Every business below is checked against the QBCC licence register and ranked by quantified Google-review themes — never by who paid.
Based in Landsborough
In Landsborough, Ascent Building Solutions has been on Google since May 2015, with the earliest review landing there over a decade ago. The QBCC register confirmed its Roof and Wall Cladding licence as current on 22 August 2026. As of 28 August 2026, the roofer holds 4.5 stars across 17 Google reviews, with customers most often describing roof replacement work.
Based in Maroochy River
At Brownlow Built, customers keep naming more than one person, with someone on the office side among them — the shape of a small crew rather than a lone operator. Roof replacement is what customers talk about most, ahead of roof repairs and metal roofing, in the 20 reviews analysed as of 28 August 2026. The owner wrote back to all 20 customers who left feedback. The QBCC register confirmed a current Roof and Wall Cladding licence on 22 August 2026. 5 stars across 21 Google reviews.
Based in Sippy Downs
Customers most often bring up roof replacement at Eternal Building and Roofing Solutions Pty Ltd, with roof repairs and gutters & downpipes also coming up in the sample (reviews analysed as of 28 August 2026). The same tradesperson is named repeatedly, suggesting a one-person operation. On 22 August 2026 the QBCC register showed the Sippy Downs roofer holding a current Roof and Wall Cladding licence. 5 stars across 12 Google reviews.
Based in Corbould Park
Customers at Excalibur Roofing mention several people, including someone who handles bookings, suggesting a team rather than a solo operator. Roof repairs are the job customers talk about most, with leak repairs and roof replacement also coming up. The earliest review on the company's Google profile goes back to August 2018, and 22 of the 84 reviews analysed were left in the past year. When checked on 22 August 2026, the QBCC register showed the Corbould Park business with a current licence covering two classes: Roof Tiling and Roof and Wall Cladding. It holds 4.9 stars across 87 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026.
Based in Nambour
Customers of Fly Roofing keep naming the same single tradesperson, which points to the owner handling the work rather than a crew. Roof repairs lead the topics customers talk about, with tiled roofing and roof replacement mentioned as well. The owner writes back to 32 of the 50 customers whose feedback was sampled. On 22 August 2026 the QBCC register confirmed the Nambour roofer's licence as current, covering Roof Tiling and Roof and Wall Cladding. The business holds 4.7 stars across 55 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026.
Based in Coolum Beach
Ionclad's Google rating of 5 stars comes from 20 reviews, as of 28 August 2026. The people who hired this Coolum Beach roofer most often talk about the quality of the work; reliability and a friendly manner also come up. Feedback keeps naming the same single tradesperson, which reads like an owner doing the work themselves. The QBCC register showed a current Roof and Wall Cladding licence on 22 August 2026.
Based in Palmwoods
In Palmwoods, Lifestyle Image Roofing has earned 4.9 stars across 26 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026. The owner writes back to 19 of the 23 customers whose feedback was analysed. Roof replacement is what customers describe most often, with tiled roofing and repairs also mentioned. The QBCC register confirmed its Roof and Wall Cladding licence as current on 22 August 2026.
Based in Mountain Creek
Customers of Metal Armour Roofing most often talk about roof replacement, with roof repairs and insurance & storm damage also coming up. Every one of the 15 customers who left feedback got a personal reply from the owner, and the Mountain Creek roofer holds a current QBCC licence in Roof and Wall Cladding, confirmed on 22 August 2026. The business is rated 5 stars across 15 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026.
Based in Bli Bli
Customers at Queensland Master Roofing most often bring up restoration & coating work, and the same tradesperson keeps being named in their feedback — the owner appears to handle the work directly. Google shows 4.7 stars across 12 reviews as of 28 August 2026. The QBCC register confirmed a current Roof Tiling licence for the Bli Bli business on 22 August 2026.
Based in Forest Glen
Customers most often bring up roof replacement at REP Roofing, with insurance and storm damage also coming up regularly, based on Google reviews analysed on 28 August 2026. The business, based in Forest Glen, has a 4.4-star rating across 11 Google reviews. The QBCC register showed a current Roof and Wall Cladding licence for the business on 22 August 2026.
Based in Doonan
In Doonan, Saltwater Roofing is the roofer whose customers most often talk about roof replacement, with leak repairs and gutters & downpipes also coming up (reviews analysed as of 28 August 2026). More than one person gets named in feedback, office staff among them, so it looks like a team with someone on the desk. The oldest Google review for this business is from September 2022, and the QBCC register showed a current Roof and Wall Cladding licence when checked on 22 August 2026. It holds 5 stars across 51 Google reviews.
