Summary
Acquire two complementary Cairns trade businesses combining roofing, restoration and local supply capability from established operating bases.
Location Details
105 Bunda Street
Cairns, with Local Trading Supplies operating from a Portsmith store and warehouse at 105 Bunda Street, plus a Great Barrier Roof operations yard at 242 Scott Street, Bungalow.
Potential
Build further on roofing repairs, re-screwing, restoration, painting, protective coatings and maintenance work. Develop trade-account and product-category activity across roofing supplies, fasteners, safety gear, skylights, ventilation and coatings. Explore temporary-fencing hire and installation as a complementary trade-services line. Strengthen cross-selling between the supply counter and field-service operations.
Skills
Well suited to an active buyer with roofing, building-maintenance, trade-supply, operations or business-development experience. Practical trade knowledge will help a buyer lead field work, understand product demand and build customer relationships. Strong management and commercial discipline are equally valuable for developing the supply counter, coordinating work and creating a more integrated service-and-supply offer.
Hours
Monday to Saturday, 9 am-5 pm. Closed Sunday.
Reason for Sale
Retiring
About the Business
Great Barrier Roof and Local Trading Supplies offer a rare opportunity to acquire two complementary Cairns trade businesses in one transaction. The combined platform brings together roofing and roof-restoration capability with a local trade-supply business, creating a practical foundation across field services and products.
Great Barrier Roof is the service side of the operation, with an established local presence in roofing and roof restoration. Its Bungalow operations yard supports field activity, storage and site preparation. Local Trading Supplies adds a trade-focused store and warehouse in Portsmith, with product categories spanning roofing supplies, fasteners, fixings, coatings, sealants, tools, safety gear, daylighting and ventilation products. The Portsmith premises also benefits from installed solar, helping reduce electricity overheads.
The attraction is the connection between the two businesses. Roofing customers often need products, accessories, maintenance materials and reliable trade support. Trade customers may value access to roofing, restoration and installation capability. Owning both operations allows a buyer to create a more complete customer proposition while retaining the flexibility to develop each business independently.
Vehicles, trailers, edge-protection equipment and temporary fencing reinforce the hands-on nature of the opportunity and support field work, trade service and future development. A buyer can build on repair, restoration, re-screwing, painting, coatings and maintenance work, while deepening trade relationships and product categories through the supply business.
The businesses suit an active buyer with roofing, building-maintenance, trade-supply or operations experience. An established operator may value the connected supply channel and local base; a trade-supply owner may see scope to add a practical service arm. For a hands-on buyer, this is an opportunity to acquire established local brands and working capability rather than start from scratch.
History
The opportunity brings together two established local trading brands: Great Barrier Roof, focused on roofing and roof restoration, and Local Trading Supplies, a Portsmith-based trade-supply business. Together they have developed a practical Cairns operating platform spanning field-service work and trade products.
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