Best Home Builders in South Australia Adelaide

We have had a couple of issues with our house after the build in 2017. Metricon after sales service and warranty issues have been handled very efficiently by Anita. Trades people did a great job. Show details

We are currently at the lock up stage, and all is going well. We are very happy with Kirstie and the teams support during the process. Regular site inspections have been transparent. Looking forward to this continuing for the remainder of the build. Show details

I would not recommend this builder based on my experience. They presented grand plans for the home, I signed the contract, and paid a $5,000… Read more

deposit. Immediately after signing, I was told the plan we had agreed upon was no longer applicable due to council guidelines.

I asked what checks had been done before signing the contract and taking the deposit, and why the plan’s suitability for the land had not been verified beforehand. I requested they submit for DA approval, but they refused outright, stating they only work through CDC.

What I find most frustrating is that we spent months finalising floor plans and modifications, and at no point was I told the plan would not be approved.

When I requested a refund of my deposit, they refused, citing a “change of mind.” After months of back-and-forth correspondence, they agreed to refund approximately one-quarter of the deposit.

Please proceed carefully if you are considering this builder. Before signing, they are very accommodating, but once the contract is signed, the attitude changes markedly.

I lost my hard-earned money and regret the day I decided to go with them for my dream home.

From the moment we contacted Hotondo Homes we were made to feel important in the building of our home, they assisted with changing the plans to give… Read more

us what we wanted, and we are very happy with the results so far, Ben the site foreman is a great bloke to talk with, and has so much knowledge and has the job planned out from start to finish, has a great group of tradies that are very professional in what they do , we would highly recommend the Hotondo team for anyone wanting to build an excellent home in the Rockhampton area.

My wife and I purchased a two-storey Clarendon Homes display home on the Gold Coast as an investment property. Clarendon Homes then leased it from us… Read more

for over a year to continue operating it as a display home. Since the property was handed over to us after the display home was closed, we have encountered many issues, including poor to appalling workmanship, unfinished work and cheap materials that have not lasted. This included an internal bedroom door that mysteriously went missing between the final handover inspection with a Clarendon Homes representative and the first tenants moving in and making us aware of this, which Clarendon Homes replaced after a protracted argument, an upstairs bath missing its drainage pipe, which caused severe leakage through the suspended floor and ceiling below into the laundry at the ground floor when a tenant used the bath and pulled the plug the first time ever, other plumbing issues that caused leakages from the first floor to the ground floor requiring ceiling replacements, various electrical problems, replacing pool fencing panels that were falling apart after only a few years, poor workmanship on the rainwater tank requiring repairs, garden bed perimeter walls cracking and splitting apart and having to be replaced, replacing the central air conditioning unit long before it should have been, etc., etc., etc. Right now, we have a repair company on site to repair cracked and leaking boards and decorative hoods on the front elevation of the house. These defects were due to cheap, poor-quality materials being used and shockingly poor workmanship on the flashing on top of decorative hoods which allowed rainwater leakage into the house. In buying a display house, we thought we were buying top quality. We could not have been further off the mark. Never again will I deal with Clarendon Homes, and neither will anybody I know if I can help it.

Coral Homes built a very nice house for me. Site supervisor Jimmy H did a fantastic Job supervising my build. Weekly updates and good communication. Build is very good. I would recommend using coral homes as they do a great job. Show details

I would like to sincerely thank Kyle Water from Simond home for his excellent customer service.He has been friendly, professional, approachable and… Read more

always willing to help. Kyle your communication and dedication have made the experience much easier and stress free. Highly recommend kyle!

Working with Sheila on our new home build selections was an absolute game-changer! She handled the entire house color palette, seamlessly… Read more

coordinating both the exterior and interior selections. Building a home can be overwhelming, but Sheila is highly organised and made the entire process stress-free. She has an incredible eye for detail, listened to our vision, and kept us completely on track when decision fatigue set in. Thanks to her structured approach, our home looks incredibly cohesive and beautifully designed. We cannot recommend Sheila highly enough to anyone embarking on a new build!

