In December 1959, an application was lodged with the WA Corporate Affairs Office by Raymond Charles McCarthy to form a new homebuilding company called Collier Constructions Pty Ltd. Ray lived in Collier St, Applecross - hence the Collier name.

The early years of Collier saw it building houses principally for the State Housing Commission, later branching out into homes for the private sector, opening their first display home, called The Norwood in 1967 in Riseley Street, Applecross.

In 1969 Ray sold the company to a large national land developer called Development Underwriting Ltd (DUL). In September 1974, Ron Smith was appointed DUL's Sales Manager and in 1977 its State Manager. In March 1981 Ron Smith acquired the land and building operations of DUL (then trading as Entrad) and began operating solely under the Collier Homes banner.  From 1986 to 1994 the company embarked on an unprecedented growth plan which saw Collier to be an iconic name in Western Australia.

In 1995 the company was taken over by the Futuris Group and in September 1996 was acquired by Australia's only national builder, Bob Day and John Smith's Home Australia Pty Ltd, lead by state manager Darren Sandford.

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