Custom Homes at Volume Prices, Built Online

Client
Bella QLD
Industry
Construction
Author
Lachlan Nye
Bella QLD Visit website

WordPress website with house and land portal for a Queensland Home Builder

The Challenge

Bella QLD Properties is an award winning Queensland home builder, creating homes across South East Queensland since 2004. In 2021 they were ready to grow, in one of the most competitive markets in the country. Volume builders dominate search results and ad space, and buyers compare dozens of builders before booking a single display home visit.

Bella needed a digital foundation built for scale:

  • A website that could compete with the major volume builders on credibility and experience
  • A simple way to list, manage and showcase house and land packages
  • High quality visual content that showed the true standard of a Bella home
  • A platform ready for SEO and paid media to drive consistent enquiry

The Strategy

Salt identified Bella’s strongest point of difference: custom homes designed for your block and budget, at the price of a standard build. In a market full of generic floor plans, this gave Bella a clear, ownable position.

We built the strategy around three priorities:

  • Own the custom home angle. Every page, image and message reinforces that Bella designs around the buyer’s block, whether it’s narrow, sloping, acreage or oddly shaped.
  • Make house and land effortless. A custom house and land portal makes it quick to create and update packages, keeping stock fresh and giving buyers an easy way to browse, save and compare options.
  • Build for search from day one. Site structure, service pages and home design pages were mapped to the terms Queensland buyers use, so the site could rank and convert paid traffic from launch.

This approach suits the home building industry because buyers make a high value, emotional decision over months. They need proof of quality, clear options and an easy next step. The site delivers all three.

What Salt Did

Salt delivered the full build and every piece of content on the site.

  • Web design and website development of a custom WordPress site structured around custom homes, knock down rebuild, display homes, home designs and house and land packages
  • A custom house and land portal to create, manage and showcase house and land packages, with favourites and listing comparison for buyers
  • Photography of display homes, facades and interiors to showcase Bella’s build quality
  • Videography including virtual display home tours so buyers can walk through a home from anywhere
  • SEO foundations across site architecture, page content and technical setup
  • Conversion focused UX with clear pathways to browse designs, compare listings, book a consultation or plan a display home visit

The Result

The 2021 build gave Bella a digital platform that matched the quality of their homes and the ambition of the business.

  • A clear market position as the custom home builder that fits your budget
  • A live, easy to manage house and land pipeline powered by the custom portal
  • A premium content library used across the website, social media and advertising
  • A site built to rank and convert, ready for SEO and paid media campaigns

With those foundations in place, Salt moved into growth marketing, running Google Ads, Meta Ads and ongoing SEO to scale Bella’s enquiry and grow the business across South East Queensland.

Frequently asked questions about Salt's marketing services

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What does Salt Agency actually do?

Salt is a performance and creative marketing agency in Brisbane. Salt builds the strategy, produces the creative, runs the media and reports on what it earned. One team owns the concept and the result.

What marketing services does Salt offer?

Websites, SEO, Google Ads, Meta Ads, organic social, photography and video, branding and design, and fractional CMO. CRM setup, tracking and landing pages are delivered inside wider engagements.

What size businesses does Salt work with?

Established businesses, typically mid-market to enterprise, with a committed marketing budget and a growth target attached. Salt keeps a short client list so every engagement gets senior attention.

Am I locked into a long contract?

Retainers run month to month. Website builds are project based with a fixed scope and a fixed price.

Who will I be working with day to day?

One account manager as the single point of contact, with the specialists delivering the work reachable directly. Decisions are made in hours.

How much does marketing with Salt cost?

Retainers start at $2,480+GST per month and website builds range heavily. Final investment depends on scope, channels and pace. Every proposal carries a fixed price with deliverables itemised.

Is Salt a performance agency or a creative agency?

Both, and the two are inseparable at Salt. Creative that cannot be measured and media with nothing worth running are equally ineffective. The same team owns both.

Does Salt only work with Brisbane businesses?

Salt is based in Albion, Brisbane, and works with clients across Australia. Discovery and strategy run in person for Brisbane clients and remotely elsewhere.

How long until I see results?

Paid search and paid social typically produce measurable results inside the first month. SEO compounds over six to twelve months. Every engagement reports on the first Tuesday of the month.

What happens after the first call?

Salt audits the accounts, website and competitors before a proposal is written. The findings are handed over either way. A proposal follows with fixed pricing and scope itemised.

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