Owner-Builder School Call
For owner-builders who are building now

Your build, with a project manager beside you.

The course ends. Your build or renovation doesn't. Build Mentor keeps an experienced project manager in your corner for as long as you're building: a regular check-in, your quotes reviewed, your programme kept honest, and straight answers when something goes wrong.

Two ways to have us beside you

Choose how much help you want.

Most support
Build Partner
A$9,900 / 12 months

The most support: course, mentoring and site visits

  • The Live Zoom Crash Course (Pro) and the online course
  • A monthly mentoring call for 12 months
  • Every trade quote checked before you sign
  • 6 stage visits on your site: pre-slab, frame, lock-up, pre-plaster, fit-out, handover
  • Priority answers within one business day
  • The build pack
  • Already on a crash course? Upgrade during it and your course fee comes off
Talk to us about Build Partner →
Most popular after the course
Build Mentor
A$390 every 4 weeks

A project manager in your corner while you build

  • A 45-minute Zoom check-in every 4 weeks
  • Up to 3 trade quotes reviewed each time
  • Your programme and budget reviewed
  • Priority answers within one business day
  • Pay 12 months up front and get 2 billing periods free
Talk to your instructor →

Need a single answer instead? Coaching by the hour →

Renovating? Build Mentor works for renovations too. Did the Reno Crash Course? Your A$799 covers your first two cycles of Build Mentor, or comes off Build Partner. Want your instructor on site before demolition, at frame and before handover? See Reno Partner, A$4,900 →

Advice, not a builder for hire

You stay the owner-builder. We help you run it.

Build Mentor and Build Partner are advice and inspections from someone who runs builds every week. We don't manage or arrange building work for you. You make the calls, with an experienced eye on every one.

How it starts

One free call first.

  1. Free callTell us where you're up to and what worries you. We call when it suits you.
  2. Pick your planBuild Mentor every 4 weeks, or Build Partner for the whole year.
  3. First check-inWithin a week: your budget, programme and next quotes.
  4. Every 4 weeksCheck-in, quote reviews and answers until handover.
Talk to your instructor → Call 0406 038 913