Very pleased with Metricon/ABC from start to finish. Home was completed quite ahead of schedule. Everyone in the admin team has been responsive and… Read more

often check in and answer every question (Alex, Nicole etc.). Our Site Managers (Logan and James) have been very easy to deal with, always working in the background on your build. They have also been very accommodating and knowledgeable. We are very happy with the quality of our home.

After meeting with the team at Stroud I was confident they would do a fantastic job with minimal fuss and they did just that. Starting with Joel and… Read more

his prompt on point pricing, ensuring to get the ball rolling ASAP. Chloe in the office demonstrated her experience by always having logistics organised well ahead of time not missing a beat. The design team showed their obvious experience and knowledge proving itself in the end result. Building Supervisor Cameron, with his calm approach and obvious building knowledge made the entire experience a pleasure to be a part of. Matt and his team doing an A1 job of the concrete providing a perfect canvas from start to finish. Sam, the hands on carpentry and construction side of STROUD did a class job from start to finish, as expected. Not to mention the trades unseen. All finishing trades delivering a fantastic result. On completion of our build I found it to be basically faultless. I am happy to say, we are already planning our next build with STROUD.

Our experience with Dechellis has been fantastic so far. We have been working with the David who has helped us to create a floor plan which we love.… Read more

The process has been very smooth, each step has gone to plan and Dechellis have supported us with what we need to know every step of the way. We are finishing selections now and it has been so fun to see it come to life!

Hi All We had to many issues with our home on every stage Their contractors don’t care about quality. We regret that we chose them. I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone. Show details

I built my double storey home with Aus built. I am very pleased and satisfied of their work. They built my home on time, quality of the work was fantastic and very reliable. I highly recommend this builder to everyone for their dream home. Show details

We were so impressed with the Wattle Court after sales service for our now 8 year old house. We had a water leak occur due to material failure in… Read more

the ceiling. Wattle Court followed up and organised all of the trades to coordinate with our availability and ensure that not only the leak was fixed but the paint and flooring damage was rectified. Having invested so much with a builder, we couldn't be happier with the service.

We have just received the keys to our new build through Statesman Homes and I couldn’t be happier with what they have produced. From the customer… Read more

service provided by our Customer Experience Consultant all the way through to the detailed handover from our Site Supervisor. They continuously were walking us through each step and advising of what it meant/included and what to expect through to answering any questions or concerns promptly and in a way I would understand. They were very clear and concise in terms of costs and always explained what the costs were for and whether they would change or not. We appreciate everything they have done during our time building and we would definitely recommend them.

If you are thinking of building a new home along the Limestone Coast, make sure you give the team at Integrity New Homes a call! As a realestate… Read more

agent I get to go through many homes and would say I have an eye for detail and have been accused of being to fussy. Felicity will keep you well updated along the way, makes sure you are well organised so there are no hold ups and is always happy to give her professional opinion on colours, tiles, etc. Deano is the most easy going builder to talk too. If you have an idea he will do his best to make it work for you. He is also willing to add in some suggestions that may save you some money or to create the look you want. They have a great bunch of builders with whom you can have a laugh, but they are highly professional on the job. Finally a great build can only come from having great subcontractors and the guys Integrity work with have been amazing. We are so grateful in the end result what you have created for our family. We look forward to having a beer or two with you on the front deck!

We recently started working with IMSU after previously going with a small boutique architectural builder. Unfortunately, our previous builder… Read more

presented us with a significant price increase that wasn’t clearly justified, which made us quite cautious about the process.

Our experience with Dominic at IMSU has been very different. He has been extremely pleasant and easy to deal with, the pricing has been transparent, and he has provided plenty of practical feedback and guidance throughout the process. We’ve really appreciated the willingness to explain things clearly and work through the details with us.

We’re very happy with the process so far and feel much more confident about our build as a result. We would definitely recommend speaking with Dominic and the IMSU team if you’re considering building a home.

