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    4.8 (75)
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MJH Building supervisor( Mark Docherty) with excellent customer service

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Construction End DateFebruary 2020
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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes

Service and Warranty Process

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The Service and Warranty process has run smoothly. At all times communication has been timely and all issues reported were addressed.

A special mention to Ray from the maintenance team who has been fantastic. Ray is friendly and approachable and was always efficient and thorough with the repair work. He even provided some great advice for my DIY projects!



The service and warranty process has only added to our positive experience building with MJH.

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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes

Hi Nathan, thanks so much for the feedback about the Service & Warranty team, in particular Ray. We hope you are creating lots of happy memories and congratulations on your new dream home!

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Disappointed

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Positive Experience

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We have recently signed the contract and completed external/internal selections. The process has been relatively straightforward and well organized and the consultants (Cassandra, Kate, Bronwyn, Brittany) are all very helpful. I find the contract one sided and poorly written but I think that is pretty standard for the industry. If the build process is as smooth as the preliminaries we will be well satisfied.



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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes

Hi Disappointed, thank you for the honest feedback, our contract is the building industry standard, however, we can provide your feedback on this to the team to review. Keep us posted on your progress and welcome to the family!

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Marg

MargSydney, NSW

Kick off to our dream home

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We are very excited to be building our dream home with McDonald Jones! We were so impressed with our interior designer (Rachelle) at our external colour selection appointment. The morning flew past and we finished ahead of time, and are delighted with the outcome (can't wait to see the end result!). The appointment was well managed, professional, with prompt responses to changes made on the day. Looking forward to our next step of this exciting journey.

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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes

Hi Marg, thanks so much for the lovely feedback about your MyChoice experience, keep us posted on your progress!

Eddie

EddieSydney, NSW

Very prompt on the site commencement

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Build StageMid-Construction
Construction End DateApril 2020
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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes

Hi Eddie, thank you for the honest feedback, we have passed on your concerns to the team also, please keep us posted on your ongoing progress.

Joey

JoeySydney, NSW

Choices, Choices

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I was excited to choose our internal and external colours but also felt a bit overwhelmed as it is such a big step. From the moment we started I felt comfortable and found it quite easy with a bit of guidance from Bronwyn. I am so happy with my choices and Bronwyn was so helpful and understood exactly what I wanted.

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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes

Hi Joey, thanks for the great feedback about Bronwyn, she loves helping people create their dream homes! Keep us posted on your progress!

The Start

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We started our home building journey with McDonald Jones. Our Project Coordinator was Benji who was very helpful throughout the planning phase. When ever we asked clarifications on contract clauses and other matters he provided clear explanations. Also coordinated well with other technical teams on behalf of us & tried to accommodate our requests at his best. Thank you very much, Benji making things easy for us.

We Like to thank Kassandra at the sales office who helped to find a suitable plan that fits our land and the my choice team who helped us with their expertise during internal & external selections
We are happy about the pre- construction process except for minor drawing issues we had.
Looking forward to build to start soon.

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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes

Hi Amitha, thanks so much for the great feedback about your experience so far, please keep us updated on your progress!

Serge Mardirian

Serge MardirianSydney, NSW

perfect customer service thank you tracey!!

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we were very happy with tracey! she knows what is she doing. excellent pricing for the quality.me and monica we were 100% satisfied. we have our exterior colour selection second of may to select the colours and sign the contract.looking forward to start the construction and move in to our dream new house.

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Hi Serge, how exciting! Congratulations and thank you for the feedback for Tracey, she was so pleased to read your comments. Keep us posted on your progress!

Michelle Maltese

Michelle MalteseSydney Surrounds, NSW

Final Colour Selections

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We continued our journey with Rachelle at the Internal Selections today. Once again Rachelle was very welcoming and warming. Her attention to detail was amazing, if we were unsure of anything she would make suggestions and outline the pros and cons of the choices. Nothing was problem, very accommodating. Her calm nature helped us through the day and we felt very comfortable.

