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RobbieandMichelle LennonSydney Surrounds, NSW
- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
Our experience with Mac Jones so far!
My wife and I have built another home with another builder 18 years ago and to compare the two is just not possible and we are only in the pre-construction stage. The team at MacDonald Jones Homes at their Warnervale office have been absolutely wonderful. We've had a couple of little hickups along the way however they were dealt with most professionally by both Cath and Mitch. We have only had one visit to the Home choices studio so far and everyone we meet on the day even people just walking past us in the waiting area were wonderfully courteo...Read more
us and helpful, to us this reflects a very good culture at work and this stands out when you go through any one of their display homes. We have visited over 60 of them everywhere from Oran Park in Sydney all the way through all of the display villages on the Central Coast and the lower Hunter you genuinely get a good felling when you go through a Mac Jones built home. We are so excited to see the rest of the journey to completion and already have recommended this experience to everyone we talk to. You Guys Rock! Robbie & Mish Lennon. December 4th 2022 Update: Excellence in Business and excellence in their employees. We are currently in pre construction and have just completed our first my choices selection day where we signed off on all of our plans as well as finalising our exterior colours. We were taken through each step professionally by our consultant for the day Parker Gallagher as she said on the day she is still learning however you wouldn't have known it, she guided us through each stage with a genuine interest for what we are doing. McDonald Jones has many attributes in our view not the least of which is their awesome staff, it's been a totally fantastic experience so far and everyone from the lady at reception all the way to the CEO all of whom we have meet at different times are nothing short amazing. December 5th 2022 Update: Our Internals selections day.
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HappychappyHunter Region, NSW
- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
Excellent!
Our build was very well managed, which I think was because we had an excellent site supervisor. There were a just a few mistakes/defects picked up here and there, but they were immediately addressed by our site supervisor. Having a site supervisor who paid close attention to detail, who addressed our concerns immediately and kept in touch regularly, was very reassuring. The final cost was close to the estimate we received from sales (base cost of house + $100k), but there are several things (floors etc) we are doing after handover.
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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes
Hi Happychappy, that's great news, thanks for the great feedback - congratulations on almost moving into your new home! We would love to see photos if you have the time, we hope you enjoy making many happy memories in your new home.
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- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
Great result!
Our experience from sales through to our colour selections and contract signing were handled extremely well by the team at Thornton considering the struggles we endured along the way due to our block issues. Sarah in sales was amazing and Tamara and Tina came up with endless suggestions to assist us before we came to an end agreement which included a custom design to suit our needs. We are so thankful to these ladies for the time and energy that went into our house design to fit in with our budget. Would recommend Thornton office to anyone building their new house.
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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes
Hi Emma, thank you for your feedback about your experience with our team so far, keep us posted on your construction progress!
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Mellisa H.Hunter Region, NSW
- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
Fantastic Sales Team
Mal, Jane and Kelli have been a pleasure to work through my planning stage with.
Very knowledgeable and patient. As a first timer they have generously helped me through the first stage of my building journey. I can only hope the remainder of this journey be as easy and enjoyable.
Thanks Guys
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Hi Mellisa, thanks for the great feedback about your journey so far, please keep us posted on your progress!
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RaffSydney, NSW
- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
Sydney to hunter valley smooth sailing
Was happy from the first colour selection meetings in Sydney Grace was well trained and knew about the products. Kyle Mcpherson managed the site and did it well with communication and project knowledge, the site was kept tidy and quality workmanship, quick to resolve any issues when they arise although we had only one or two, price as they quoted without hidden costs and gave us a finished product in an earlier that anticipated time frame and quality finishes.
Extremely happy and I work in the construction industry
Would highly recommend
Raff
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Hi Raff, thank you for your feedback about your building experience, we hope you enjoy many happy memories in your new home!
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Fjg
- 2 reviews
- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
Internal selections
Peta Anderson conducted our comprehensive Internal selections at McDonald Jones. It was a full day with many decisions to be made. Peta was very professional and easy to deal with. A good communicator and very willing to help and satisfy our requirements. She made the process easy and stress free. the range of choices was extensive and of high quality. We would thoroughly recommend the Internal selections and colours process with McDonald Jones.