At first our experience was positive and we felt that we had chosen a reliable and quality builder. The build process began and things seemed to get… Read more

off to a good start. A couple of months into the build and things started to slow down. Items were delivered to the site and they just sat there for months on end. Communication from the builder was virtually non existent throughout the construction process. Month after month there were delays and hardly any progress on the construction. Six months after our initial set completion date we got our keys although we had two goes at handover. On our first handover date we were presented with a house with no appliances installed, no gas hot water connection, and a range of issues not dealt with in readiness for handover. We had a second handover date set and we were mostly satisfied with things enough to accept the keys. During our first few weeks living in the house we discovered a number of items that were clearly not satisfactory and needed repair or replacement. Fortunately we were able to get some windows and doors replaced as these had been damaged during construction. We were also able to get the painters to return to complete a number of tasks as well and we had a major electrical issue that had to be dealt with as well. After 2 or 3 months in the home we were still trying to get other issues addressed but our calls were never returned and our emails were completely ignored. Almost 2 years have passed since moving in and there has never been a returned call, email or any kind of follow up from the company. We were completely ghosted and ignored. In our view this is a company that is poor at communicating with its customers and it is very poor with its after sales service. The company’s use of trades and services is average at best with particular regard to second and final fittings. Overall we had an average experience and would not recommend them to anyone.

In terms of our build of our 4 bedroom home with Oakford Homes, the process was by and large relatively smooth. I am posting this in regard to the… Read more

post-build follow up.

I recently arranged a qualified electrician come out to our place to complete a simple fan installation in our al-fresco. During this process, he noted an electrical non-compliance with Australian/NZ standards 3000 (wiring) after a failed fault loop impedance test.

My immediate concern was that Oakford's Electrician issued a Electrical Ceritficate of Compliance (ECoC) - despite not actually being compliant! Make you wonder what else they signed off?

To remedy the issue, in simple terms, the 10A RCBO needed to be replaced with a 6A RCBO for lighting circuit - at a cost of $159.23. Rather than call Oakford and wait for them to send out the original electrician to have a look - I asked the electrician to replace the RCBO, and that I would pay him and then seek reimbursement for Oakford (seeing as it is 100% their fault in the first place! ).

Oakford have flat out refused to reimburse the amount. It's not the amount of $$ thats the issue, it is the principle of the situation that they aren't across what their trades are doing and will make it hard to for you to fix up, if there are any problems. It is disappointing to me as a loyal customer who has used them to build twice!

Singel story- Hazelwood park Building our first home was a huge milestone for us and we were quite nervous about the process. However, our experience… Read more

with Medallion was smooth, stress-free and genuinely enjoyable from start to finish. A special thank you to Craig, our supervisor. He is professional and knowledgeable. We always felt supported and looked after throughout the build. The quality of the finishes and materials was excellent, and we are so happy with our new home. The entire Medallion team made the process easy and enjoyable, and at times it felt more like building with family than working with a builder. We would happily recommend them to anyone looking for a premium home and a smooth building experience.

Format Homes - a dream home delivered – I cannot speak highly enough of Format Homes. From the very beginning, their team was a pleasure to work with. Their transparency regarding pricing… Read more

and inclusions was refreshing, and there were no hidden surprises throughout the entire building process. The workmanship on my new home is exceptional. Every detail was executed flawlessly, and the finished product is beyond my expectations. The house was built exactly as planned, with no unforeseen issues or delays. I wholeheartedly recommend Format Homes to anyone looking to build their dream home in South Australia. Their commitment to quality, honesty, and customer satisfaction is unparalleled. Thank you, Format Homes, for building us such a wonderful place to live!

I recently built with Rendition Homes with a property at Tonsley handed over this June 2025. The site manager was wonderful ([Name Removed]) as he… Read more

was doing his best getting the property ready, keeping us up to date on the progress, particularly on the last few weeks before hand over. When we found issues during the hand over inspection, he was very helpful to get them resolved immediately. Fast forward 3 months, as part of the 3 months warranty period, I am experiencing difficulty with Rendition Homes in having repair/incorrect items resolved. My experience with their maintenance customer service was poor. Even through I have been proactive in raising my issues, I felt that their customer service was bias to denying a repair request rather helping a customer resolve the issue raised.

