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AI Rankings · Home building and renovation companies · Australia

Best home building and renovation companies in Australia, according to AI (October 2026)

We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode 60 questions a buyer in Australia types when looking for home building and renovation companies. The engines named 31 companies in Australia. Metricon is named most often, in 42% of answers, followed by G.J. Gardner Homes (19%) and Simonds Homes (17%). 21 are named by all three engines.

The full list is below, ranked by how consistently each company is named.

  • 60 buyer questions
  • 180 answers read
  • 3 engines

All 31 companies AI names in Australia

Click a company to open its full report: every answer that names it, where it stands in each one, and the sites behind every rival. Mentioned is the share of answers that name the company: all 180, one engine’s 60 in the engine columns. Green marks that engine’s 3 most recommended. A crossed circle means it never named the company. Click a heading to sort.

Report
1Metriconmetricon.com.au42%37%Most recommended45%Most recommended43%Most recommendedSee full report
2G.J. Gardner Homesgjgardner.com.au19%17%23%Most recommended17%Most recommendedSee full report
3Simonds Homessimonds.com.au17%20%Most recommended15%Most recommended17%Most recommendedSee full report
4Burbank Homes & Burbank Groupburbank.com.au14%10%18%13%See full report
5Henleyhenley.com.au12%13%12%12%See full report
6Carlisle Homescarlislehomes.com.au12%15%13%7%See full report
7Hotondo Homeshotondo.com.au9%17%Most recommended7%3%See full report
8McDonald Jones Homesmcdonaldjoneshomes.com.au9%7%7%13%See full report
9Stroud Homesstroudhomes.com.au9%10%5%12%See full report
10Clarendon Homesclarendon.com.au7%13%5%3%See full report

21 more companies below

11Hickinbotham Group / Land Australiahickinbotham.com.au7%8%7%7%See full report
12Rawson Homesrawsonhomes.com.au7%12%5%5%See full report
13Coral Homescoralhomes.com.au5%8%2%5%See full report
14Summit Homes Groupsummithomes.com.au5%7%5%3%See full report
15Weeks Homesweeks.com.au5%3%3%8%See full report
16Wilson Homeswilsonhomes.com.au5%7%5%3%See full report
17Brighton Homesbrightonhomes.net.au5%7%2%5%See full report
18Masterton Homesmasterton.com.au4%3%8%2%See full report
19Celebration Homescelebrationhomes.com.au4%3%3%5%See full report
20Plantation Homesplantationhomes.com.au4%7%5%See full report
21Homebuyers Centre / ABN Grouphomebuyers.com.au3%5%2%3%See full report
22Cavalier Homescavalierhomes.com.au3%3%3%2%See full report
23Dale Alcock Homesdalealcock.com.au2%5%2%See full report
24Dixon Homesdixonhomes.com.au2%3%2%See full report
25Green Homes Australiagreenhomesaustralia.com.au2%5%See full report
26Integrity New Homesintegrityfranchising.com.au2%2%3%See full report
27Meriton Apartmentsmeritonsuites.com.au1%2%2%See full report
28Refresh Renovationsrefreshrenovations.com.au1%2%2%See full report
29Smith & Sonssmithandsons.com.au1%2%2%See full report
30BGC Housing Groupbgchousinggroup.com.au1%2%See full report
31Sekisui Housesekisuihouse.com.au1%2%See full report

Every company AI named in Australia, ranked by how consistently it is named.

4 most recommended. 27 named. The rest not cited.

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Where AI gets its answers

Before an engine names a company, it reads the web. These are the sites each engine cited most in its 60 answers for Australia, by the share of answers citing them.