Great experience
Annie Katte was delightful to deal with. She had good knowledge of the design pro...Read more
cess and had excellent communication skills. We made changes to the plan and nothing was too much trouble. We found the whole process with Annie very rewarding. She progressed at our pace and made us feel at ease. We highly recommend Annie and the design process at McDonald Jones. Likewise the colour selections process was easy. Good choice of products and helpful advice. Everything was done in a professional manner. WEe highly recommend the McDonald Jones process.1 comment
McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes
Hi Fjg, thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback on your experience so far, please keep us posted on your progress!
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Barry DobbieHunter Region, NSW
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- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
Medowie/The Bower, McDonald Jones show home and Sales office.
From Barry and Elizabeth Dobbie job No. 207851.
Would like to share our experience with Medowie sales office. Our initail contact with Christine was very positive. She handled our inital inquiries and was very informative in giving us some very helfull information on home designes and the requirements of particular regulations in respect to building.
She also help us with further visits to the show home and sales office.
Christine than refered us and made an appointment with the salles manager for McDonald Jones:- Richard Harrison. On several ...Read more
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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes
Hi Barry and Elizabeth, thank you so much for taking the time to provide feedback on your sales experience so far, please keep us posted on your journey, plus we would love to see photos if you can
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Amy and AdamHunter Region, NSW
- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
Such a quick and smooth process!!
My husband and myself have had two appointments with my choice so far external selections and interior. Neither of us have had any dramas. Annie Katte was so welcoming and a god send! Any query we may have had was answered and Annie gave us great advise. I was a bit nervous about making such big decisions for our home, such as not knowing if colours will compliment other choices that we had chosen, that changed as soon as I realized how caring and experienced Annie is :) Thank you so much for making it an easy process!!
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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes
Hi Amy and Adam, we're so pleased to read that Annie was able to assist you so well and put your mind at ease. Keep us posted on your progress and photos too if you have time!
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- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
My Choice Studio External
Wow! What a great day for our first My Choice Studio Visit. Annie Katte, you were amazingly helpful, very knowledgeable on the full range of all the exterior products on offer, and were able to advise us on all products that we asked anything about. It was a pleasure to be helped by such an obviously very enthusiastic and talented young Lady. Thank you Annie.
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Hi there, thanks so much for your lovely feedback about your experience with Annie, she loves helping her customers create the homes of their dreams! Keep us posted on your progress!
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- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
External selection
Thank you Annie Katte was able to select the colours and items with ease and was provided with excellent help. The house will look amazing when it is finished, hopeful we will get the necessary approvals to complete the house. Customer service has been excellent from all staff so far.
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Hi Michelle, thank you for the feedback about Annie she loves helping her customers create the homes of their dreams!
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MickyjHunter Region, NSW
- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
Excellent
McDonald jones has been awsome through out the construction of my new home I can't fault anything . The workmanship has been excellent all the tradesman have all been great . I would like to give a special thanks to Stuart Nicholson my building supervisor who has been amazing and easy to deal with . Over all everything has been perfect
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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes
Hi Mickyj, Thanks so much for your feedback about your building experience with us, Stuart in particular was delighted to read your comments. If you have time when you move in, we would love to see photos!
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- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
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Slab Stage
We could not be any happier with our site supervisor for the slab stage Tommy Wrixon!!! He has been amazing, very communicative & been there for us every step of the way. I wish Tommy the very best for his future endeavours & i will be referring all my friends to build with McDonald Jones Homes :)
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Hi James, thanks for the feedback about Tommy, he loves helping his customers create their dream homes! Keep us posted on your progress.
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KelsyHunter Region, NSW
- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
Excellent
Thankyou Annie Katte ! Got me through my externals with no hastles
Annie did a great job helping me choose all the external colours and pieces so it will all look amazing !
She helped match colours together that all went really well and also helped with ideas of colour mixes that could work as well ! Great customer service and love building with McDonald jones homes !
Thanks Annie
September 13th 2022 Update: Thanks for making the sales process so easy !!
