Best Project Home Builders in South Australia Adelaide

A big thank you to Kirstie Babic, our construction administrator, and Peter, our builder at GJ Gardner. Their professionalism, friendly approach and… Read more

support throughout our building journey have been greatly appreciated.

Kirstie deserves special recognition for her assistance with the administration, and Peter for his dedication to our build. It’s a pleasure working with an approachable team who care about their clients.

Thank you both for your efforts. I would happily recommend Kirstie, Peter and the GJ Gardner team to anyone considering building a home.

Matt is amazing. He was always available to answer our questions and guide us through each choice. He made the whole process so easy and smooth. I cannot recommended highly enough, anyone thinking of building in this area should talk to him. Show details

We had a wonderful experience during our pre-construction stage. Tracey and Jack were extremely helpful, friendly, professional, and supportive… Read more

throughout the entire process. They explained everything clearly, patiently answered all our questions, and made every step feel smooth and easy. A special thank you to Tracey and Jack for all your guidance, patience, and support. You have made this exciting journey even more special for us. Our new dream home is now on the way, and we couldn’t be more excited to see it come to life! ❤️✨ Thank you again for being such an important part of our home-building journey!

My experience of building a home through Hotondo Bendigo was fantastic. From my very first sales contact, through design & planning, and right… Read more

throughout the build, it was a great experience. Jenny on the sales side was honest and transparent and her experience allowed me to modify their base floorplan into exactly the solution that suited what I was looking for. Her passion and love for what she does is clearly in every dealing she has with you. Damian's communication on contract matters and his attention to detail in the final inspection was great and clearly he leads a great team. Kyle, who project managed the build was always responsive and I received regular status reports on the build. As I was relocating from Melbourne, Kyle was always accommodating in terms of site visits throughout the build. His communication and coordination of trades was first class. The reviews I read before signing with Hotondo gave me great confidence, and I have to say, my actual experience surpassed those expectations. Damian, Kyle, Jenny and the great trades they engage have delivered me a home that is everything I wanted. Obviously, I have no hesitation in recommending them!

Choosing to build a new home is a big decision, and we're so glad we chose Clarendon Homes. We have had a fantastic pre-construction experience. From… Read more

the initial consultation through to the planning and documentation stages, the entire process has been smooth, organised, and professionally managed.

Monica has been exceptional throughout our journey. Her communication has been prompt, transparent, and informative, ensuring we always understood the next steps. She consistently went above and beyond to address our concerns and make the process as stress-free as possible.

The level of customer service and professionalism we have received has exceeded our expectations. We are extremely pleased with our experience so far and would not hesitate to recommend Clarendon Homes and Monica to future homeowners.

Communication from Greg has been outstanding. Everything has been going smoothly and sticking in the time frame he is giving. Greg has been easy to stay in touch with and responsive when we have had questions. Show details

Very cooperative Team Thoroughly professional and supportive Support and provides ideas which can help customers to make better decision in their home journey from Start developing quote and till gallery appointment, transparent and professional Show details

We had a great experience with Weeks Homes and appreciated their professionalism and support throughout the process. The team was helpful,… Read more

approachable and easy to communicate with, making the overall experience a positive one.

We appreciated their commitment to helping us through each stage and their willingness to assist along the way. Overall, we would recommend Weeks Homes to anyone considering building their new home.

Josh is a standout. Very relaxed approach to customer updates making complicated processes seem simple and the whole build less scary. But his… Read more

attention to detail has been immaculate, and even though he does hundreds of homes our job felt like it was his only one.

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.

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

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!

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!

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

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.

Our Pre-site journey has been fantastic. Tracie was excellent at communicating and keeping us updated. Everything was clearly explained and she was… Read more

always willing to annswer any questions we had. We are looking forward to construction of our new home.