ChatGPT

286 domains · 1399 links overall

SourceShareLinks
simonds.com.au23%
metricon.com.au18%
realestate.com.au15%
henley.com.au15%
hotondo.com.au10%
gjgardner.com.au10%
carlislehomes.com.au8%
clarendon.com.au8%
kinghomesnsw.com.au7%
wilsonhomes.com.au7%
Gemini

163 domains · 672 links overall

SourceShareLinks
gjgardner.com.au12%
realestate.com.au10%
metricon.com.au8%
bgconstruction.com.au8%
masterton.com.au7%
simonds.com.au7%
carlislehomes.com.au5%
homegroup.com.au5%
stroudhomes.com.au5%
8homes.com.au3%
Google AI Mode

175 domains · 705 links overall

SourceShareLinks
metricon.com.au18%
realestate.com.au17%
gjgardner.com.au13%
facebook.com10%
hia.com.au8%
ibuildnew.com.au7%
simonds.com.au7%
mcdonaldjoneshomes.com.au5%
besa.au5%
stroudhomes.com.au5%

One thing stands out. ChatGPT cites company sites directly: simonds.com.au tops its list, so a company’s own pages decide whether it is named.

What to do with your row

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MentionedNamed, not recommended

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Not namedMissing from all 180 answers

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What “Top 3 in AI answers” means

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A company gets the badge when it is in the top 3 on any single engine, by how many of that engine’s answers recommend it, not just name it. The badge names the engine, so a company can hold it on Gemini and not on ChatGPT. In Australia that is Metricon, Simonds Homes and Hotondo Homes on ChatGPT. Metricon, G.J. Gardner Homes and Simonds Homes on Gemini. Metricon, G.J. Gardner Homes and Simonds Homes on Google AI Mode. 9 badges, 4 companies. A badge holder confirms its website inside the report and puts the badge on its site, and it links back to this page.

The 60 questions we asked

Every company was measured against the same 60 questions, asked the way a buyer types them, with no company name in the question. Grouped by how the question is asked: four kinds.

Use case (the job is named)

2 questions
  • What are the national home builder franchises in Australia?
  • Which volume builders across Australia have the lowest starting prices for a four-bedroom home?

Alternatives (excluding the well-known)

the question asks for options outside the market leaders1 question
  • Other than the household names, which smaller home builder groups operate across Australia?

Criterion (price, reviews, support, integration)

a plain category question with one qualifier5 questions
  • In Melbourne's new outer suburbs, which volume builders offer fixed-price house and land packages?
  • Up in Darwin, which builder groups do cyclone-rated homes?
  • Over in Victoria, which builder networks do bushfire-rated homes?

+ 2 more questions in this group.

Other phrasing

52 questions
  • Which builder groups in Sydney do knockdown rebuilds on a tired old house?
  • Looking for volume builders around Sydney that can put two homes on one block.
  • Can you name renovation builder groups in Sydney that take on terrace house renovations?

+ 49 more questions in this group.

How we measure

Each of the 60 questions was asked once to ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode in October 2026: 180 answers. We read every answer and record which companies it names. A company’s share is the part of answers that name it. Different spellings of one company are merged into one row.

Left out: companies outside Australia, and names that aren’t home building and renovation companies. A name AI gave without a website we could find is listed without a profile.

One run per question means a single answer moves a company at the bottom of the table by a point. Treat differences of 1 to 2% as noise and the top 20 as stable.

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Questions about this ranking

Why isn’t my company listed?

Either no engine named it in the 180 answers we read, or it was named and we could not match it to a website. Search the list above. If it was named, its full report is ready and you can add the website from there. If it was never named, Findrix shows what AI says when buyers ask about home building and renovation companies, which rivals it names instead, and a ranked list of fixes: the page, the edit, and the next scan ticks it off. It starts with the 7-day trial.

What is in the full report?

Everything we collected about the company: its position on each of ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode, recommended or only mentioned, its average position in the answer and what AI says about it word for word. It opens after a quick login, free, for anyone. The “Top 3 in AI answers” badge goes on the company’s site when any engine puts it in its top 3.

Why would I subscribe if I am already listed?

This page is one snapshot. Findrix is where you control and grow your AI visibility over time: your own question set, 60 to 180 questions by plan, tracked for you and your rivals. On every answer you see recommended, only mentioned, or a rival, and which sites earned that rival the spot. Wrong facts come with the correction email written for you. Your site becomes a numbered plan: which page, what to change, confirmed by the next scan. A PDF report for you and your team. It starts with the 7-day trial.

Can I correct or remove my company’s listing?

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Measured in October 2026: 60 questions x 3 engines x 1 run. Request a correction.