settled until at least mid-late Jan 11! I'm a little po'd due to us being advised late October at…

14 years14 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
Our Eden Brae Hayman 28

thats great Ako. Have you heard when they are starting to build?. We've received a letter in the mail that our land wont be registered until next year now. Bit…

14 years14 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey Taki,
If you read the impressions package booklet it mentions the roof pitching in there.
I believe they are I'd have to speak to Danielle as to what the "standard"…

14 years14 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hi Taki,
Did you just get the roof pitch or did you get the impressions package for free?
Josh

14 years14 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey Danana,
How many extra piering holes did you end up having to have? We already have the allocated funds aside for electrical, just not the fences, landscaping and the Plantation…

14 years14 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey Taki,
Going for the Brick, was tossing over getting the place bagged however thought in the long run with maintenance would be a pain - not a handy person

14 years14 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey Taki,
Sorry didn't see your question regarding the bricks, have been told that Austral are the new suppliers for bricks and not PGH, unsure if this is location specific.
Does any…

14 years14 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hey Tiki,
We got our colour pack about a week after our deposit of 3000 and our appointment about 4/5 weeks after the deposit.
She mentioned that the fly screens are $47…

14 years14 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

G'day Guys,
Had our pre-selection walk through today for the colors, I must admit that after reading the comments I was a little bit worried in relation to a very limited…

14 years14 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Wow 1155, very nice backyard :)
We have our pre-selection walk through appt next week, we are very excited hopefully we'll be able to get as…

14 years14 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

We have been told by our bank that we cant get the extra money from them to do all the extras we want to do after handover. I guess we'll…

14 years14 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

RedTerror,vpeewee - thanks so much for your helpful insite in the selection process, we have now requested for a floor plan and will be researching prior to the appointment. We…

14 years14 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread

Hi everyone, we have now signed up with McDonald Jones. I got very excited when we received the colour selection folder in the mail. I have a couple of questions…

14 years14 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
Our Eden Brae Hayman 28

Hi Ako, thats a good size block, thanks for the info. Our block gets registered hopefully at the end of this month.

14 years14 yearsCastlevaniaCastlevania posted:
Our Eden Brae Hayman 28

Hi Ako, we are building in Waterford County Stage C. We are building with McDonald Jones Homes and just signed up with them. Do you have any information regarding the…

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