Building in Perth’s growth suburbs
Almost everything written about building in a Perth growth suburb is written by somebody selling you a block or a build. These guides are not that. We do not own land, we do not build homes, and you do not pay us, so what follows is what we would tell a client sitting across the table.
Independent guides, suburb by suburb
Written for someone deciding where to build, not for someone already sold on it.
Building in Southern River
That is the single most useful thing to know about building here. You are not waiting for a shopping centre to be built or a bus route to be added. You are also not…
Building in Eglinton
Eglinton sits in Perth’s north. Buying in a growth corridor means buying a suburb that is not finished. Schools, shops and transport are usually scheduled rather than built. Ask what is actually funded and…
Building in Bullsbrook
Larger blocks, different ground conditions and sometimes different service connections. Power, water, sewer and internet are worth confirming individually rather than assuming, because what is standard in a metropolitan estate is not always standard…
Building in Brabham
Brabham sits in Perth’s north-east. Most of what is available comes out of an estate release, on a design-guideline-controlled block. That makes the process more predictable than infill, and it makes the guidelines something…
Building in Alkimos
Alkimos sits in Perth’s north. High turnover means real choice, active competition between builders, and a deep rental market if you are investing. It also means blocks in the better stages go before they…
Building in Yanchep
Yanchep sits in Perth’s north. Yanchep is the only suburb we write about where household income sits below the Greater Perth average. Median prices are close to its northern neighbours. That combination is worth…
Building in Baldivis
Baldivis sits in Perth’s south. The demand here is for four-bedroom, two-bathroom homes on manageable blocks, close to schools and shops. If you are building a two-bedroom home as an investment, you are building…
Why we do not simply list packages
Search any Perth suburb with “house and land packages” in front of it and every result is a builder or a portal with stock to move. We have neither.
What we have is the ability to say which builder suits your block, what a quote leaves out, and when a deal is not a good one. On the block you are actually looking at, that is worth more than another list.
- We are not a builder, and not owned by one
- We hold no land, so we are not selling you a block we need to move
- Our income comes from the builders on our panel, never from you
- Nothing is added to your contract for using us
What to check before you commit to a block
This is where the money is won and lost, and it is rarely in the brochure. It applies in every suburb on this page.
Site costs
What it costs to make your particular block ready to build on. Soil, slope, fill, retaining and service connections all move it, and two blocks in the same street can differ by a lot. Ask for a figure worked out on your block, not a general allowance carried over from the brochure.
Which way the block faces
In Perth’s climate a north-facing living area is worth real money in comfort and in running costs. A cheaper block facing the wrong way can cost more to live in than the one you passed on.
Titles and timing
Land in a new estate is often sold before it is titled. If your finance approval expires before the title comes through, you can be made to reapply at whatever rates apply then. Ask for the estimated titling date in writing.
What is genuinely included
Fencing, landscaping, driveways, floor coverings, window treatments and air conditioning are commonly excluded. A turnkey package from one builder and a turnkey package from another can mean quite different things. Read the inclusions list, not the word.
The estate’s design guidelines
Most new estates set rules on facade materials, roof pitch, fencing and sometimes a minimum build value. They are enforceable, and they can rule out a design you have already fallen for.
The total price on your actual block
An advertised package price is tied to one specific block and one specific design. Ask for the total contract price on the block you are actually considering, with the exclusions listed. That is the only number worth comparing between builders.
The numbers to get before you commit
Five of them, and a suburb average is not one.
- The suburb’s median house price, and how much of its recent growth has already happened
- Land price and block size in the specific estates you are shortlisting, not the suburb average
- The total contract price on your block, from more than one builder, on the same scope
- The site cost figure for that block’s ground conditions, taken from the soil and contour reports
- If you are investing: the rental yield, and what a comparable home in that street actually rents for
On your block, not the suburb
We will pull these for the block you are actually looking at. A suburb average will not tell you whether one block costs tens of thousands more to build on than the one beside it, and that is usually the difference that decides it. Ask us and we will do it. It costs nothing and it commits you to nothing.
Common questions
Do you sell house and land packages?
We are not a land developer and not a builder, so nothing on this site is our stock. We represent the buyer. We find a block, match a builder from our panel to it, get the design right, and stay with you through contracts and construction. The packages we list are our builder partners’ and our developers’.
Why is there no price on these pages?
Because a suburb average tells you almost nothing about the block you are looking at, and prices in these corridors move faster than a page can. We would rather pull current numbers on your actual shortlist than publish a figure that is wrong by the time you read it.
Which suburb should I build in?
It depends on what you can borrow, how far you are willing to commute, whether you are building to live in or to rent out, and how much of a suburb’s growth has already happened. That is a conversation, not a page, and it costs you nothing to have it.
What does your service cost?
Nothing. We are paid by the builders on our panel when a client goes ahead and builds with one of them. No fee is added to your contract for using us. Our how we get paid page sets the arrangement out in full.
Tell us the suburbs you are weighing up
We will tell you what we would want to know about each of them, and what the block you are looking at would actually cost to build on. No fee, and nothing to sign.