We built with Xircon Homes and honestly we still couldnt be happier. The whole thing went so smoothly. the portal is honestly a game changer, you can… Read more

just jump on your phone anytime and see exactly where the builds at so youre not constantly stressing or chasing people for updates. They kept us informed every step of the way and would even flag things we hadnt even thought about ourselves. instead of rushing us into decisions they took the time to walk us through our options properly. It really felt like they cared about getting it right. had our handover not long after and were absolutely so happy with how it all turned out. Would 100% recommend them to anyone thinking about building.

We built with Sarah Homes, Longridge Group. Ongoing issues with flooring one complete level had to be replaced eventually and lies about what they… Read more

were going to do about repairing stairs and then told the installation was within their scope of acceptance after being told they would enlist an independent inspection. Very hard to get answers continually emailing and not getting replies after multiple times. This has been escalated and in the process of going further as I have also had reports that the installation is not of standard by other flooring companies including the flooring manufacturer. After being told repairs would be made to all flooring which was required it took over a year for the flooring to be replaced correctly, stairs have always just been patched up and not replaced as you can tell. Meeting with Choices Flooring, Parafield on more than one occasion (who installed the flooring) due to other repairs having to be made as replaced boards were a different finish to original, many other defects still remain. Longridge Supervisors (who no longer work with Longridge) also requested the stairs to be made right as the 'repairs' weren't good enough to hide the horror story underneath. Regarding the stairs I got told by more than one person involved with the inspections, Premium Flooring who supplied the boards, Choices, Parafield and Longridge Group representative that the issues with the stairs wouldn't be noticed after a while so this apparently makes it alright. They think you should accept this as reason enough for new house flooring. It's over 2 years now and still trying to get the stairs as they should've been installed correctly in the first place. When you get told from someone who came to inspect the flooring they wouldn't build as many houses as they do if they worried about quality, it all adds up. The messages between supervisor and installer regarding who was going to pay for what and what they weren't going to pay for regarding replacement of flooring and having skirting boards to be taken off and put back more than once was ridiculous and wouldn't have been needed if the job was done right! Not to mention the amount of times I got told they would replace the flooring in goodwill, if it was installed right the first time you wouldn't have to worry about that. Make sure you keep track of all emails, messages and take pictures as you are going to need them.

After our first discussion over the phone with Kevin the Sales Consultant and Architect we knew this was the building company we wanted to build… Read more

with. Basically, they have built us a beautiful Queenslander type home that we wanted and are all proud of. Very sturdy construction with top quality materials. They guided us through the planning and construction stage with advice on materials and upgrades to enhance our home. Trent the construction manager was very helpful and approachable at all times and was a huge asset in the building process. Questions we have been asked. Q. How long did it take A. Council approvals dragged out to about 4 months, but the build time was originally estimated 10 months and was delivered in 10 months. Q. Are you happy with the house. A. Absolutely it is spectacular. Q. Did you meet all the new laws, eg energy efficiency, accessibility etc. A. Yes 7-star energy rating and all accessibility requirements. Q. Would you recommend to a friend or family to build with. A. Most definitely no hesitation at all. Q. Would we build with them again. A. Absolutely, very professional company with excellent tradesman and their eye to detail is second to none. Q. Did you get value for money. A. Most certainly, the quality lingers long after the cost is forgotten. Overall Chapmans Traditional Queenslanders are a company full of hardworking, helpful and professional people, who are dedicated to make your home exactly what you want it to be.

First home builders – After looking at a lot of builders we came across Frank Nesci homes which was recommended by a work colleague. Our first interaction was with the… Read more

sales manager and he was fabulous he explained things so in depth. we also were very sure on what we wanted so he made the experience super interactive and explained how we can do what we wanted at not a big cost. Our contract did not change one bit through out the build unless it was some variations that we decided we wanted to change last minute which the team at Nesci were so helpful and on it with out making it difficult for us or making it feel like we were a burden. The build was as well managed as we could have expected- we did think that the supervisor could have been on site a bit more but at the same time we trusted that he trusted his contractors as he has worked with them for a long time and the workmanship compared to other houses that were getting built on our street was 10/10. I honestly could not stop recommending Frank Nesci to all our family and friends that are thinking of building. I would also like to make mention of how amazing our selections were we got taken around by their accounts manager and I truly do not think our house would look as good as it does if she was not there! She gave us such good advice and things to think about that you just wouldn’t even think of at the time. We have been living in our home for 5 months now and have had no issues at all we are still in love with it every time we walk through the door. So thank you to the team and Frank Nesci for making our first build so enjoyable!!! If we were to build again it would 100% be through them without a doubt!