Cathy and Mitchell helped walk me through the sales side of my Mcdonald Jones Home ! they helped with all questions and made it really easy !!
Every time i go back to visit the home that i am building they have a smiling face and a warm welcome for me ! thankyou so much
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- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
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Professional people reliable service
We had a pleasant experience building with MCDJ Thornton. The staff at their Newcastle (Thronton?) office was especially easy and pleasant to deal with. They were courteous and kept us informed of progress so that we knew what to expect and no surprises. Shayne our site supervisor was professional and helpful throughout the building process so we were at ease throughout. The love for their work shows. Keep up the good work guys.
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NelsonSydney, NSW
- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
Scott - best ever supervisor
It has been a long time coming but today we got our keys and WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE OUR HOME. The quality of our job eg. the brick laying and finishing is fantastic. But this review would fail without total accolades to our supervisor Scott, who was heaven sent to us in our last 6 months. Words cannot express how amazing he was but let me try- professional, constant, weekly communicator, caring, knowledgeable, safe, honest, fair. He Also happens to be a delightful, easy going person. He knows this business! He had a series of wonderful tradespeople...Read more
work for us. We would totally recommend MacdonaldJones just because of how great he was and because of our end product. I should add- this was not a normal or typical build, being a trilevel home on a sloping block....a complicated build. Now,in the prephase, it was very slow but the staff were good people, particularly Bronwyn. Before Scott entered, we had 4 months where 2 weeks of work got done. We would still recommend them but are just leaving this as a caveat. Also, we did feel in the prephase MCDJ were a little inflexible on some matters. Thanks again to Scott for his delightful presence and control of our job. We are very happy people!!!1 comment
McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes
Hi Nelson, Congratulations on your new home and thank you for your honest feedback about your building experience with us, we certainly take on board your feedback and use it to assist with our contin... Read more
uous improvement processes. We would love to see photos if you have time too! Congrats again from the MJH teamSimilar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
Colour Selections with Marissa Hamling
Marissa was our interior designer for our colour selections day at Thornton McDonald Jones Homes. She was a delight to work with. Being so overwhelmed with all the selections we needed to get through, Marissa understood the vision we had for our home and helped us create a home we are so excited to see come to life.
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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes
Hi there, thank you so much for the lovely feedback about Marissa, she was delighted to read your comments and we can't wait to see you new home come to life - please keep us updated on your building journey!
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Jeff and Wendy Lake MacHunter Region, NSW
- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
Building with Tamara at Thornton - pre construction
Tamara Bradford was our project co-ordinator pre construction. From the signing of the contract to the finished product she was extremely helpful and knowledgeable, keeping us informed right throughout the process. She was always willing to go the extra mile for us as we experienced some difficulties with the plans which needed modifying for council requirements. Her product knowledge and her eye for detail and her support throughout the whole construction process made our experience much easier. Her tenacity to follow up on any issue with mana...Read more
gement - and we did have a couple of them - is to be admired and was very much appreciated by us. Tamara is a true asset to McDonald Jones Homes. September 3rd 2022 Update: Dale took over as site supervisor for our build with McDonald Jones Homes after the concrete slab had been completed. He was always very helpful, polite, knowledgeable, and well organised, keeping us informed of progress throughout. His attention to detail was very good always ensuring that all parts of the construction were carried out to a high standard. He always made himself available to take calls or to meet with us to let people measure up for quotes for floor coverings and window furnishings etc. If we had any problems he was always quick to follow up, checked the details and got back to us with an answer and solution promptly. We were extremely happy with the way he managed the process right through to handover. Subsequently we were very happy with the standard of the finished product Angela Workman was our first point of introduction to McDonald Jones Homes. At the time she was working from Rutherford display village and we were looking to build in Lake Macquarie. From our first meeting to the last one in the design process we found Angela to be warm, understanding, positive and very knowledgeable of the products. Because of this we were more than willing to travel out to Rutherford. At the time Angela was building with McDonald Jones herself and understood the process which we found to be extremely helpful. She gently guided us to the design that best suited us. We found her extremely patient in our process of decision making and nothing was a problem for her to resolve including adjustments that needed to be made to suit our requirements and site restrictions. She even helped us to navigate our way around the council website as our land was still being developed. We found her to be extremely supportive both when we were so discouraged and thought about pulling out, due to the developer; and during the construction phase.1 comment
McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes
Hi Jeff and Wendy, thank you for the feedback about Tamara, she loves helping her customers create the homes of their dreams! We can't wait to build your dream home, please keep us updated on your progress!
