Yep, this is a very good point actually.
I do like modern, and alot of white, which i went with for my build, but we did one feature wall of Pink…

Option 1 and flip shower and toilet is an option, but then you would need to have a exhaust fan in there that runs on a 10-minute turn off timer.

Forgot to reply, we did sign our contract October 2023, so it did take 4 months until we had our slab, but that period we knew about as they said…

We just had our tiles installed, after kitchen and bathroom cabinets were done.

Surprised the builder left it like this.. and not cleaned very well either. But just putting on a small skirting strip works. A simple quad strip or something would do…

Skirting removal, but they are actually an excellent choice. Obviously better than laminate flooring.
My parents had hybrid flooring (spotted gum) for around 8-10 years, no issues at all. Good with…

We did hailstone white. Best photo i have of it so far, still building currently. I love the colour.

We went with Taubmans Loud Thunder.. cant actually find it online, but Mcdonald jones had it as an option and i saw it for the first time on our walls…

We have them, expansion joints like the above.

Be prepared, write on the boxes or coloured tape to separate kitchen, dining, living, study, bedrooms etc.....
De-clutter... thats a big one, dont pack what you dont need.

Ah ok, no worries, well the tiles are going in a few days later, so i guess its pretty much stone/tiling done within a few days of each other anyway.
Appreciate…

Hi all,
Just wanted to get some of your opinions, specifically those who have built before or had multiple builds done.
We are building with McDonald Jones. I asked the site supervisor…

Yeah, i guess we will see how it goes, but we will most likely be flicking them over - just hanging for it to be…

Thats a solid amount of lights. Our home is significantly smaller, and looks like i was wrong, we ended up going with 2 lights per bedroom, but we did go…

Very good point, and yeah we have like 4 downlights per bedroom, numerous in the hallways and alot in the living / dining areas. we even put two in the…

Nah, our rental is a old house, which in a way we are happy about, will give a big sense of "wow" when we move in to the new modern…

Yeah, we were asked during selection if we want the switches set to warm white or cool white, and said we can "alter" post build if we need to at…

Hi all,
Just a warning for anyone perhaps building with McDonald Jones.
We asked for warm white light settings when we did selections. We are just past lockup stage and yet to…

Hmm thats a tricky one... i would say as you supplied them, you are liable... but they did install them, so that im not sure on.
This is why most major…

We are still mid build, so very recent, quotes received 13/6/2024.
We haven't accepted ours yet, waiting for a better idea on completion time for our build.

We built with McDonald Jones.
Slab first week of Feb, frame was up by the first week of March, so only a month for us. We are probably 1-2 months away…

Update: Our vanities, kitchen and cabinets etc.. was fully done Monday, before any painting or tiling. Frames, doors and skirtings supposidly were meant to be today, and "mould out", but…

They do charge alot more than if you organized electrical yourself, we hit $14,000 with MJH for ours, that was including pre wire for surround sound however and alot of…

Well, not sure of 80m, but to give you an idea.
For 1.8m high colourbond around 72m worth;
Our right hand side fence: 26.88m - which also included 200mm treated pine sleepers…

Not sure, we are doing our driveway during build, our builder MJH has allowed us to get our own trade to do it before handover (lucky in that aspect). But…

I used MJH, and same thing, buy now pay later. So far its been excellent. We have only paid the first payment, was around $25,000 total or so.
We are now…

Not much you need to do... some greenery / plants like NativeZen said. That place looks amazing and the setup is already very well laid out.

Thats rough, good luck.

Thanks for this.. seems we are closer to the end that we realized.. just ours are in a different order it appears.

Makes sense, i will keep an eye out. They just messaged me actually advising me that once the carpentry is done next week, the painting will be done.