Journeys/Journey

New Home Build in Adelaide

Building a brand new home from the slab up. The biggest single financial decision most Adelaide families make. Get the order of operations right and the rest follows.

Typical cost

$650K - $1.2M+

build + land, varies by suburb and inclusions

Typical timeline

10 - 18 months

from contract to handover, including approvals

New home being built in Adelaide

What this means in practice

Land already secured

This journey suits you if

  • Land already secured
  • Custom layout requirements
  • Specific builder relationship desired

What goes wrong most

  • Site costs blow-out
  • Contract variations
  • Practical completion delays

How it actually unfolds

The steps that move the needle. We sit beside you on each one.

  1. 1

    Confirm budget and finance

    Pre-approval is necessary, not optional. Lender will need contract + tender + land documents.

  2. 2

    Match builder to brief

    Volume, project or custom - pick one model. Match a builder to your block, brief and budget. Use our builder hub to filter.

  3. 3

    Tender review and contract

    Plain-English review of inclusions, exclusions, allowances and provisional sums. We flag the items that creep most often.

  4. 4

    Approvals and slab pour

    Council, CITB, build approval. Slab pour is the milestone that actually starts the build clock.

  5. 5

    Lock-up to handover

    Frame, lock-up, fix-out, practical completion. We sit beside you for the milestones that move the needle.

Find the right builder for a new build

Adelaide-based advisor. No retainer. No upselling. We have walked this exact journey with hundreds of families.

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