Bring your dream home to life in the heart of the Hunter. At McDonald Jones Homes, our homes have been built by locals for locals since 1987.
From the heritage-lined streets of Morpeth to the wide-open views of Louth Park and the new family communities growing in Chisholm, this region offers a lifestyle that is hard to beat.
At McDonald Jones, we don’t just build houses here—we live here. Our roots have been planted firmly in the Hunter Valley since 1987. Over the last 39 years, we have worked alongside local families to bring their dream homes to life, designing spaces that embrace our climate, our light, and our distinct way of living.
Whether you’re looking to build your first family home, a spacious acreage retreat, or a smart dual-living design, our local team is here to guide you home with absolute certainty.
Browse our collection of single, double, acreage, and granny flat designs.
Tour our fully furnished homes in Chisholm, Thornton, and Lochinvar.
Discover all your need to know about the build process in our Home.Made Webisodes. A series of videos with advise from our experts on Interior design and style, the home construction process, finance and home loans and stories from customer home builds.
When we say our homes are built by locals for locals, it is not a marketing slogan. It is the story of who we are. McDonald Jones started in the Hunter Valley 39 years ago, and we have spent the decades since supporting the communities that welcomed us.
We are proud, long-term partners of the Newcastle Knights and major contributors to the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), helping fund vital medical breakthroughs right here in Newcastle and the Hunter.
When you choose us as your home builders in Maitland, your investment stays in local hands. Your home is designed, planned, and built by local draftsmen, local town planners, and local tradespeople. Because we live, work, and raise our own families in the Maitland area, we understand the local soil profiles, the weather patterns, and the council requirements better than anyone else.
| The Local Sifference | Why it Matters to Your Build |
| Deep Hunter Roots | Established locally in 1987, giving you 39 years of local stability. |
| Supporting Our Own | Active partnerships with the Knights, HMRI, and regional grassroots sports. |
| Local Trades & Suppliers | We employ the region's best brickies, chippies, and trades to build your home. |
| Built for the Climate | Designs shaped by our hot summers and cool winters, with plenty of natural cross-ventilation. |
We have spent nearly four decades perfecting our floor plans, ensuring there is a layout that fits your family, your block, and your budget perfectly.
Single storey designs - Perfect for young families, downsizers, and easy suburban blocks. with open-plan kitchens flowing to integrated outdoor alfrescos, with quiet bedrooms away from the living areas.
Double storey living - Ideal for busy, growing families who need room to spread out with ground-floor entertaining spaces, separate upstairs kids' zones, and private master retreats.
Country living & acreage - Designed for sprawling country blocks and semi-rural lifestyle allotments featuring wide, welcoming frontages, grand verandahs, soaring raked ceilings, and window walls that capture the views.
Split-level & sloping lots - Smart solutions for sloping blocks of land. Split-level foundations that work with the natural contour of your block, reducing excavation costs.
Building a new home is one of the biggest milestones of your life. As your builders in Maitland, we make sure the experience is clear, honest, and exciting. While we have grown into one of Australia's premier home builders—backed by the structural strength of the NEX Building Group—we still treat every build with the care of a family business.
Every McDonald Jones home is built with a precision-engineered Australian Supaloc steel frame. It is non-combustible, termite-proof, and backed by a 25 Year Structural Guarantee, giving you a home that is truly built to stand the test of time in the Maitland Region.
Bring your dream home to life by visiting one of our luxury display homes. It's the perfect way to get a closer look at our award-winning designs and truly find yourself at home. Explore our inspiring display villages across the Maitland region, with stunning homes ready to walk through at Hereford Hill, HomeWorld Thornton, Huntlee, Lochinvar, and Waterford Living.
Whether you want to keep multi-generational family close by or unlock an ongoing secondary income stream, our integrated dual-living designs offer the ideal solution. As experienced granny flat builders in Maitland, we build our architectural secondary dwellings alongside your new primary McDonald Jones home—constructed together on your block from the ground up.
Please note that we do not build standalone granny flats on existing properties; each granny flat is engineered, approved, and constructed in conjunction with one of our complete single or double-storey home designs.
Our one- and two-bedroom layouts are fully self-contained, giving grandparents or adult children complete privacy while keeping the family connected on a single title. For investors, planning your primary residence and secondary dwelling together from day one delivers maximum street appeal, complementary rooflines, and an effortless pathway to dual rental yields.
Your main residence and granny flat are planned, approved, and built side by side in a single build program.
Matching exterior brickwork, roof profiles, and premium finishes so the home feels cohesive rather than an afterthought.
Complete with full-sized kitchens, private bathrooms, laundries, and dedicated outdoor alfresco spaces.
A single council or CDC development submission handled by our Hunter planning team from day one.
Our fixed price home packages take the stress out of building a new home in Maitland. Our build and design experts create packages with numerous new home designs and a comprehensive list of features that align with your lifestyle and budget. You'll know exactly what you’re getting and how much to budget for, so you can make the most of this exciting investment.
Creating that prefect look and feel for your new home is made easy thanks to our MyChoice Design Studio. Our expert team present all of the products for your new home and supply the advice to help you customise any aspect to bring your vision to life. Our expert interior designers and lighting specialists are there to guide you through every step, ensuring that your new home meets your definition of perfect.
Building a new home in Maitlasnd is such an exciting experience, but we know that the building process is just the start of your journey. See what our customers are saying about the experience of building and living in a McDonald Jones home.
From the established streets of East Maitland to the newest estates in Chisholm and Greenhills, we build across every corner of the Maitland area and the surrounding Hunter Valley.
| Neighborhood | Local lifestyle & vibe | Our building recommendation |
| East Maitland & Greenhills | Established convenience near the retail heart and medical facilities. | Knockdown Rebuild projects, modern double storey homes, and smart dual-occupancy designs. |
| Chisholm | High-energy, family-first master-planned estates with great schools. | Contemporary single and double storey designs, plus complete house and land packages. |
| Central Maitland & Morpeth | Historic charm, beautiful heritage buildings, and quiet riverfront blocks. | Classic Hamptons-inspired facades and country-style single storey designs. |
| Louth Park | Semi-rural, prestige acreage living with beautiful views. | Expansive, wide-frontage homes from our Stuart Everitt and Country Living collections. |
| Rutherford & Gillieston Heights | Highly connected, fast-growing suburbs popular with first-home buyers. | Functional single-level layouts and smart narrow-lot designs. |
| Greta & Lochinvar | Country towns growing into welcoming residential communities. | Family-sized single storey homes and turnkey house and land packages. |
| Kurri Kurri & Cessnock | Peaceful communities right on the doorstep of wine country. | Generous lifestyle homes, big entertaining areas, and integrated granny flats. |
| Bellbird | Relaxed, scenic living at the foot of the mountains. | Split-level architectural homes and quiet country retreat designs. |
You get 39 years of local knowledge, local trades, and trusted building experience.
Clear, honest tenders that include site costs up front, so you can budget with confidence.
Work side-by-side with professional interior designers at our local studio in Thornton.
Precision-engineered steel frames that won't twist, shrink, or warp.
We handle everything, from council plans and soil tests to construction and warranty care.
We love hearing about our customers' home building journeys and the experiences they've had creating their new McDonald Jones home. Whether they've built on their own land, chosen a house and land package, or transformed a much-loved location through a knockdown rebuild, their stories provide valuable insight into what it's like to build with McDonald Jones. We also love hearing how they're enjoying life in their extraordinary new home.
Explore our award-winning, architecturally inspired designs, and let us assist you in bringing to life the home of your dreams.
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