We had a very nice lunch and a bottle of wine to end the day. So looking forward for the build to start. Thanks for everything! Lawrence and Michelle

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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes

Hi Michelle and Lawrence, thanks so much for the feedback, the team was delighted to read your comments, we're pleased you enjoyed lunch and a lovely wine to celebrate - Congratulations! Keep us posted on your progress!

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Carol Meek

Carol MeekSydney, NSW

Final Colour selection

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Hi Carol and David, thanks for the feedback about your experience in the Design Studio, we're so pleased we can continue to keep your new home dream alive during these challenging times! Keep us posted on your progress

Rahul M

Rahul MSydney, NSW

Great Internal & External selections experience

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Hi Rahul, thanks for the feedback, Bronwyn was so pleased to read your comments, welcome to the family! Keep us posted on your progress!

Sunder MADANU

Sunder MADANUSydney, NSW

Pre-Construction

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Tayla Inosesio, Tracey Neilsen and Mary were very helpful and fantastic in assisting with our tender.
They are such a lovely people that I met in my life who are always welcoming, smiling and assisting with same energy all the time no matter how many questions were put towards them. I thank them name by name and much appreciate all the help thus far and wish the complete journey to be like this to the destiny - The new HAPPY home.

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HI there, thanks so much for the feedback, welcome to the family! We can't wait to build your new home!

Cannot wait to see the final product

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Went in for our external selections and we had no idea what colour pallet we were after. Aimee was so helpful with showing us what colours match an what didn't.
We then met with Harry who went through out CT and was extremely patient with us while we tried to understand all the jargon that came along with the contract as well as explained everything to us and made sure we understood everything before moving on to something else.
We've had such a great team so far throughout the whole process.
Kassandra has also helped us so much with getting the tender together for us. Really appreciate everything she has done for us thus far.
Cannot wait to move in!!!!

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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes

Hi Tupou, thank you for your feedback about your experience so far, the team was delighted to read your comments, keep us posted on your progress!

Dipam Dutta

Dipam DuttaSydney, NSW

How a good consultant can make a difference

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Hi Dipam, thanks so much for the feedback so far, keep us posted on your progress!

Perfect start!!!

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I have been introduced to Tracey Neilsen by my friend. At Willowdale we were dealing with Tracey and Mary.

Honestly I was very impressed with her quality of workmanship and integrity. Not to mention her willingness to meet us on various occasions to change or modify plans as per our requirement. She gave us few useful suggestions which helped us to achieve our dream plan.

Honestly I have approached two other builders on same street but the quick response from Tracey and Mary won our hearts. Now I have signed the tender with them but till date no response received from other builders.

They both are the best we meet in this industry and exceeded the level of customer service we were expecting.

Thank you and wish them all the best.

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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes

Hi there, thanks so much for the feedback, the team were delighted to read your comments, we can't wait to see your new home come to life!

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Ronny

RonnySydney, NSW

Perfect home with a professional team!!

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Hi Ronny, thank you for the feedback about your building journey and providing us with photo's of your beautiful new home - Congratulations, we hope you create lots of happy memories in your new home!

Vandy

VandySydney Surrounds, NSW

raw sewrage on front lawn on handover

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Hi Vandy, we would like to investigate this further for you to assist, can you please provide your job number so we can action this, kind regards

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Solewis

SolewisSydney, NSW

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Preconstruction, My Choice Design Studio appointments

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Hi Solewis, thank you for the feedback, the team were delighted to read your comments, please keep us updated on your progress!

Super friendly staff who have made the process simple

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My partner and I have been super happy with our couple of visits to the MyChoice studio.
We have been very thankful of the help we have received from Rachelle and the other staff at the studio. They were more then willing to go out of there way to help and we never felt pressured into anything. We are very appreciative and would highly recommend to anyone who considers building!

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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes

Hi Keiran, thank you for your feedback about your experience, keep us posted on your progress!

Bonnie

BonnieSydney, NSW

  • 4 reviews

First experiences matter!

