BUILDERS, DESIGNERS AND SUPPLIERS WE WORK WITH
You’ve spent months on
the design. Who’s helping
you choose the builder?
You can have the architect, the mood boards, the renders, and still hand it all to the wrong builder. Building comes down to decisions: who you trust, who you hire, what you sign, what you buy, and when. Nobody is helping you with that part until now.
- Different answers from every builder
- Quotes you can't compare
- A budget that may not match the design
- No idea who to trust
Every builder in the room is independently vetted by Build Play Live before they get there. No commissions, no referral fees. We work for you, not them.
Building a home shouldn’t feel like one expensive guessing game.
If any of these sound like you, you’re in the right place.
Maybe every builder is giving you a different answer.
Maybe you’re looking at quotes and have no idea why the numbers are so different.
Maybe you’re wondering whether your budget actually matches what you’ve designed.
Maybe you don’t know when a builder should be brought into the process.
Maybe you’ve heard enough building horror stories to question who you can trust.
Or maybe the fear of getting it wrong is stopping you from moving forward at all.
You can’t solve this from a laptop.
Speed Date Your Builder™ was created
to solve it in one day
How we help you find the right builder.
One day. Hand-selected builders. Facilitated conversations.
The right match.
We bring hand-selected builders, designers and building experts into one room, put you in front of them, and stay beside you while you work out who fits your project. Getting these people around one table on your own would take months of cold calls, unreturned emails and quotes you can’t compare. We’ve already done it.
You’ll sit face to face with builders you’d struggle to get a meeting with.
You’ll get straight answers to the questions most homeowners never get to ask.
We’ll help you compare what you hear, so you can tell the difference between them.
And you’ll leave knowing who to talk to next, and what to say.
Bring every question. Leave with answers.
RESERVE YOUR SEAT
The three decisions we’ll help you make.
Your pathway. Your team. Your sourcing. Get these three right and the right builder becomes obvious.
01
Choose your pathway
Not every builder delivers projects in the same way. Your project may suit a custom builder, volume builder, turnkey builder, renovation specialist or design-and-construct model.
We'll help you work out which pathway actually suits your project, budget and expectations, and then point at you at the builders who deliver that way.
02
Build the right team
A successful project is never delivered by one person. You may need a builder. You need a team.
We'll help you see who is missing from your team, when to bring a builder in, and what has to be resolved before tender with the designers and builders who do it sitting right there.
03
Source Smarter
Client-supplied materials can create flexibility, choice and potential savings. They can also create delays, gaps in responsibility and unexpected costs.
We'll help you decide what to supply yourself, what to leave in the builder's scope, and where the risks sits before it's written into a contract.
What happens on the day
A morning workshop, an unfiltered panel, then the speed dates.
The industry workshop
A morning session for industry to get the inside track and workshop how we can support clients better come along if you are a Interior Designer or decorator, Real Estate Agent, Property Manager, Business owner, Architect, Developer, or aspiring developer.
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Before You Swipe Right
Before you meet anyone, Kribashini works through what you need resolved, what to look for and what to ask so you walk into the speed dates able to tell a good builder from a good talker.
- Know Your Type
- Build Your Dating Profile
- The Pre-Date Checklist
- Green Flag or Red Flag?
Builders Unfiltered
The conversation builders normally only have with each other. Pricing, contracts,
communication, expectations asked in the open, on your behalf.
Plus a live audience Q&A. Your question, answered in the room.
Speed Date Your Builder™
Fill your dance card and sit down with hand-selected builders, one after another, with us facilitating. Compare them side by side, in one afternoon, instead of over six months of chasing quotes.
Then drinks and canapés, where the real conversations keep going.
The event at a glance
WHEN: 24 October 2026
WHERE: Hyde Melbourne Place
WHO: 100 homeowners, property investors and developers
WHO ELSE: Hand-selected builders, designers and industry experts
TICKETS: First Release $450 · Second Release $550
Bonus: Building Survival Kit curated by BPL
- Facilitated speed dates
- Vetted builders
- Builder panel, unfiltered
- Your questions answered
- Get-ready session
- Drinks & canapés
- Building Survival Kit™
One variation can cost more than your ticket.
One unresolved detail can affect your contract.
One wrong decision can create months of stress.
