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Carpenters in Sunshine Coast

Every business below is checked against the QBCC licence register and ranked by quantified Google-review themes — never by who paid.

Showing all 9 licensed carpenters across Sunshine CoastUpdated 2026-08-27 · Register QBCC
Nº 01

C.J Carpentry & Construction QLD (PTY LTD)

QBCC Licence verified
5.012 reviews on Google

Based in Pomona

Response time · 7Professional & friendly · 7Quality of work · 7

Customers at C.J Carpentry & Construction QLD (PTY LTD) keep naming the same carpenter, which suggests the owner handles the work personally rather than a crew. The owner writes back to the vast majority of customers who leave feedback, based on the 11 reviews analysed as of 28 August 2026. Decks & pergolas come up most often in what customers describe, with new builds also mentioned. On 22 August 2026 the QBCC register showed the Pomona carpenter holding a current Carpentry licence. 5 stars across 12 Google reviews.

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Nº 02

Caprice Cabinets

QBCC Licence verified
5.014 reviews on Google

Based in Coolum Beach

Professional & friendly · 8Quality of work · 4Value & pricing · 3

At Caprice Cabinets, kitchens and joinery lead what customers talk about, with renovations a distant second in the mix. The owner personally answers every one of the 13 customers whose feedback was analysed as of 28 August 2026. The QBCC register listed the Coolum Beach business's Carpentry licence as current on 22 August 2026. It holds 5 stars across 14 Google reviews.

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Nº 03

Chippy Goat

QBCC Licence verified
5.050 reviews on Google

Based in Coolum Beach

Professional & friendly · 25Quality of work · 21Communication · 20

In Coolum Beach, customers most often bring up decks & pergolas at Chippy Goat, with repairs & timber rot and new builds also coming up. The feedback names more than one person, including office staff, which points to a team with someone handling the desk. The owner writes back to 26 of the 45 customers who left feedback, as of 28 August 2026. The QBCC register listed the business as holding a current Carpentry licence when checked on 22 August 2026. 5 stars across 50 Google reviews.

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Nº 04

Coastal Precision

QBCC Licence verified
5.011 reviews on Google

Based in Maroochydore

Professional & friendly · 8Quality of work · 8Response time · 5

The same carpenter's name keeps appearing in feedback for Coastal Precision, suggesting an owner who works hands-on rather than a crew. Customers most often bring up decks & pergolas, with renovations also coming up regularly. Every customer who leaves feedback hears back from the owner. Google reviews for Coastal Precision go back to November 2023, and as of 28 August 2026 the business holds 5 stars across 11 Google reviews. On 22 August 2026, the QBCC register showed the Maroochydore business holding a current Carpentry licence.

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Nº 05

Dance constructions

QBCC Licence verified
5.016 reviews on Google

Based in Caloundra

Quality of work · 8Response time · 7Professional & friendly · 5

Customers of Dance constructions keep naming the same carpenter, which points to a one-person operation with the owner on the tools. All 14 customers whose feedback was analysed as of 28 August 2026 got a reply from the owner. Decks and pergolas lead the work customers talk about, with new builds and doors, windows and trim also coming up. The QBCC register listed the Caloundra business as holding a current Carpentry licence when checked on 22 August 2026. It rates 5 stars across 16 Google reviews.

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Nº 06

DM Property Maintenance & Carpentry Services

QBCC Licence verified
5.021 reviews on Google

Based in Eudlo

Quality of work · 16Professional & friendly · 14Reliable & trustworthy · 6

The QBCC register confirmed DM Property Maintenance & Carpentry Services' Carpentry licence as current on 22 August 2026. Customers most often bring up doors, windows and trim, with repairs and timber rot close behind, and they keep naming the same tradesperson — a pattern that reads as the owner doing the work themselves. The business carries a 5-star rating across 21 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026, with the earliest review on record from November 2024.

