New Home Builds

Advice, questions, and real discussions about new home builds in Australia, including planning, costs, builders, contracts, and timelines.

They want flooring locked by Friday and we are still arguing
Contingency is gone and we are only at lockup
Termites and materials
Torn between knockdown rebuild and renovating our 60s brick veneer
Builder moved our handover from March to July like its nothing
PCI next week and the defect list is getting stupid
Builder says add the battery later, solar bloke says now
Windows are sixteen weeks out and the frame is already up
Site cost allowance feels like a number they made up
Pricing a granny flat for mum and the numbers keep growing
Soil test came back H1 and now I'm nervous
Ducted aircon quotes for the same house are eight grand apart
7 star energy rating quotes are all over the place
top builders queensland reddit
What makes a block secretly expensive to build on?
Would you buy in a new estate again?
North facing living room - did you get it right?
What part of your build actually went smoothly?
Why are Australian new builds so expensive but still full of defects?
Construction costs jumping again - anyone else seeing this in quotes?

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