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We are only at the signed CT stage but to get to this stage we have been really happy with both Linda (initial contact) and Vince ( ongoing contact) from Kellyville homeworld. They are both friendly and professional.
Vince replies to email queries quickly and has a great wealth of knowledge concerning our build.
Hoping the rest of the build is as professional.

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Hi Bonnie, how exciting! We can't wait to build your new dream home! Keep us posted on your progress!

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Raj

Rajasked

NSW, Baulkham Hills (Sydney Office)

I have got 357m2 land in Schofields and looking to build double story with budget $270k to $305k . Please advise me. Thanks

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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes

Hi Raj, You can find our range of two storey homes here: https://www.mcdonaldjoneshomes.com.au/two-storey-homes our homes range in size for smaller lots ans prices. We can also arrange for one of our Building and Design Consultants to discuss which home design would suit your land and lifestyle better, if you would like to provide your details via private message. kind regards

Gary Higgins
Gary Higgins

Ooh a sale... get on this one

Dharma

Dharmaasked

NSW, Baulkham Hills (Sydney Office)

I am doing a tender with McDonald Jones. But currently holding the consolidated tender because of other builder's unethical and unprofessional act. The other builder with its office at Spring Farm is building a house on my neighbour's lot and during their build they are illegally using my land. Both the builder and owner did not contact me for the use of my land. Without any permission from me, they used my land to deposit a huge pile of soil, mix the concrete, drive and park their vehicle, put a building fence halfway through my property. They increased slope of my land to level it with their block affecting the original gradient of my land. Upon speaking with the Site manager, he advised that he did it to save the unnecessary cost to their customer as their customer's land was sloped. He initially assured me by email that they would return my land to original state. They removed the the building fence and partially removed the spoil from my land, but deposited and spread out huge soil on my land to bring it to the level of their customer. The builder is now not receiving my calls, not responding to my emails and message.
The other builder did not care about the neighbour's property. They illegally used and damaged someone's property for their own benefits. They tried to save their own cost but did not think about the negative impact and additional cost to their neighbor.
I have reported this to council, but council advised me to resolve this internally or go to local court. Council is not helping much, about which the builder is very much aware as he said to me "Council does nothing". Thats why the builder is trying to take the advantage of this. The builder is completely negligent as the site manager thinks this is normal in building industry to use someone's property. In my case, the builder not only illegally used the property, but also damaged my property as the slope of land and contour has been completely affected because of the excess spoil being deposited on my land to make the same level to their customer.

Is there any legal process to action against the builder for illegal use and damage of property or I have to go to local court as advised by council? Is there any builders forum where I can report about this builder? My build is delayed and affected because of this builder's negligence and I am mentally stressed.

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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes

Hi Dharma, we would also like to assist you as we want to ensure you can build your dream home as soon as you can, could you please send us your job number and best contact details via private message so we can contact your team, kind regards

Dharma
Dharma

Thanks for your prompt response. My job number is 605150. Sorry not sure how to send a private message. I believe you will be able to grab my details with this job number.

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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes

Hi Dharma, thank you for providing your job number, that's great, we can make sure your best contact details are on file and if not we can private message you so you can respond that way. Have a great day!

Sachin

Sachinasked

NSW, Baulkham Hills (Sydney Office)

Does McDonald jones build custom designed Homes

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Matt
Matt

Two tips Sachin
1. Filter their reviews (sort by rating lowest) & see their true ratings before the flood of “pre-construction” reviews.
2. Read the rest of their questions to see how happy they may or may not make you

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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes

Hi Matt, thank you for your assistance in responding to Sachin. Sachin, please feel free to scroll through our reviews, as you will see they vary through the building stages depending on when our Customer's have the chance to provide an honest review, and they even update the reviews as they progress through the building journey.

Hi Sachin, in response to your question, if you would like further information about the home designs we provide you can view them here: https://www.mcdonaldjoneshomes.com.au/home-design, we have standard designs that can be altered to suit your needs. We have a broad range of homes to suit all stages of life and we can adjust plans to suit your lifestyle needs, you can simply discuss these with your local Building and Design Consultant, who would be happy to assist you with any questions you have. kind regards

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