Building new vs. buying established
Produced August 2025
Written by Dale Alcock Homes Team
With the current property market in 2025, we’re seeing many of our clients spend up to 12 months making multiple offers on established homes, only to walk away empty-handed. We understand how exhausting it can be: hours spent scrolling realestate.com.au, weekends lost to home opens, and the frustration of missing out, or being outbid by as much as $100,000.
If you’re looking to move, you may be going around in circles deciding whether to build a new home, or cling to the hope you’ll find an established one that fits the bill. We’ve compiled some insights to help you make the right decision for your family.
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The build vs. buy decision is not always an easy one. The right house, the wrong location. The right location, house too small. Out of budget, or requires a significant amount of renovation costs which we know is never a fixed price. Fortunately, our team has plentiful experience helping our customers understand the right option for them.
Focusing on your priorities helps bring clarity to what’s truly best for you. For example, if you’re a growing family, you might want the children’s bedrooms positioned away from the front of the home (a request we hear often). Or, if you’re passionate about cooking, a chef’s kitchen with a functional scullery might be at the top of your list. Building allows you to design a home that perfectly matches your lifestyle, and in some cases at a price similar to buying established depending on the area (as of August 2025).
Designed with you, for you
Farmhouse, Hamptons, Contemporary or Coastal? It’s far easier, and often more cost-effective, to put your stamp on a new home than it is to modify an existing one. Rather than having to erase someone else’s style, you can factor in those special style touches from the moment you sit down with your designer.
Newly-built homes are typically more energy and water efficient than older ones and that can mean big savings on your utility bills. With a new home, the higher-than-average ratings for everything from taps and showers, to lighting and glazing, can bring welcome insurance against escalating power and water bills.
When you factor in fees such as stamp duty, there are some real savings to be made if you build rather than buy established.
Less maintenance, more leisure
You can never be totally sure what you’re getting when you buy an established home. Maintenance and renovation costs can soon add up, not to mention how upkeep and improvements can eat into your leisure time. Building brings you peace of mind, knowing your new home is backed by a 12-month service maintenance warranty, 25-year structural warranty and fixed price contracts.
Building a new home on a great block in a sought-after location can be a great investment. Master planned communities offer a range of lifestyle choices, located close to schools, shops, parks and places of work, entertainment and leisure. Building is a great opportunity to grow with a new community. Or maybe you already love where you live in an established suburb, we can help you demolish and rebuild a home that grows with you.
Hear it from our clients
Since beginning our journey to build a home, Dale Alcock Homes has been our number one go to for guidance, professionalism and understanding of what we were looking for. We have been to Home Collective for a chance to speak with various consultants which was amazing and very helpful especially for someone who has never built before. We have been dealing with Brian at Jindee throughout the process and he has been wonderful. His knowledge of the area where we are building is exceptional and he was always available to speak with us if ever we had any questions regarding our build, he is a credit to Dale Alcock. We are very excited about building and designing our new home.
Laura G.
I’d like to take a moment to sincerely thank Dale Alcock Homes for the incredible journey we’ve shared throughout this building experience. Especially Simon demonstrated professionalism, quality workmanship, and genuine care in bringing our vision to life. Every step of the way, I felt supported and heard — and that made all the difference. It’s clear that Dale Alcock Homes is committed to delivering not just beautiful homes, but also an outstanding customer experience.
I’m truly grateful and highly recommend Dale Alcock Homes to anyone looking to build with confidence and peace of mind.
YaYa W.
So Close to PCI.. Would build with dales again! – I am really happy so far with my client liaison and site supervisor. We are so very close to PCI and noting all of the issues with construction industry as a whole there has been steady progress without compromise on build quality. Dale Alcock has high quality standard inclusions and I have found other friends and family did not have the same experience I have had building.
My client liaison has always tended to my questions, communicated with my site supervisor to get messages through and all concerns have been dealt with in a professional and quick manner. My client liaison is very approachable no matter what I may be asking. I am looking forward to PCI in 2023. I would recommend building with Dale Alcock Homes.
Steph K.
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