Specifically, my issue was regarding an outlet behind the fridge that was installed low being behind the fridge causing the fridge to be placed further out of its spot and showing more in the hallway. I even provided a picture to show the fridge was showing too much from the fridge area. She denied this repair item in her initial reply, saying that "Our installers have installed the outlet at standard height. No further action to be taken as this is completed as required." I challenged this and requested that it be checked and determined if it installed correctly or not as the fridge is sticking out and looks unprofessional. She then replied, she cannot see it in my plans so she wanted to confirm if it was really part of the build. -- How can she say it was installed correctly (in the first reply) if now she is saying she cannot even see it from her end in the plans? But I let it go. I replied to her question - it was part of the build because it was there in the hand over, and I even discussed it with the site manager during hand over. She then came back saying, "Given this information, if it was in the wrong location, the site manager would have relocated the item. Our maintenance team are unable to assist with this unfortunately." Is this for real? We are not expected to find all the faults in that 3 floor property during that hand over inspection - that is why there is this 3 months warranty period so we can still raise items. -- I had to point that out to her as she denied it again.

I requested to speak to someone else to escalate the matter as I do not feel that she was being helpful. She ignored this request and requested another photo, now of the specific outlet. I replied to her saying, 'I described the issue clearly and given a photo of the fridge sticking out. Now she wanted to have a photo of the outlet, when there is already a fridge there. Next you will ask for me to measure the height of the outlet from the floor'. And she did, saying 'a measurement will be helpful as I could pass this onto the electrician to reply that it is at an acceptable height'. -- look at that reply...so biased on not helping. She wanted me to measure but she has made up her mind already that she will have her electrician reply that it was in an acceptable height.

It would have been better if the customer service should have said in the first instance that OK, we will have this checked if installed correctly before we can determine if it needs fixing.

It was only after 10 email exchanges that I had her to finally agree to have the issue checked out by someone who is not an electrician. It was a difficult experience. Such poor customer service. I have no confidence that she will approve the item to be rectified.

All of this is documented in our email correspondence.

I really wish someone can help me get this fixed. Having a standard fridge protruding because of incorrectly installed outlet at the back, is making the fridge is a trip hazard, especially when there are little toddlers.

Years later we are still battling to get fixes completed even those from the 1st stage inspection. Being a farm we have sheds which are a about 150m… Read more

from the house site, yet I captured on my cameras a couple of contractors on different occasions going through my shedding. Build quality was poor, all we wanted was what we paid for, not better than the display home, just what we paid for, and within all builiding guidelines. To date customer support remains poor, we have sent numerous requests and for the most part all we get is excuses, that is when they finally answer.

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This is my first experience being involved in a building project. I am pleased with the progress to date and, despite current market challenges, remain confident the build will be successfully completed next year. Show details

We recently purchased our brand new home in Rosella Rise and couldn’t be happier. Brett, Anoina, and the entire team at AVJennings were exceptional… Read more

from start to finish — always professional, approachable, and genuinely helpful. Even when I felt like I might be pestering them with calls or messages, they never made anything feel like a hassle. Their support made the whole process seamless.

As for the home itself — it’s absolutely perfect. The layout and design are spot on, the quality of the finishes is top-notch, and the landscaping is beautiful yet easy to maintain. We’re completely over the moon with our new place and so grateful to the team. Highly recommend AVJennings to anyone considering building or buying a new home. Thank you again!

We build our home with sterling homes and I can say with surely that our experience was so Satisfying from start to finish. Specially Brandon was so… Read more

help during the process and after getting the keys Brandon always keep in touch about how things going. Customer service was on point. We are so happy and would definitely will recommend sterling to everybody.

