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Build a new home – get the most from your builder

If you’re at the stage of getting started to build a new home, you need to read our top tips for getting the most from your builder. At the end of the day, it will be one of the most important relationships you nurture during your build, and just like any good relationship, it is worth setting up a good foundation for communication early on.

Building a new home is a complex project, and getting the most from your builder is essential in order to build the house of your dreams within the budget that you can manage.

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As you can see from the tips above, communication is key. Keeping an open line of communication between you and your builder is essential to make sure your new home comes in on budget and on time. Speaking up when you need to, but letting your builder get on with the job of delivering your new home is also vitally important.

Structured communication, with weekly calls and fortnightly site visits will ensure that all parties are on the same page as the project moves forward. At the end of the day, it is the relationship between you and the builder that will see them go above and beyond to over deliver and delight you with the quality of your new home.

Hindsight can be the worst, Here are some questions you wished you had asked your builder.

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Having just finished building her first new home, she lives and breaths all things home.

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