One day can change how you approach the whole project.
We help you make those decisions before they cost you — and we only do this once this year.
Hyde Melbourne Place. A room worth spending a day in.
A design-led space in the heart of Melbourne. Considered materials, natural light and rooms built for real conversation, the right setting for the decisions you’re about to make.
Hyde Melbourne Place
Melbourne CBD, Victoria
24 October 2026
Full venue details and arrival instructions are sent with your ticket confirmation.
The room you could never build on your own.
Hand-selected builders, designers and building experts, independently vetted by Build Play Live. Finding, vetting and getting time with these people would take you months, and most homeowners never get access at all. We’ve assembled them, and we’ll introduce you.
CUSTOM BUILDER
Speaker Name
Role, company — one line on what they’ll speak to on the day.
VOLUME BUILDER
Speaker Name
Role, company — one line on what they’ll speak to on the day.
RENOVATION SPECIALIST
Speaker Name
Role, company — one line on what they’ll speak to on the day.
ARCHITECH/DESIGNER
Speaker Name
Role, company — one line on what they’ll speak to on the day.
Building experts
The people who’ll tell you what to fix in your contract, budget and documentation before it costs you.
Designers & decorators
The people who’ll tell you whether what you’ve designed can actually be built for your budget.
Suppliers
The people who’ll tell you what to supply yourself and where it will bite you if you do.
The full line-up is announced in the lead-up to the event. Every builder in the room is independently vetted before they get there.
RESERVE YOUR SEAT
This event is for you if...
- You’re planning a renovation, extension, new home or property development.
- You’re comparing builders or quotes and aren’t sure how to tell the difference between them.
- You want the chance to meet builders in person and get a feel for who may actually be the right fit for your project.
- You’re still exploring ideas and want help choosing a direction before the expensive decisions start.
- You want someone to tell you what to resolve before you approach a builder or sign anything.
- You’d rather spend one day becoming more informed now than spend the next few years wondering whether you made the wrong call.
- You’re already working through plans or design and want to make sure your budget, brief and building pathway are aligned.
- You want to know what questions to ask, what warning signs to look for and how to make more informed decisions.
What you leave with.
Not notes. A way forward:
- A shortlist of builders you’ve actually met, and know how to compare.
- Your building pathway, decided — and the builders who deliver it that way.
- The gaps in your team, and who to bring in next.
- What to fix in your documentation before you send it to anyone.
- How to read the difference between two quotes that look the same.
- What must be resolved before you sign, and what to never sign at all.
- The red flags you’ll now spot in a first meeting, not a first invoice.
- A clear next step, and the confidence to take it on Monday.
You came in not knowing who to trust. You leave knowing who you’re calling, what you’re asking and what happens next
PUT ME IN THE ROOM
Someone in your corner who knows the industry from the inside.
Kribashini Hannon
MOPM (Dist.), BBSc Founder, Build Play Live
Kribashini brings technical, strategic and commercial insight to homeowners navigating complex building decisions. Through Build Play Live, her work centres on helping homeowners replace overwhelm with greater clarity, confidence and control.
Speed Date Your Builder™ was created to give homeowners the access, the guidance and the shortlist they can’t assemble alone — before the expensive decisions are made.
20+
years in construction
100%
independent, no commissions
3
staged advisory services
"I wish we'd known this before we started."
The sentences we hear every week from people who'd already signed.
Here's what it sounds like when they don't have to say it.
20+
year's experience
$0
commissions taken
$500k
saved for clients
1000+
supported clients decisions
8+
disputes avoided
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We were so impressed and thankful after we met with Kribashini. She was professional, extremely knowledgeable and had some great insights. She thinks outside the box and made suggestions we had not even considered. Most of all she is very friendly and took her time to guide us through the process.
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Kribashini is at her best when sharing her wealth of knowledge and experience, a truly amazing mentor and coach!! I highly recommend her Program for everyone who wants to get involved in their building and construction process. You absolutely want Kribashini with you, on your site, when you build.
"
Kribashini offers a wealth of knowledge, experience, and consideration. From the first time we spoke, I knew I had to engage her - she immediately gave us direction and addressed our blind spots. Kribashini understands every aspect of the building journey through lived experience. Most of all, she is a wonderful, supportive and a delightful person to have on our team.