My first build, so I wasn't sure what to expect in terms of timeline. The whole process took about 2 years from Go to Whoa, which was longer than I… Read more

had hoped, but I'm now 3 months post handover & living in my new home and just delighted. I chose Gallery Living as they were the only builder whose designs really impressed me. I was not after the standard 'cookie cutter' layout that I could see from the other volume builders. I was also after a sustainable and thermally efficient home through correct solar orientation & good design, things that mattered to Gallery Living also. My budget was tight though, so a true custom home build was not within my means. Gallery living have given me a customised home at a really pleasing price. My new home is light filled & warm despite the cool climate location I built in & the chilly winter we're experiencing. I'm looking forward to testing out the cross flow of breezes and summer shading once the heat comes. The build was managed by an experienced site supervisor with excellent communication, something that I really valued. Being widowed & building on my own I really needed someone who would answer my many questions and help me understand the building process. There were definitely some issues with a few things post handover, but it seems to be the way things go these days. Trades seem to rush though jobs & perhaps should just slow down & exercise a bit more care. Overall though I'm satisfied with the build quality & feel I received value for money. I'm arranging my own concrete driveway, retaining walls, fencing & decking so just waiting for some fine weather to have these things finalised.

We went though Fairmont First which is Fairmont. The consultant at display home went above and beyond but I would not recommend this company for… Read more

build. There is no way to speak with site manager and having to always go though a middle person. Have made many errors and even installed wrong air conditioning unit. Which now has made our house look and feel like a second hand house and not our new home. Forever putting us under stress and not following what's in final plan that was put though to our bank. Not wanting to take fult for there mistake and i would not trust there docasign as they have now produced forms that were not signed by us. Making us Forever make contact with them as no communication. Trades leave mess, rubbish and screws everywhere. With us finding lots of alcohol cans left around our house also. I could go on. They say they are finishing build early then the year when so many other builders build quicker and communicate more with home owners. Meeting build standards I glad we had our own inspectors go check out each stage as lots of errors.

Really good job, looking forward to working with them. Kaylee she was amazing, and always gave me some suggestions to help my house built perfect. Highly recommended!! Much appreciated it Show details

We signed with Distinctive Homes for our two-storey build, and honestly, the main reason the process has gone as well as it has is Imeshi Fernando. … Read more

She was with us from the very beginning, back when we were still buying the land and barely knew what we wanted, asking a lot of vague questions. From that point right through to council approval, she was there for every step. And I mean actually there. Emails answered, calls returned, updates sent before we had to chase them. Anyone who has built a home knows how rare that is. There's a lot of waiting in this process, and Imeshi was the person who kept us in the loop, so the waiting never felt like being left in the dark.

We changed our minds plenty of times, and she never once made us feel like a nuisance. She'd just come back with options and explain what each one meant for the budget. That's the solution-oriented part I want to highlight, because plenty of people will tell you what can't be done. Imeshi told us what could be done, and how.

Her knowledge of the product and the process is another standout. She knew the plans inside out, understood the council side of things, and could explain the technical detail in a way that made sense to two people who had never built before. When she wasn't completely sure about something, she said so and came back with a proper answer rather than guessing. That built a lot of trust with us early on.

The part we didn't expect was the selections. Strictly speaking, that isn't her job. She'd already done what she was engaged to do. But she sat down with us anyway, gave her honest opinion on what worked together, flagged where we were about to spend money for very little return, and helped us feel confident about decisions we'd otherwise have stressed over for weeks. She had nothing to gain from doing that. She did it because she genuinely wanted the house to turn out well for us, and that says everything about the kind of person she is.

On top of all of it, she's simply lovely to deal with. Warm, patient, easy to talk to, never pushy, and not once did we feel like we were being sold to. Building a home is stressful, expensive and full of decisions you can't undo, so having someone calm and organised in your corner makes an enormous difference. We were lucky to work with her, and we know it.

If you're looking at building with Distinctive Homes, ask for Imeshi Fernando. You'll be in good hands. Thank you, Imeshi, for everything so far. We can't wait to see the house come out of the ground.