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Could well have the keys next week.
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Hi Taki,
Don't have the exact dimensions currently but it was a big job that we had to go through council to get approved and an engineer to draw up. Was…
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Congrats Macca it does start to feel exciting once you see things finally happening.
As far as i'm aware its the owners responsibility to remove…
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Yes we did.
In regards to Solar will probably wait to hear if there are any announcements from the new govt before deciding but probably will look at getting eventually.
Happy to…
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Thanks mate. I can't remember it being mentioned or listed when we got the quote. In fact it's funny you mentioned it cause i…
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Good to see more members on here building with MJ.
@Taki. So i see you had to go the same route as us with getting…
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Sounds good guys.
Obviously everyone is going to have varying time periods with council depending on your circumstances and the performance of your local council…
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Didn't think the site was MJ related but thanks for the link Gav.
Sorry to hear your frustrations became too much Mus and like with every builder each individual experience is…
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Are you sure? Most of the blogs i've seen have just pulled the photo from MJ's website to show what facade they are having not necessarily the colours.
Hasn't been the…
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Sorry don't have a quote per metre as such as in the end it got to the point we were finding it hard to get someone to do it so…
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Hey Taki .
We have already had them done and yes its something the owner has to organise. We were also originally unsure whether MJ would…
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Haven't been on here for a while but good to hear some progress guys congrats.
Bad news for us was what originally looked like being…
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Thanks and yeah we were thinking we would get one for final inspection only. Looking forward to having a new house sometime this year and congrats to all who have…
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Hey Lizzie,
Yes on our plans it had retaining wall to be completed by owner so we had an engineer draw up some plans…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Work has to commence within 20 business days as long as all the other requirements set out in the contract are met.
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Good to hear things are moving along nicely for nearly everyone. Well it only took around 4 weeks to get through council,loan is all sorted, all docs received and signed…
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Hey taki,
Our costs for raising the ceiling are pretty much the same with Standard quoted as $4330.00 and Altered $680.00 and that was before they were going to rise their…
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Hopefully we have the same luck as it's going to be close.
In regards to the Essa v Caesar from memory they both had a few standard colours but the…
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We're currently in council but was just wondering if anyone went beyond their 140 days?
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Great to hear how everyone is going. We have signed off on our plans and are just waiting for the contract to arrive in…
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Thanks for mentioning that WD as we are currently going through our plans and fortunately there are only 2 windows that cant be opened.
Wow sorry to hear you had to…
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Thanks guys and sorry i should have been a bit clearer. We are on the Mid Nth Coast so i know our…
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Quick question for anyone who did their own electrical as we are going to do our own. We have received an email saying we will hear from MJ in regards…
External colours-Gutter and Fascia
Thanks for that blues and thats the way we ended up going.
All colours now sorted except for the tiles. Now we just have to…
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Congrats Jen thats excellent news hope you enjoy. Although we're just getting things started we look forward to that day.
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Hi Gav,
Yes it was listed as one of the free extras and we have been given a credit which we are just going to take off the total at this…
External colours-Gutter and Fascia
Hi guys. I have only pretty much been in the Building a New House threads but noticed this topic and although its an Interior…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Hi 1155. I must say the Beach House is a great choice and one we considered having seen it displayed. Nice design but just a…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
I can understand having to go back for sure but with the travelling we had to do it was no chance for us and just another reason for us to…