What happens when homeowners know what they’re doing.
These are real outcomes for Build Play Live clients. This is what having someone in your corner is worth, and it’s the same thinking we’ll apply to your project on the day.
$500k
Saved for clients
Across quote analysis, scope corrections and contract negotiation before a single brick was laid.
8+
Disputes avoided
Issues caught in the
documentation stage, before
they became legal problems.
1000+
Decisions supported
From choosing a pathway
to signing a contract, with
an independent advisor in
the room.
$0
Commissions taken
No referral fees, no kickbacks.
Every recommendation is
independent, every time.
$300,000 MISTAKE STOPPED
A home that wouldn’t have worked on day one.
Our clients were about to rebuild something that wouldn’t have met their needs the moment they moved in. We stopped it before $300,000 was spent.
$9,000 SAVED
A single clause, mediated.
We mediated one clause between the builder and our clients during contract negotiation and saved them a proposed $9,000 cost.
$5,000 RECOVERED
She was owed $10,000, not $5,000.
The builder offered $5,000 in liquidated damages. We showed our client she was entitled to $10,000.
PROMISE HELD
The pipe got relocated.
A relocation had been promised, then quietly avoided. We held the builder to what our clients were told.
LEGAL FEES AVOIDED
Nobody needed a lawyer.
A misunderstanding over responsibility was heading for lawyers. We resolved it and stopped both client and builder wasting money.
$5,000+ MISTAKE CAUGHT
Caught on site, not after
A lack of clarity in the drawings was about to become a costly on-site error. We caught it saving client and builder over $5,000.
Over $2,000 of value. One ticket at $450.
Every item below is included in your Homeowner Ticket. Priced separately — if you could even arrange it yourself — this is what the same access would cost you.
Free consult with Build Play Live
A one-on-one session with an independent building advisor on your own project.
Value : $850
Speak with experts you’d never normally have access to
Direct time with building experts, designers and suppliers most homeowners can’t reach, in one room, on one day.
Value : $800
Before You Swipe Right — 1.5hr workshop
Four bespoke sessions with Kribashini getting you ready to choose a builder, not just informed about them.
Value : $400/head
Building Survival Kit™
The tools, checklists and prompts curated by Build Play Live to take home and use.
Value : $140
Meet the builders people wait to work with
Hand-selected, independently vetted, and sitting across the table from you.
Priceless
Every ticket goes into the prize pool. Every ticket holder is entered into the draw to win prizes on the day. Be in the room to win.
GET MY SEAT $450Choose your experience
100 seats. One day. Once this year. First Release closes when the tickets do.
Questions, andswered.
Still not sure its for you?
Start here then bring the rest on the day
Who is Speed Date Your Builder™ For?
Homeowners and property investors planning a renovation, extension, new home or development — and who don’t yet know which builder is right for it. Come whether you’re still exploring ideas, working through design, or already comparing quotes you can’t make sense of.
Do I need to have started designing?
No. The earlier you understand your pathway, budget and team, the more useful the event can be.
When should I attend?
The earlier, the better. Settling your pathway and your shortlist before design, tender or contract is where we can save you the most money and the most time.
Will builders try to sell to me?
No. We facilitate every conversation, and every builder is independently vetted before they’re invited. We take no commissions and no referral fees, we’re paid by you, so the only outcome we’re working towards is the right match for your project.
Can I bring someone with me?
Yes. The Better Together ticket is designed for two people sharing the building journey.
What is included in my Homeowner Ticket?
Your ticket includes the facilitated Speed Date Your Builder™ sessions with hand-selected builders, the Before You Swipe Right session that gets you ready to choose, the Builder Mega Panel, the live Q&A, drinks and canapés, and the Build Play Live Building Survival Kit™. First Release Homeowner Tickets also include a one-on-one consult with Build Play Live and the Pre-Date Planning Pack.
“I wish we had known this before we started.”
Speed Date Your Builder™ exists so those words never become yours.
One day, one room, one shot at getting this right, and we only do it once this year.
Bring every question. Leave with answers.
24 October 2026 · Hyde Melbourne Place, Melbourne
First Release Homeowner Tickets: $450 — save $100
Limited spaces available.
RESERVE YOUR SEAT