Good for you – you’re asking probably the most important question of all. Finding the right builder is everything. It’s the difference between a remarkable building experience, and one that is, well… something less than remarkable. To help you sort the reputable (like us) from the not so reputable (whom we can’t name for legal reasons – sorry!) there are a few things you can do.

Start by combing through each builder’s digital footprint to see what their clients are saying about them. Search their website, Facebook page and review sites like Product Review. Try ordering the reviews from Newest to Oldest as a lot can change over time, and keep an eye out for any common threads like build times, communication or lack thereof, and costs. Think about:

• What are their build times like? Have they blown out?
• What’s their communication like? Are clients constantly updated and kept in the loop, or left wondering what’s going on?
• Do they hit clients up for extra costs on site? (This one is more common than you’d think and sometimes unavoidable due to material costs skyrocketing in recent months).

You can also try reaching out to a few clients directly, Instagram is a great place for this, to see how their builds are progressing, particularly during a building boom.

Next, ensure they have all the necessary industry associations, both HIA (Housing Industry Association) and MBA (Master Builder Association).

Finally, get to know the people behind them. Mark Di Masi is at the helm of La Vida Homes, and no one knows how to put together a new home better. He’s been doing it for years – 30 in fact – and has over 15,000 (not a typo) homes under his belt.

Thanks to Mark’s connections and reputation, La Vida Homes has attracted the very best of WA’s building industry. Each team member – industry master or bright young spark – is as passionate about our mark-makers as the next.

Because La Vida isn’t about us. It’s about you. That means we meet you on your terms, communicate freely (including giving you a direct line to management), deliver faster build times, offer unique value-adds… and that’s just the beginning.

But don’t take our word for it. See what our clients are saying about us here, and over here on the ‘gram.