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Nº 07

Sol Coast Construction

QBCC Licence verified
5.078 reviews on Google

Based in Nambour

Professional & friendly · 42Response time · 30Quality of work · 27

Customers of Sol Coast Construction name more than one tradesperson, and an office contact too, when they talk about the Nambour carpentry business. The owner wrote back to all 76 customers whose feedback was analysed as of 28 August 2026, and 43 of those reviews landed in the past 12 months, a pattern consistent with a steady stream of recent work. New builds lead the review mentions, with kitchens & joinery also coming up. The QBCC register confirmed a current Carpentry licence on 22 August 2026, and the business holds a 5-star rating across 78 Google reviews.

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Nº 08

Stanbridge Construct Pty Ltd

QBCC Licence verified
4.817 reviews on Google

Based in Pacific Paradise

Professional & friendly · 11Quality of work · 11Communication · 5

At Stanbridge Construct Pty Ltd, customers talk most about decks & pergolas, and the same tradesperson keeps being named — a sign the owner is the one on the tools. The QBCC register confirmed the Pacific Paradise carpenter's licence in the Carpentry class as current on 22 August 2026. 4.8 stars across 17 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026.

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Nº 09

Zilx Building Solutions

QBCC Licence verified
5.015 reviews on Google

Based in Banya

Quality of work · 13Professional & friendly · 10Communication · 7

At Zilx Building Solutions, the people who hired them keep naming the same tradesperson, which points to an owner doing the work hands-on rather than a crew. That owner also wrote back to all 15 customers who left feedback in the sample pulled on 28 August 2026. Renovations lead what those customers describe, with decks & pergolas and new builds also coming up. The QBCC register confirmed a current Carpentry licence for the Banya business on 22 August 2026. Zilx Building Solutions is rated 5 stars across 15 Google reviews.

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By the numbers

Carpenters in Sunshine Coast, ranked by verified Google review volume

Every figure below is counted from this page's own register checks and review analysis — 223 reviews read across 9 licence-verified businesses. Ratings are shown as attributed text and link to the source profile.

RankBusinessBase suburbLicence classGoogle ratingMost-mentioned praise
01Sol Coast ConstructionNambourCarpentry5.078 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 42
02Chippy GoatCoolum BeachCarpentry5.050 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 25
03DM Property Maintenance & Carpentry ServicesEudloCarpentry5.021 on GoogleQuality of work · 16
04Stanbridge Construct Pty LtdPacific ParadiseCarpentry4.817 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 11
05Dance constructionsCaloundraCarpentry5.016 on GoogleQuality of work · 8
06Zilx Building SolutionsBanyaCarpentry5.015 on GoogleQuality of work · 13
07Caprice CabinetsCoolum BeachCarpentry5.014 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 8
08C.J Carpentry & Construction QLD (PTY LTD)PomonaCarpentry5.012 on GoogleResponse time · 7
09Coastal PrecisionMaroochydoreCarpentry5.011 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 8

What reviewers praise most

Professional & friendlypraised at 9 of 9 · 130 mentions
Quality of workpraised at 9 of 9 · 115 mentions
Response timepraised at 4 of 9 · 49 mentions
Communicationpraised at 3 of 9 · 32 mentions
Reliable & trustworthypraised at 1 of 9 · 6 mentions
Value & pricingpraised at 1 of 9 · 3 mentions

Licence classes held

Carpentry9 of 9
Coverage and verification dates

9 businesses based across 8 suburbs. Licences all verified on 2026-08-22.

About carpenters in Sunshine Coast

Carpentry and building are separate QBCC classes, and the difference decides who you should be ringing. This page covers a carpenter's scope — framing, decking, stairs, fit-out — not the project management a Builder licence carries. Carpentry sits at schedule 2, part 16, which is not licensable at any value, so the ordinary A$3,300 threshold governs rather than the blanket rule some sites still repeat. Every carpenter below has been checked against the register where the job requires a licence. Prices trace to 2026 Sunshine Coast completed-task data, and span a wide band: a door-hanging callout and a full deck rebuild are not the same trade day.

