The Top 5 Home Builders in Brisbane

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Building a new home from scratch can be an exciting process, but your choice of builder is critical. You’re making a major investment and you need to be confident you’re partnering with a reliable and reputable builder. We help you narrow down the choice with a rundown of the top 5 home builders in Brisbane for 2022/23..

Top 5 home builders in Brisbane, QLD

The top home builders for 2022/23 were revealed by industry housing experts HIA in its latest HIA-Colorbond steel Housing 100 Report. The report details the top builders nationally and by state, based on the number of homes they started working on throughout the financial year (new housing starts).

1. Meriton Apartments

Meriton is an Australian property developer and construction company. Meriton builds and sells apartments, and also operates serviced apartments under its Meriton Suites brand in Sydney as well as Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

In 2022/23, Meticon Apartments started 1,341 building starts across the state – all of those being apartments.

2. Hutchies

Hutchies is a diverse construction business involved in projects ranging from commercial developments to high-rise apartments. In fact, the Hutchinson Builders website claims the company is now Australia’s largest high-rise residential builder.

In 2022/23, Hutchies notched up 1,332 building starts across the state – all of those being apartments.

3. Metricon Homes

Every Metricon home is backed by a Lifetime Structural Guarantee, and Metricon CEO Mario Biasin says, “We’re committed to building homes to suit evolving customer needs and budgets and believe the diversity of our designs and price-points means we’ve been able to maintain relevance for customers.”

In 2022/23, Metricon recorded 777 across the state.

4. Henley Properties T/A Plantation Homes

The Henley Properties T/A Plantation Homes was established in 1989 and operates in Victoria, NSW, QLD and SA constructing primarily detached dwellings and a mix of order and spec homes. The Group also conducts small scale land development activities in Australia. 5. NXT Building Group. They trade as Henley Properties (QLD) Pty Ltd, Henley Arch Pty Ltd, Edgewater Homes Pty Ltd, Plantation Homes, Henley Properties Group and Henley Homes.

In 2022/23, Henley Properties T/A Plantation Homes recorded 771 house builds across the state.

What’s happening in the Brisbane building market?

CoreLogic figures show that Brisbane home values jumped 3% in the 12 months to 31 March 2024, to reach a median of $817,564.

House values climbed by a more modest 2.8% YTD over the period to reach a median value of $909,988. Apartment values are up 4.1%YTD to reach a medium value of $587,793. The regional QLD property market has also seen an uptick in values, with an increase of 2.8% the medium home value at $625,849.

According to the HIA, new dwelling starts in QLD decreased by an estimated 11% during 2022/23, from 39,230 to 34,938.

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This article was reviewed by our Editor-in-Chief Nina Rinella before it was updated, as part of our fact-checking process.

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Former Content Lead, Mandy Beaumont, has had a long career in the publishing and university sector as an award-winning author, journalist and creative writing academic. She’s been a course convenor in creative writing and communications at Griffith University for more than a decade, holds a PhD and a master’s in creative writing from RMIT and QUT respectively, and has written for The Big Issue, Melbourne Writers Festival, the Australian Council of Trade Unions the Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union, as well as many other well-known newspapers and journals in Australia and overseas. Mandy’s short fiction writing and her novels have won, been shortlisted and longlisted for prestigious prizes and awards such as The Stella Award, the QLD Literary Awards, the Richell Prize, the Dorothy Hewitt Award and the MOTH International Short Story Award. Mandy released a new novel with one of Australia’s largest publishing houses, Hachette Publishing in early 2025 called The Thrill of It. After many years of working with trade unions and renting, Mandy has a keen interest in superannuation (particularly worker’s capital) and the housing market in Australia.