McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Almost our one year anniversary building with MJH. We signed up with them on December 18 last year and have almost finished, we have PCI on Thursday. We are quite…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Those prices are from elsewhere, however we are getting MJH to do ours.
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Hi Lizzie,
You have three options when it comes to the stacker doors (well 4 if you include going nude ). First of all you can…
Smart Wiring / Structured Cabling
Rokonet Zodiac Pet Immune PIRs. They will work with a dog under 33kg. If it is over that weight then you will have to think further, for example limiting the…
Smart Wiring / Structured Cabling
Yup, it appears it already is.....
http://www.madisontech.com.au/copper-cable/brand/rdm/rm-cable/category7-cable?PHPSESSID=be3dffce5cc4989ef69609b169221772
Smart Wiring / Structured Cabling
I am really unsure about this spending a whole lot of money on structured cabling. I am an alarm installer by trade, and can do cat 5 and telephone, but…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Hi Jen,
The name on the plaque was a huge mental effort on my behalf! In the end we just went with the house number and the street. There was nothing…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Why on earth would you lay sand cement when you can simply glue the tiles onto the slab? If they are talking about an area where there is dirt, you…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Danana,
There might be a reason for the delay, Mick is in fact the area manager for MJH. I imagine the poor bloke would have his normal work load plus trying…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Hi everyone,
Everyones houses are looking great, and all the progress is fantastic. Our house is up to bricking stage, which is about all the good news! Danana I believe we…
Lisβ Santorini β DAH - We've moved in!
HAHAHA OK I have to make a comment, but does it only look to me like there are two roos on the right in the photo with all the roos,…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
And when did place your original deposit Mr Duck?
Woodducks McDonald Jones Chesterfield-Enjoying Our New House
52 piers that ranged from 1.1 - 2.3 metres. They were very deep! Gavmer mine is a flat clay soiled block. We have built in the zone of influence though…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
We were well an truly over the 150 days. We signed up on December 18 last year and have only just had our piering done. I think we went about…
Woodducks McDonald Jones Chesterfield-Enjoying Our New House
So woodduck we got our piering done. As per my fears, 77 metres of piering! It was like we were building a brick and pier house and not a slab…
Woodducks McDonald Jones Chesterfield-Enjoying Our New House
60 sounds right, as we have a 30 metre allowance and at half a metre a pier that sounds about right. The only issue we have is that we are…
Woodducks McDonald Jones Chesterfield-Enjoying Our New House
Hi Woodduck,
Nice looking slab you have there! We have an allowance for 30 metres of piering. On our piering plans we are having.... wait for it..... 52 piers! Is it…
Woodducks McDonald Jones Chesterfield-Enjoying Our New House
Looking good! We will be doing piering soon and have also been asked to attend. We are building in the sewers zone of influence so I am not looking forward…
Crumbling Slab
Hi Melly,
I am guessing the spall has occured due to the dynabolt being installed before the concrete has had time to cure enough. I suggest they should remove the dynabolt,…
Internal wall insulation batts.
Hi KW,
I have seen it done with twine and staples. The staples need to be all the way in and then I can't imagine you would see them on the…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Oh wow, that is so exciting! I can't wait for the day I can say the same!!! Congrats Bizzie!!!!
EB Memphis Rear Bed - Roof Tiles (no pics)
Just checked the blog again, looks great. I want a port-a-loo!!!
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
We put sarking in under our tiles with them, just to keep the heat down. Our plans have been received by MJH, stamped APPROVED
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Katrina you are soooooooooooooo lucky! We had estate guidlines which we had to abide by for our landscaping. We had to submit a plan and put a deposit down to…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Hi Katrina,
Does that $75k on top include everything needed to move into the house? By that I mean landscaping, driveway, screen doors, flyscreens, letter box, clothesline, TV antenna, etc. If…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Tell me about it, I am a qualified and licensed alarm installer and I have to do the fit off after hand over. I would also do data cabling, but…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
A few quick questions for people who have built or are currently building with MJH.
* How close to the pricelist price do you end up at? At this stage…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Thanks Bizzie,
I was wondering if there was anyone on here who has built the Santorini? We are building it with a modified plan, and I have never seen one, as…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Hi again folks,
Yep it is great to see another MJH thread. We are building a modified Santorini in Ropes Crossing, for those who have forgotten or haven't read yet. I…