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Our Little LindenHunter Region, NSW
- 2 reviews
- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
Speedy progress after land was registered
We are delighted to now be on construction list after 30 months of waiting. This long wait was due to government departments not being able to make decisions on our estate, but our lovely McDonald Jones Project Coordinator(s) have kept us in the loop all the way through. Now after achieving land registration, the process has been very swift. Registration 14/6/2019, land purchase finalised on 28/6/2019, developers approval 12/8/2019, final drawings etc 13/8/2019, council approval 23/8/2019 and on construction list 30/8/2019. We now cannot wait f...Read more
or our house to be built. December 20th 2022 Update: Building our little Linden Having a fantastic build. Up to painting and tiling. Our site supervisor, Max Wilson, has been fantastic in his organisation of trades and getting things done. His communication skills are first rate. So far we could not be happier with McDonald Jones and the quality of our build. We had to wait a long time for our land to register but since then MJH have kept the ball rolling.1 comment
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Yay! Our Little Linden, That's great news and we can't wait to start building your new home and see it come to life - keep us posted on your progress!
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Amy WHunter Region, NSW
- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
Delighted with our new McDonald Jones home
We received the keys to our new home in May 2022. Whilst the early days of the sales and admin process were frustrating at times I am happy to say the end result is a home that we love and that has been built well. This is all thanks to the design studio team we dealt with at the time in the Thornton office, and more so our wonderful site supervisor Shane Romeyn. Shane is an asset to McDonald Jones in the Hunter Region. He went above and beyond for us and our house, and at all times we felt relaxed with the build process and had every trust he ...Read more
was overseeing every step of our build and updating us along the way. All this even though he had many other builds to supervise in the area at the same time. I am not sure how he does it all, but we were lucky to have him as our site supervisor! The end result for us was a house that was delivered before the expected date, and had very few issues throughout the build and none by handover - this is quite rare compared to some of the stories from other builders I have seen online. Good job McDonald Jones you obviously have great staff that represent your company well!Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
Sigrid JohnsonHunter Region, NSW
- NSW, Thornton (Newcastle Office)
- Verified customer
Great experience for our first build!
We received the keys to our new home on the 25th of July and couldn’t be happier! Any minor issues have been almost completely been rectified and we have only been in the house for four weeks!
Pre construction was slow but we understand that there is a lot of paperwork and with council involved we expected it. From putting down a deposit to construction list was approximately 10 months. Once we were on the construction list and made it past the Christmas and New Year period we were full steam ahead and actually received the keys 4 weeks prior t...Read more
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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes
Hi Sigrid, that's so exciting congratulations on your new home and thank you for the honest feedback, Riley was so delighted to read your comments too!
We hope you enjoy many happy memories in your new home!
Cheers from the MJH team
Ps: he gets a pay rise now right? He totally deserves it!
McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes
Hi Sigrid, We will certainly let Management know! :)
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Questions & Answers
vishal m.asked
How long after the slab that mcdonald jones start steel frame. I mean usual dry out time for slab before framing?
Construction time for steel frame single story built for example san marino 16 executive.
Thanku
Buddhaasked
Hi guys do you use waffle pods in your slabs
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They did on our house, we are happy with the process visually as we did not have a terrible cut requiring retaining. The cut was minimal as we had a good flat block.
No official answer?
McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes
Hi Buddha, yes we do use waffle pods in the slabs.
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McDonald J.McDonald Jones Homes
Hi Robbie and Michelle, thank you so much for providing your feedback on your building experience so far, the team were so delighted to read your comments. Please keep us posted on your exciting progress!