BUILDING BROKERS PERTH
Find the right builder for you
Design smarter, find the right builder, build with confidence
At Independent Building Advice (IBA), we work solely in your best interest — helping you design smarter, compare trusted builders, and build your dream home with confidence. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the building process in Perth, we’re here to simplify it.
Whether you’re custom building your home for the first time, upgrading for family, or investing in a development, as a building broker in Perth, IBA gives you the clarity and confidence to get the building process right.
It costs the same to go through IBA as it does directly to a builder...
Why work with a building broker?
Most people choose a builder too early, without truly understanding their options. As Perth’s leading independent building broker, we act as your advocate from start to finish.
Save time & money
We compare multiple builders, negotiate better pricing, and help you avoid costly mistakes — saving you months of research and thousands in build costs.
Access better builders
We’re not tied to any one builder. Our panel includes Perth’s most reputable builders — selected for quality, reliability, and price transparency.
Get unbiased advice
Our only agenda is your best outcome. We don’t earn commission from builders — we work for you.
The IBA way
1. DESIGN DISCOVERY MEETING
Discuss ideas, design options, pricing, and timeframes with your Client Advocate.
2. FIND THE RIGHT SOLUTION
We’ll provide expert designs and advice, liaise with necessary specialists on your behalf, and shortlist, select, and advocate the right builder for you job.
3. BUILD WITH CONFIDENCE
We’ll identify any obstacles, potential issues, and support you every step of the way to build your dream home.
Expert Designers: Access to top-tier design professionals.
Direct Access to Designer: Seamless communication with your designer.
Price Guidance: Transparent cost estimation and budgeting.
Hidden Cost Analysis: Identification and allowance for potential hidden costs.
Honest Feedback on Design and Layout: Reliable input to refine your plans.
Energy Efficient Design: Sustainable and energy-saving architectural solutions.
Compliance with Local Regulations: Ensuring designs meet R Codes and RMD standards.
Personal Building Broker: Dedicated support from project initiation to key handover.
Supplier Discounts: Benefit from exclusive discounts through our supply partners.
Multiple Builder Access: Evaluate multiple builders from a single source.
Multiple Builder Quotes: Obtain and compare quotes to find the best deal.
Comprehensive Guidance: Support throughout the entire building process.
3D Home Imagery: Visualise your home with advanced 3D imaging.
Display Home Meetings: Experience design concepts in real-life settings.
Quote Comparison Spreadsheet: Detailed breakdown of quotes for easy comparison.
Specification Creation: Detailed specifications tailored to your project.
Realistic Timeline Guidance: Accurate timeline estimates for your project.
Builder Analysis and Shortlisting: Thorough evaluation and recommendation of builders.
16 common home building mistakes people make
- Engaging an architect who claims to work within your budget, only to receive a builder’s quote that exceeds it by hundreds of thousands.
- Opting for a builder with shaky financial foundations who may go bankrupt during the build or compromise on finishing touches to cut costs.
- Settling for a poor design that lacks functionality, efficient flow, energy efficiency, natural light, adequate ventilation, or is difficult to furnish.
- Dealing with a builder who takes years to complete a home, while others are building similar homes in half the time.
- Suffering from the builder’s inferior workmanship.
- Entering into a cost-plus contract, which can open the door to numerous complications.
- Lacking knowledge to collaborate with a builder to resolve conflicts or issues constructively.
- Overpaying for a home due to the builder’s reputation or because the builder takes advantage of their inexperience to charge exorbitant rates.
- Acting on incorrect recommendations from friends, family, or builder’s sales people leading to repercussions later.
- Being unaware of all the design choices available and later discovering desirable features they wish they had known about earlier.
- Planning for a certain budget, only to be met with escalating costs post contract signing, resulting in a final price well beyond initial expectations.
- Finding the builder difficult and uncooperative.
- Struggling to interpret builders’ plans or understand technical terms, leading to agreements made in good faith that fail to meet their expectations.
- Experiencing stress and concern throughout the building process, uncertain about the correctness of their decisions.
- Underestimating Costs: Homeowners often overlook the need for a contingency budget for unforeseen expenses, which are likely in renovations, potentially causing financial difficulties or incomplete projects.