Outdoor living keeps Sunshine Coast carpentry a year-round trade, not a summer rush: decks, patios and pergolas get built and used in every month here. Coastal exposure shapes materials — near the beachfront, salt air corrodes standard fasteners faster than inland, so carpenters lean toward stainless or hot-dip galvanised fixings, and durable hardwoods outlast treated pine left fully exposed. Queensland's mandatory termite standard, AS 3660.1, applies to every new residential structure here, keeping termite pressure on timber framing high year-round. Decking against a pool surround carries its own layer: QBCC's pool safety standard needs a barrier at least 1,200mm high with a continuous 900mm non-climbable zone, and names deck ledges and steps as climbable objects a design must account for, not fix later. Whether a job needs a licence at all can turn on a separate question — whether the deck or pergola needs building approval, since that decides Home Warranty cover too.

Typical prices in Sunshine Coast

Ranges reflect quotes observed locally — not national averages, not advertised "from" prices.

ServiceTypical range (A$)
Small carpentry job / callout (task rate)
Airtasker's Sunshine Coast carpentry page (airtasker.com/au/services/carpentry/sunshine-coast/, 2026), which states its figures are drawn from completed platform tasks, gives low $104 / median $250 / high $500 across 130 reviews — genuine Sunshine Coast task data, not a scaled guide. Worth flagging: Gold Coast's equivalent page reads almost identically (low $100 / median $250 / high $500, 337 reviews), as does Brisbane's (low $120 / median $260 / high $500, 317 reviews). Each draws on a different, city-tagged pool of completed tasks, so this looks like genuine South East Queensland-wide convergence on basic carpentry callout pricing rather than one figure copied across cities. The identical $500 high in all three is likely Airtasker rounding or capping its displayed upper percentile rather than a coincidence of real prices — the lows and medians still vary independently, which a fixed multiplier would not allow.
A$104 — A$500
Deck construction / repair (task rate)
Airtasker's Sunshine Coast decking page (airtasker.com/au/services/decking/sunshine-coast/, 2026), figures drawn from completed platform tasks, gives low $180 / median $340 / high $700 across 96 reviews; a smaller "timber decking" sub-category on the same page covers larger dedicated builds at $400–$1,197 (median $500, only 4 reviews — a thin sample). These are per-task totals spanning small repairs to full installs, not a per-square-metre rate. Templating test: Gold Coast's equivalent page (low $150 / median $350 / high $650, 211 reviews) and Brisbane's (low $240 / median $500 / high $872, 181 reviews) move independently, not by a fixed ratio — passes.
A$180 — A$700
Timber pergola / patio frame, supply + build
Matches the Brisbane and Gold Coast figure. No Sunshine Coast-specific pergola price survived this session's search: Airtasker has no pergola or patio category page for the Sunshine Coast (both 404), and a genuine local decking business found operating (Sunshine Coast Decking, serving Caloundra to Noosa) publishes no figures on its site, only a quote-request form. Absent a real local number, this restates the established Brisbane/Gold Coast range rather than inventing a local-looking one.
A$3,500 — A$12,000
Hang internal door (task rate, incl. hardware fitting)
Airtasker's Sunshine Coast internal-door-installation page (airtasker.com/au/services/internal-door-installation/sunshine-coast/, 2026), figures drawn from completed platform tasks, gives low $122 / median $220 / high $337 across 17 reviews; listed tasks cover door supply and hanging, hinge and handle fitting, trimming to fit, and old-door removal. Templating test: Gold Coast's equivalent page (low $135 / median $240 / high $390) and Brisbane's (low $150 / median $200 / high $400) move by different, non-proportional amounts — passes.
A$122 — A$337
Custom built-in wardrobe, carpentry (per linear metre)
Matches the Brisbane and Gold Coast figure. No Sunshine Coast-specific built-in joinery price was found this session — Airtasker's Sunshine Coast carpentry page lists a "joinery" sub-category, but with only 3 reviews and no stated scope matching a full wardrobe fit-out, it is too thin a sample to anchor a price on. Restating the established regional range rather than treating that sample as representative. The unit here is per linear metre of robe, not per robe: the sources price joinery that way, and a whole wardrobe is that rate multiplied by its run.
A$1,110 — A$3,010

Common questions

Does my carpentry job need a QBCC licence on the Sunshine Coast?