Based in Maroochy River
Customers at SRV Roofing keep naming the same roofer, which suggests the owner handles the work personally. The owner also writes back to most of the customers who leave feedback. Roof replacement and roof repairs come up equally often in what customers describe. The earliest Google review for this Maroochy River business is from April 2024, and its QBCC licence, covering Roof Tiling and Roof and Wall Cladding, was confirmed current on 22 August 2026. As of 28 August 2026, SRV Roofing holds 5 stars across 10 Google reviews.
By the numbers
Every figure below is counted from this page's own register checks and review analysis — 306 reviews read across 12 licence-verified businesses. Ratings are shown as attributed text and link to the source profile.
| Rank | Business | Base suburb | Licence class | Google rating | Most-mentioned praise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Excalibur Roofing | Corbould Park | Roof Tiling · Roof and Wall Cladding | 4.987 on Google | Professional & friendly · 43 |
| 02 | Fly Roofing | Nambour | Roof Tiling · Roof and Wall Cladding | 4.755 on Google | Quality of work · 21 |
| 03 | Saltwater Roofing | Doonan | Roof and Wall Cladding | 5.051 on Google | Professional & friendly · 26 |
| 04 | Lifestyle Image Roofing | Palmwoods | Roof and Wall Cladding | 4.926 on Google | Professional & friendly · 12 |
| 05 | Brownlow Built | Maroochy River | Roof and Wall Cladding | 5.021 on Google | Response time · 10 |
| 06 | Ionclad | Coolum Beach | Roof and Wall Cladding | 5.020 on Google | Quality of work · 13 |
| 07 | Ascent Building Solutions | Landsborough | Roof and Wall Cladding | 4.517 on Google | Professional & friendly · 9 |
| 08 | Metal Armour Roofing | Mountain Creek | Roof and Wall Cladding | 5.015 on Google | Quality of work · 10 |
| 09 | Eternal Building and Roofing Solutions Pty Ltd | Sippy Downs | Roof and Wall Cladding | 5.012 on Google | Quality of work · 7 |
| 10 | Queensland Master Roofing | Bli Bli | Roof Tiling | 4.712 on Google | Quality of work · 8 |
| 11 | REP Roofing | Forest Glen | Roof and Wall Cladding | 4.411 on Google | Professional & friendly · 6 |
| 12 | SRV Roofing | Maroochy River | Roof Tiling · Roof and Wall Cladding | 5.010 on Google | Quality of work · 5 |
What reviewers praise most
Licence classes held
12 businesses based across 11 suburbs. Licences all verified on 2026-08-22.
About roofers in Sunshine Coast
What a roof here has to survive changes with the postcode. Along the Mooloolaba–Noosa strip, salt-laden air ages sheeting and fixings faster than it does inland around Nambour, and that gap decides coating grade and fastener spec before anyone talks price. Storm season from November to April drives much of the local trade, with insurance-funded repairs following every big system. Which QBCC class a job needs follows the material — Roof Tiling for tiled roofs, Roof and Wall Cladding for metal — and every roofer below has been register-checked. Prices are split by job: restoration, a per-square-metre re-roof and a leak repair are not comparable numbers.
Sunshine Coast-specific roofing realities: the trade here runs on two drivers. The November–April storm season brings damaging wind and hail, and afterwards roofers are booked out for weeks on insurance-funded repairs — tie-downs, flashings, gutters and downpipes all get tested at once. Distance from the surf is the other driver: the Coast runs roughly 60km of coastline from Pelican Waters to Tewantin, and Mooloolaba, Coolum and Noosa face the open sea directly, so salt-laden air corrodes roof sheeting and fasteners faster there than around hinterland centres like Nambour and Maleny — coastal specification guides step up coating and fixing grade the closer a roof sits to the breakers. Housing age tracks the same split: older seaside-shack and post-war stock from the region's 1950s–70s holiday boom is more often concrete or terracotta tile, while newer coastal estates lean heavily on Colorbond-style metal — worth knowing before pricing a restoration against a re-roof.
Typical prices in Sunshine Coast
Ranges reflect quotes observed locally — not national averages, not advertised "from" prices.
