Editorial Standards
Every guide on BuildPilot is written or reviewed by a qualified, licensed building professional. We cite official primary sources for every cost figure, regulation and grant claim, and refresh content regularly so the advice stays accurate for Adelaide buyers.
We do not name builders we are not partnered with, and we never publish negative claims about specific builders. Our partner relationships are disclosed on our partners page.
Every cost figure, grant amount, regulation or building rule is linked to an official primary source: RevenueSA, PlanSA, ABS, Government of SA Consumer & Business Services, HIA, MBA SA.
Guides are reviewed by BuildPilot founder George Giannakakis, who personally holds a Master of Architecture (UniSA, 2010), an active South Australian real estate licence (RLA300580), and HIA-CSR South Australian Housing & Kitchen Awards judging credentials.
Every guide carries a visible “Last reviewed” date. We update guides at least quarterly and immediately when regulations, grant amounts or pricing benchmarks change.
We start with the question buyers actually ask. Topics come from our client conversations, builder partner feedback, and recurring queries from Adelaide builders, real estate agents and conveyancers.
We pull current data from RevenueSA, PlanSA, ABS, the SA Government Consumer & Business Services portal, HIA cost benchmarks and our partnered builders. We do not paraphrase other websites.
Drafts are written by trained content writers under direct editorial direction. We use plain Australian English, no jargon, and we never use AI without human review.
Every guide is reviewed and signed off by BuildPilot founder George Giannakakis (Master of Architecture, RLA300580, HIA-CSR judging panel). Cost claims, regulatory claims and process claims are line-checked against primary sources.
Guides carry a visible last-reviewed date. We re-check guides quarterly. When grants, regulations or benchmark prices change, we update the affected guides immediately and resubmit them to Google Search Console.
We aim to be accurate. If you spot a factual error in any guide, blog post or cost figure on BuildPilot, please tell us. We act on credible correction requests within 5 business days. When we update a guide to fix a material error, we update the visible “Last reviewed” date and the underlying schema metadata at the same time.
Submit a correctionGeorge Giannakakis, BuildPilot's founder and editor, personally holds formal architectural qualifications (Master of Architecture, UniSA), a current South Australian real estate licence (RLA300580), and judges the HIA-CSR South Australian Housing & Kitchen Awards. These credentials belong to George as an individual, not to BuildPilot as a company. Full credentials and award history are public.
See credentials & awardsWe cite official primary sources for all cost figures, regulations, and grant information. Always verify current details directly with the issuing authority before making decisions.