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Hi Cathy,
Even though the build might have been a bit rough, you will not regret living here! I moved up from Belmont 6 years ago for work and loved the…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Hi CathyLeigh,
Sorry to hear about the problems you are having. We had a turbulent building experience as well but things have settled since we moved in with no huge issues.
I…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Hi Brad and Romishem,
Sorry to hear you are having so much trouble with maintenance issues and follow up. I've had friends who had to get fair trading involved and apparently…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Hi Rach,
We moved into our home in June last year. It took a year from the day we paid our deposit to getting the keys. The build itself was 6…
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Brad, sorry to hear your maintenance follow up has been so bad! We had ours done back in September last year after I left a message about it here on…
Show me your kitchen...
Thanks for the lovely comments guys
TBrown2012 your kitchen is so stunning! Love the extension out alongside the alfresco - I wish I'd seen that…
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CathyLeigh, we have built in Old Bar (45 min south of Port) and a lot of the tradies who worked on our home travelled down from there. We were really…
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From personal experience CWiseman, I thought our house looked small right up until the frames started. They put our formwork straight onto and within the cut area. Once your formwork…
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Thanks Sefac, good to know. We have cracks in corners too which I think is to be expected with the settling slab. The peeling paint on the bathroom roof is…
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We have been doing the same last week BradK - great minds Must be the hot weather!
For those who have been in their homes…
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We were a bit shocked at the price too. Our local services for that sort of thing are really limited (as we are rural) and therefore expensive so we just…
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Hey Jazz926,
If you get a wall mounting package with MDJ (which is the easiest option) make sure you check what size TV the mounting brackets will hold. We paid $800…
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Hey Swarmski,
We had the same issue with our water tank. Don't worry, the pipes will travel down the side of the house and underground. It is fairly neat and tidy…
Show me your kitchen...
Hi all,
This is a wonderful thread, I've been following for quite a while
Here is our kitchen, which is something a bit different…
McDonald Jones Homes - The new thread
Hi all,
For those that have been in their homes for a little while and have wooden feature work on their facades -
Has anyone managed to figure out what McDonald…
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Hey MadamImAdam,
We had MDJ do our Gerfloor boards through a large portion of the house. We didn't stipulate that skirtings should be left off in the contract and they…
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MadamImAdam we had our fit out payment (which is think was #5?) on 31st March and got our keys on 22nd May.
Nat84 I saw the photos of your moroka…
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For those of you who have had your 90 day follow up, can anyone tell me how MDJ contacted you and if it took a lot longer than expected?
We…
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Congratulations on your handover dimerazorback!
We had a similar problem, except our floor was laid anyway as we had paid MDJ to do it. There are a couple of spots…
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Hey Jamie88,
It took exactly 14 weeks from our pre-gyprock walk through to handover. The internal linings took a lot longer than we expected. Total build time was 5 and a…
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We had MDJ do pretty much all of our electrical other than bathroom heat lights and fans. I don't regret having them do our downlights, the price was comparable to…
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Hey DimeRazorback,
Your kitchen is looking lovely Love your white benchtops. On the ceiling heights, we never were offered 2.55, only standard or 2.7. I…
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Yep Vicarry, it is definitely law and you must have your cooker isolation switch within the proximity if the stove. It kills all gas and electricity to the oven/cooktop on…
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Hi all,
Just a question for those who have already handed over and upgraded to channel drains in their showers - are you able to lift the top of the grate…
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Hey guys,
Question for those who are in their hems and have the wall mount TV solutions. How did you mount the TV to the bracket? We seem to have a…
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Thanks everyone! I'll have lots of photos coming onto the blog tomorrow. I hope everyone's builds are progressing well - this weather has been perfect for progress
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It feels so surreal to say this, but we got our keys today
We couldn't be happier with how our house has turned out. McDonald…
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Wow it looks fantastic Brad! I love your kitchen colours I think that rangehood looks really good but I'm guessing you ordered the curved one?…