| Service | Typical range (A$) |
|---|---|
Tile roof restoration (clean, re-bed/re-point ridges, re-coat) Matches the Brisbane figure. SRV Roofing, a Sunshine Coast-only roofer, publishes a dedicated 2026 Sunshine Coast restoration price guide that explicitly declines to state a figure, arguing pitch, access, repair extent and ridge-capping condition vary too much for an honest online estimate. No other Sunshine Coast-only roofer publishes a restoration price either. | A$3,000 — A$8,500 |
Metal (Colorbond-style) re-roof, supply + install (per m²) Matches the Brisbane figure. No genuine Sunshine Coast per-m² rate was found: one local roofer's own online estimator gives size-tiered 'from' prices for a metal roof but doesn't say whether that covers new construction or re-roofing an existing home, or whether removing the old roof is included, so it can't be read as a like-for-like re-roof rate. SRV Roofing, a Sunshine Coast-only roofer, separately states a whole-job re-roofing range without splitting it by material or size — used directly in the total-job figure below instead. | A$80 — A$180 |
Concrete tile re-roof, supply + install (per m²) Matches the Brisbane figure; no Sunshine Coast-specific supply-and-install quote for tile re-roofing was found among the Sunshine Coast-only roofers checked, or elsewhere. | A$150 — A$200 |
Full re-roof (metal or tile), typical home — total job, material/size not split SRV Roofing, a Sunshine Coast-only roofer, publishes its own 2026 estimate: 'Sunshine Coast re-roofing ranges from $12,000 to $35,000+', driven by roof size, pitch, access and material, without splitting the figure by material or size. GST is not stated. Included here as a genuine local total-job figure alongside the per-m² lines above, which it can't be reconciled against directly since it isn't broken down the same way. | A$12,000 — A$35,000 |
Roof leak repair / minor repair Matches the Brisbane figure. None of the Sunshine Coast-only roofers checked publish leak-repair-specific pricing. A national completed-task marketplace's Sunshine Coast roofing page lists real job prices, but mixes leak fixes with unrelated small jobs — a $30 aerial fix, a $7,000 patio roof repair, a $5 'roof repair' — too widely scoped to isolate a genuine like-for-like leak-repair figure. | A$250 — A$900 |
Gutter replacement, supply + install (per lineal metre) Matches the Brisbane figure. None of the Sunshine Coast-only roofers checked publish gutter-replacement pricing (two list gutter repair/maintenance service pages with no price). A national completed-task marketplace prices gutter cleaning ($180–$300) and gutter-guard installation ($267–$473) for the Sunshine Coast specifically, but not new guttering replacement — a different job, so not used here. | A$45 — A$80 |
Common questions
It depends on the roof's condition, not its age. A restoration — pressure-clean, replace broken tiles, re-bed and re-point the ridge capping, re-coat — suits a tile roof that's structurally sound but weathered, and costs far less than a full re-roof. A re-roof is warranted when tiles or sheets are failing outright, rust or cracking is widespread, leaks keep recurring, or you're changing material entirely — common here when an older tile roof is switched to Colorbond. A licensed roofer should inspect the battens, sarking and structure, not just the surface, before recommending one over the other; get more than one opinion before committing to the bigger spend.
Distance from the surf changes the maintenance clock. Salt-laden air corrodes roof sheeting, screws and flashings faster the closer a roof sits to the open coast, so a Mooloolaba or Noosa roof generally needs more frequent inspection and a higher-grade coating or fixing than one at Nambour or Maleny, even at the same age. It also affects material choice: many newer coastal builds default to Colorbond-style metal, partly because a quality factory-applied coating handles that salt exposure more predictably than an ageing tile roof's mortar and glazing. If your roof faces the open sea directly, ask what coating or fastener grade your roofer is specifying and why, rather than assuming a standard spec is enough.
From the ground, look for lifted or missing sheets, dislodged or cracked ridge caps, hail dents in metal, bent or overflowing gutters, and any new water stains on ceilings or in eaves. Don't climb a wet or storm-damaged roof yourself — it's dangerous, especially on a high-set home. Book a licensed roofer to inspect before the next downpour, because a small dislodged flashing or ridge cap lets water in fast once rain returns. Storm damage is often insurable, so photograph everything and check your policy; a reputable roofer can quote against an insurance claim rather than a straight cash job.
For roofing work over $3,300 in labour and materials, yes, and the class depends on the material: Roof Tiling for tiled roofs, Roof and Wall Cladding for metal roofing and cladding such as Colorbond. Matching the class to the work matters — a licence for one doesn't automatically cover the other. Roofing isn't on the short list of trades that need a licence at any value, so a genuinely small job can sit under that line, but the exemption doesn't apply once the work is part of a larger contract worth more than $3,300, so a job can't be sliced up to dodge it. Ask for the licence number and check the class on the free QBCC register before paying a deposit.
Re-roofing is usually priced per square metre for the sheeting or tiles, but the total job also carries pitch, access, insulation upgrades, new battens and removal of the old roof — and those vary a lot house to house. One Sunshine Coast roofer's own published estimate for local re-roofing spans roughly $12,000 to $35,000-plus without splitting by material or size, which gives a sense of how wide the honest range really is before a quote is scoped to your actual roof. Ask each quote to itemise what it assumes about access, old-roof removal and battens; that's usually where two numbers that look far apart turn out to be pricing the same job differently, not one of them being wrong.
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