Zanetto Builders

27/09/2026

This is my story.
Four weeks ago I woke up and couldn’t see properly. I’m sharing this in case it helps someone like me.

I became a builder at 17. Six years later I started my own business. On the tools, in the sun, with my mates every day. Life was easy.

Then the business grew, and so did the hours. Nights and weekends in the office doing estimates, books, sales and admin.

Somewhere along the way I stopped enjoying it. Cash flow, HR issues, work that never ended. I’ve burnt out a couple of times since 2017, but this time was different.

My eyes went blurry. I couldn’t look at light. Severe anxiety and depression. My confidence was shot. For two weeks I barely left the couch, feeling like s**t and not knowing why.

After a few trips in and out of hospital they found a minor brain hemorrhage which was an early warning sign. The problem was how I’d been living. 12 to 20 hours a day on screens. Obsessed with building AI, talking to my computer naked or in bed at 1am to fix whatever broke. Running multiple businesses. An hour of daylight most weekdays. Hardly seeing my mates. Bottled up and alone, feeding a machine I’d built that was slowly taking from me.

I’ve never felt so mentally and emotionally exhausted in my life and that was self inflicted.

Here I am now only at the start of feeling like me again. But it was the wake-up call I needed to pull my head out of my ass.

I lost one of my best mates to su***de, and this year I’ve seen too many people lose someone to depression. Until you’re in it, you don’t know how hard it is to control your own mind.

So whoever you are, Builder, sparky, plumber, business owner. It’s okay to put your hand up. It’s okay to say you’re not okay. I had to.

Huge love to my partner, and to my team at Zanetto Builders and Future Builder for carrying the load while I couldn’t 🫶 like Arnie once said “I’ll be back”

Tag a mate you love below. Then give them a bell.

Probably the one you haven’t heard from in a while, or who keeps saying no to catch ups. That was me. It was my early sign I wasn’t okay.

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08/09/2026

Special first moments on site welcome to ZB 💩

23/07/2026

20/06/2026

Celebrating my 8th year on Facebook. Thank you for your continuing support. I could never have made it without you. 🙏🤗🎉

25/05/2026

Welcome to
An AI Estimator built from actual cost to complete data.
Labour, material & contractor breakdown.
Exclusive to custom home builders using that want to adopt estimate template and pricing data.

15 - 20!minutes for a detailed feasibility estimate in your Wunderbuild ready to review so you can actually understand what costs go where and have clarity around delivering these findings to your clients and architects / designers early on to prevent budget blowouts.

This tool had been built to give us all back our time, validate plans against cost, and provide transparency to all parties from the outset. Something I wish I had a long time ago that’s changed our ability to price projects with accuracy and at volume forever.

See WUNDERATOR.com
Request access on sign up
Exclusive use to accepted applicants only
Free estimate on entry - try before you buy 🤝



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14/05/2026

AI-Powered Gap Analysis: Reducing Estimate Risk with Claude

This is a game-changing AI estimating hack using Claude to run gap analysis on contract estimates. We’re creating a Claude Cowork project folder for every project containing all quotes, plans, and engineering documents. When we’re nearly finished with our estimate (97% complete), we export the spreadsheet and ask Claude to analyze it against all architectural plans and quotes in the folder. Claude then delivers a detailed spreadsheet with a traffic light system showing what we’ve fixed and what tasks remain open. In our second round, we reduced our risk gap from $115,000 down to $25-60K. We walk through the process of cross-referencing each item line-by-line with our estimate and marking them green as we complete them, helping us achieve the most accurate contract estimate possible.

Systems like this are making estimating enjoyable again. No more late nights and weekends just use the tools available and cut out your time and risk 🤝

Estimating

04/05/2026

How we do qualifying Budget estimates and have them in Wunderbuild in under 10 minutes at 🤝

This tool can help everyone.
- builders
- clients
- architects
- developers

The purpose of this system is to financially align what gets designed can afford to be built. Protecting everyone’s time and investment.

Throw some comments in below of what the perfect system looks like for you.

AI - It just keeps getting better.

Singularity is upon us 😂


lab

03/05/2026

Finally a phone holder that ticks all the boxes for a Ford Tradies Ute ✅ cheers 🤝

19/04/2026

We are hiring site managers in Launceston to build $1m + Custom Homes.

The role is to own the job.
1-3 hours site management per day
Remainder spent hands on.

Full time
Start immediately.
Vehicle package optional.
Experience based pay
$45-$60 wages - Negotiable
9 day fortnights

DM me if your interested or head to the below link to apply 🤝🔨🖤

https://www.zanettobuilders.com.au/careers

19/04/2026

Zanetto Builders We are hiring site managers in Launceston to build $1m + Custom Homes.

The role is to own the job.
1-3 hours site management per day
Remainder spent hands on.

Full time
Start immediately.
Vehicle package optional.
Experience based pay
$45-$60 wages - Negotiable
9 day fortnights

DM me if your interested or head to the below link to apply 🤝🔨🖤

https://www.zanettobuilders.com.au/careers