53%
With serious defects
NSW strata buildings surveyed in 2023 with serious defects in common property (NSW Office of the Building Commissioner, cited by NSW Productivity and Equality Commission).
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Tip: their ABN is on your quote or contract.
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We investigate the company, licence, directors, insolvency indicators, payment signals, disputes, insurance position and review footprint behind the builder you are considering. Your first 4 checks are free, and they return in seconds.
"We used this process before choosing our own builder. The check came back clean, and it gave us the confidence to move forward."
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Verify NSW- ASIC
ABR- icare HBCF
- NCAT
ACCC
QBCC
Agency and register names identify the public sources of data only; no affiliation or endorsement is implied or exists.
Builder collapse is the norm, not the exception.
2,600+
Construction insolvencies
Construction companies reported insolvent in the 12 months to March 2025 (ASIC statistics reported by News.com.au).
1,700+
Customers affected
Homes in progress and signed contracts affected when the major builder collapsed (Grant Thornton statement reported by Guardian Australia).
We only publish figures we can source. Every number on this page names the register it came from.
How it works
Three steps. Under a minute.
Search the builder
Type the builder's name, company or ABN.
We read the registers
We query the public registers live, one by one.
You get the facts
A sourced, dated record you can read in seconds.
Free, instantly
Your 4 free checks
Run in seconds against the public registers, with the source and date on every fact. No payment, no account.
- ABN & GST status (ABR)
- Company status & age (ASIC)
- Deregistration check (ASIC)
- Licence status (Verify NSW / QBCC)
Your free check
This is what your free check returns.
Not a score. A sourced, dated record you can trace yourself.
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FINDINGS SUMMARY
Straight answers
Questions, answered plainly.
- Where does the data come from?
- Public registers only, including ASIC, the ABR, Verify NSW, QBCC, icare, NCAT and the ACCC. Every result names the register it came from and the date we checked it, so you can trace each fact yourself.
- Is this legal?
- Yes. We read public registers that anyone is entitled to search, and we cite the source and date for every fact we report.
- What if you find nothing?
- If a builder does not match automatically, leave the name with us and one of our analysts runs a free manual trace within 24 hours.
- What happens to my details?
- We use your phone and email to send your results. We only contact you about related help if you tick the optional box, and every message we send identifies us and offers a way to opt out.
- Do you score builders?
- No. We never rate, rank or score anyone. We report what the public registers say, with the source and the date, and you draw your own conclusions.
Construction is the country's number one industry for insolvencies (ASIC). Check your builder before you sign.
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