Loving my new little house aka Atlas granny flat – The build was straightforward and well managed from start to finish; I am very happy with the workmanship and build quality, and any issues… Read more

identified during the process were handled quickly, professionally and to my satisfaction. The final cost was less than the estimated cost even though due to corona virus two of my choices had to be replaced with upgrades. Of particular note is the patience all staff showed me, especially Mark Taylor and Jeremy Dossor, during what ended up being a two year project, from conception to moving in.

Having worked in the construction industry for 17 years, I have a strong appreciation of what distinguishes an exceptional Project Manager. Tomasz… Read more

has earned my utmost respect through his professionalism, approachability, responsiveness, and ability to instil confidence that every aspect of the project is being managed with care and expertise.

While he is firm when requests cannot be accommodated due to compliance requirements, security considerations, or Lofty procedures, he consistently goes above and beyond in supporting clients. Whether responding outside normal business hours, facilitating site access, coordinating customer-focused scheduling for practical completion inspections, accommodating minor modifications such as adjusting shower heights for taller occupants, or meticulously managing defects, his commitment to customer service is outstanding.

Tomasz possesses an impressive depth of knowledge in construction methodology and has the rare ability to communicate complex technical matters clearly to people with varying levels of industry understanding. His approach to design challenges and defect issues is particularly commendable; rather than viewing them as problems, he embraces them as opportunities to learn, refine processes, and improve future builds for Lofty. He is also willing to engage with complex NCC compliance matters and does not shy away from difficult discussions when required.

It has been a genuine pleasure to share this new-build journey with Tomasz while acting on behalf of my son. Having interacted with seven members of Lofty's team throughout the process, I can confidently say that Tomasz is the standout performer and, in my opinion, one of the company's greatest assets.

DO NOT BUILD WITH BRADFORD – Horrific build and customer experience. Multiple months after the completion of the property NONE of defects listed in the building report have been… Read more

addressed. Bradford provides no response to emails/calls/texts, and has left myself and multiple other property owners adjacent to me hanging. DO NOT BUILD with these guys.

Workmanship and build quality have been outstanding. I was fortunate to have the home independently inspected before settlement, and the inspector… Read more

repeatedly commented that it is well built, meets the relevant standards, and sets a benchmark they hope other builders will follow.

At the start of the process, the sales representative provided a clear introduction to the company—its values and the building materials used—reinforcing their focus on delivering a long-lasting home. They also quickly helped me identify a home that suited my needs. Throughout the settlement process, the sales representative was friendly and easy to deal with, consistently responsive, and did their best to accommodate my requests—including liaising with their solicitor to meet our requirements where possible.

Customer care has also been excellent: helpful and responsive in resolving any potential issues both before and after settlement. The handover presentation was thorough, covering all aspects of the home before I received the keys, along with a welcoming gift.

This review is directed specifically to the Homecorp Warranty team, whilst a lot of people were involved in the process, John and Patricia were… Read more

amazing and hugely instrumental in getting the job to completion. I unfortunately had some defects that needed amending some years after construction completed, these things happen. The guys dealt with the rectifications fast and efficient and far exceeded expectations! I was hugely impressed about how they took ownership of the problem and arranged absolutely everything to have it fixed and tidied up all a few weeks before Christmas! I know this was a really big job and took a lot of co-ordination so 10 points to the guys who don't usually get to sit on the pleasant end of the process!

Very professional builder – Very professional builder, Kongstruction has a sense of beauty, they did my whole house renovation job in Gordon recently, I love their design and final products, highly recommend them to all who like beautiful house Show details