Say you have land you want to develop and are in the market for a good builder that can look after the design, building and approvals. How can you ascertain who is good?
The problem is building isn't really a high-volume service (relative to other things in everyday life) so I can't exactly google "builder_name reviews" or "builder_name disappointment" or "builder_name experience" etc
Likewise, even if I do actually come across a review or two for some specific builder, it probably doesn't mean jack because the client might only have built 1-3 times and not even sure what makes a builder good.
So basically I cannot rely on public reviews.
To those who have developed, assuming you don't have highly accomplished developer friends, what was your process in selecting your builder?
The problem is building isn't really a high-volume service (relative to other things in everyday life) so I can't exactly google "builder_name reviews" or "builder_name disappointment" or "builder_name experience" etc
Likewise, even if I do actually come across a review or two for some specific builder, it probably doesn't mean jack because the client might only have built 1-3 times and not even sure what makes a builder good.
So basically I cannot rely on public reviews.
To those who have developed, assuming you don't have highly accomplished developer friends, what was your process in selecting your builder?