Guide to Building a Home Through BuildDirect

BuildDirect explains homes, prices, process, and payments.

Confirm borrowing capacity before reserving.

Pay initial reservation fees and provide your solicitor/conveyancer details.

Builder contacts you to continue in person or digitally.

About 2 weeks after initial fees, you exchange the land contract, sign the plans and tender, and pay 5% toward the land and 5% toward the home. The building contract is NOT signed at this stage.

Approvals are submitted while you complete colour and design selections. Selections must be finished before the building contract can be prepared.

After approvals and selections, you sign the construction contract. Proof of funds or finance approval must be sighted before site start. Site start typically occurs 2–3 weeks after contract signing.

Home is built in stages with inspections and progress payments. Single-storey homes average around 6 months, and double-storey homes around 8 months. Smaller homes may be completed sooner, while larger or more complex homes may take longer.

Receive keys and enjoy your new home. A maintenance period follows.