- Poor communication and a lack of openness from the builder can result in significant frustration and confusion for the client.
BUILDING BROKERS PERTH
How IBA selects our builders
Choosing a builder will either make or break your experience and outcome. For most people finding the right one can be a very difficult task. Big brands have multi-million dollar budgets telling they are the best… but are they? Forums and review sites are unreliable and friends and family can only go on their limited experience with recommendations.
This is why people use IBA as third party unbiased referrers.
With 20 years building industry experience we have an inside knowledge of how a lot of builders really work. We know which ones really care about their clients, which ones over charge because of a their name, the ones that are only about making money, the ones that have no care at all and the ones that want the best for you and will go above and beyond to achieve it. We can see past the millions of dollars spent on marketing, the review sites and Shonky Builder Groups and get to the true heart of the builder.
The people make the builder, and our relationships with builders makes IBA. There is 150 people involved in building a home. This ranges from designers, admins staff, estimators, trades, shire people and more. We look at the leadership of the businesses, who runs the show. Are they good people? Are they passionate about building? What is there relationship with their clients? What do their current clients and past clients say about them? This is information you will not find on their website and only through insight and relationships do we feel comfortable to put them forward.
Building a home is more than price and inclusions (although these are important) this is a home built by humans for passionate clients. We look for the extra services that become really important throughout the process. We look at how the builder communicates. Do they allow you to make changes in construction. Do you get the supervisors direct number, do they have interior designers, what are the home to supervisor ratios, what guarantees do they offer etc. Will they be proactive in helping you have a great outcome or passive. We ask the questions that most people don’t think to ask.
It is important to get value for money. If your budget is fixed then you want to get the best home, inclusions and price for your budget. At the same time, you don’t want low quality. No one will notice your awesome kitchen if you have a 3mm crack down the wall. Being on a tight budget doesn’t mean you have to have low quality. It means you need a builder that has the right balance of inclusions, workmanship, service and price. We put forward the right builder for the right project. To come in on budget but also deliver a great home.
CLIENT STORIES
People we have helped build
Oscar and Celeste
Ardross
Independent Building Advice gave us a perfect house design after having unsuccessfully engaged with 3 top building companies that failed to listen to our needs and produced a design that lacked practicality.
The IBA design was then tendered to 4 medium to small builders with a proven track record and financially sound. The end result was that we not only got a better more functional house but at a cost between 21 and 27% cheaper than that of the ‘top’ builders.
We also saved time in the process as Behan came to our home to work with us on the design rather than us having to book time with the ‘top’ builders who were time poor and did not offer up the same practical expertise.
We are so happy with IBA and Behan and hope you make the right decision and call him too, just like we did.
Angus and Liz
Stirling
Behan has been an invaluable asset to building our new home here in Perth, WA. IBA was the answer to our prayers after months of searching through display homes, project builders and sales calls.
I would recommend him to anyone looking for a helping hand starting their own home building journey.
Stuart and Fiona
Waterford
Doing your first home build is a daunting prospect that you want to get right. Behan has made our first stage of this process so easy and enjoyable and I have full confidence going ahead.
It’s all about having someone who knows the industry to avoid making the mistakes. Great advice to ensure we get a home that suits us, for the price we want in a timely way.
Frequently Asked Questions
Commonly asked questions but free to email us directly any question you like.
A builder will give you biased advice on how they do things.
A builder’s sales people are not always the most reliable for information.
If the builder designs your home they own the copyright.
We work for you not the builder so the advice we give is in your best interest.
IBA can compare different builder so you get a clear comparison.
We looks for-
Financially secure
Build a good home.
Well priced.
Have decent build times.
Proactive in fixing problems.
Great service and communication.
This really depends on your job. Happy to quote you over the phone.
Design costs range from $0-3000 with Fly Throughs being extra.
Our builder “shortlist and tender” process is a free service.
Reach out for a fixed quote.
Anywhere within a 100km of Perth and the South West.
No problems, see our third party advisor service.
We sure do, see our building inspections part of this website.
We have a panel of designers and architects that we use regularly. We will select the right one for your home project. Our process is we catch up with you and create a good design brief and guide you but the home is designed by specialists who make sure it looks amazing and compliant.
Email, text or call us with your question and we see how we can assist.