It comes down to value, not the type of job. Carpentry sits at schedule 2, part 16 of the QBCC Regulation 2018, and building work of $3,300 or less doesn't need a licence unless it falls on a short any-value list — schedule 2, parts 11–14, 18, 19, 36, 51 and 56 — which carpentry is not on. So framing, a deck, stairs or a pergola frame worth more than $3,300 in labour and materials combined needs a licensed carpenter; a small job under that — hanging a door, a minor repair — doesn't need one on its own, though the work still has to meet building standards. One exception worth knowing: a sub-threshold item stays licensable when a licensee carries it out as part of a contract for building work worth more than $3,300 overall, so a job can't be sliced into smaller pieces to dodge the line. Ask for a QBCC licence number on anything over $3,300; every carpenter on this page has been checked against the register.

Does a new deck or pergola need building approval, and does that decide whether Home Warranty applies?

Often, yes — and it's worth separating the two questions. A very low, unroofed deck or a small open structure can be exempt from needing building approval, but a roofed patio, anything taller or larger, or work attached to the house in certain ways usually needs it. QBCC's own guidance ties Home Warranty cover to that approval question directly: insurance is required once a project needs building or plumbing approval on anything attached to the home and its value passes $3,300. That means a small, genuinely exempt deck can sit outside Home Warranty even when it's built by a fully licensed carpenter — exempt from approval isn't the same as unregulated, but it does mean no warranty cover if something goes wrong later. Confirm which category your job falls into with your carpenter or a building certifier before work starts.

What timber and fixings hold up on an exposed Sunshine Coast deck or pergola?

Near the beachfront — Mooloolaba, Coolum, Noosa and similar exposed suburbs — salt-laden air corrodes standard fasteners faster than it does further inland, so carpenters here lean toward stainless steel or hot-dip galvanised screws and brackets rather than standard-grade fittings. Timber choice matters too: durable hardwoods handle sun and humidity better than treated pine left fully exposed, though pine remains a reasonable lower-cost choice for a sheltered or lower-budget job. Whatever the species and fixings, drainage detailing underneath a deck and regular maintenance affect how long it lasts as much as the materials themselves do. Ask your carpenter what grade of fixings they're specifying, not just what timber.

I'm decking around my pool — what pool-safety compliance applies?

Your pool barrier governs the layout, not the other way around. Queensland's pool safety standard requires a barrier at least 1,200mm high with a continuous 900mm non-climbable zone around it, and QBCC's own guidance specifically names deck ledges and steps as climbable objects that have to be removed, repositioned or shielded within that zone — exactly the kind of thing decking against a pool fence creates by default if it isn't designed around the rule. A carpenter building decking near a pool needs to account for this from the layout stage; retrofitting a barrier around decking that already ignores the non-climbable zone is a far more expensive fix than getting it right the first time.

Why does termite risk matter for carpentry work on the Sunshine Coast?

Queensland's mandatory termite management standard, AS 3660.1, applies to every new residential structure built here, and the Sunshine Coast's warm, humid climate keeps subterranean termite activity a year-round risk rather than a seasonal one. That's why a termite management system has to be designed in from the framing stage — subfloor ventilation, ant capping and drainage detailing get as much attention from a good carpenter as the visible timber does. Termite treatment itself is a separate licensed trade from carpentry: a carpenter frames and fixes timber, a licensed pest technician manages the chemical or physical barrier, so a new deck or extension often involves both.

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