In the current building environment, it is common to hear that success comes down to hiring more staff, finding better subcontractors or working longer hours. Yet for Sean Hewitt, Managing Director of Stonewood Homes Sunshine Coast South, the real advantage begins...
We probably shouldn’t start this by talking about procedures, cashflow forecasts, or onboarding systems but if you're trying to grow a building business without burning out, this one's an honest look. Aletha Walters and her husband Slade run Stroud Homes Wide Bay one...
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Why more builders are moving procurement out of the inbox and into the system they already run their jobs from. There is a moment most builders know well. The job is mapped out, the costs are still moving, and the plan for the week is clear enough. Then you open your...
A chipped benchtop or a scratched pane of glass rarely stops a job. But across a build, that kind of damage quietly costs both the builder and the trades real time and real money. Here is why it happens, and how Goop Guys' surface protection removes the cost before it...
The Good Builder’s Top 100 report found one franchise network added builds in a year the market lost them. On the podcast this week, James Stroud gives an explanation that has almost nothing to do with the market. Queensland’s hundred largest residential builders...
A single date now sits between a gas-connected design and a knockback at permit stage. The number that decides it is not the contract date. Last updated: July 2026 From 1 January 2027, a building surveyor in Victoria will not be able to issue a building permit...