On the Queensland side, builders hold a QBCC licence, and the QBCC treats a website the same as a newspaper ad or a ute door. The QBCC's advertising page asks for your licensed name, a statement that you're licensed under the QBCC Act and the licence number, easy to read; a trading name by itself will most likely fall short. Online service directories count as advertising too, so the details on your website, your Facebook page and any directory listing should agree. You can link to the QBCC's site, but its logo can't go on your own material.
Home warranty questions come up early with new-home clients. The Queensland Home Warranty Scheme covers an owner if a licensed contractor doesn't complete the job or fix defects, the premium is built into the contract price and collected as part of the deposit, and work on buildings of more than three storeys isn't insurable under it. The QBCC also warns owners not to pay more, or earlier, than the contract says, because that can affect their eligibility under the scheme. If you'd like a page on how your deposits and progress claims work, link it to the QBCC's guidance rather than paraphrasing the rules.
The City of Gold Coast is Queensland's second most populous council area after Brisbane. It borders Tweed Shire and New South Wales to the south, the Scenic Rim to the west, and Logan and Redland to the north. In the north, Pimpama station opened on 20 October 2025 between Ormeau and Coomera, the first new station on the Gold Coast in 16 years, and the state government said at the time that Hope Island and Merrimac stations were under construction. If estate homes or knockdown-rebuilds in those suburbs are your work, name them on the site.
South of the border the rules change. The NSW Government's guidance on building trade advertisements says you need a contractor licence to advertise residential building work above a set value, and that the licensee's name and licence number must appear in all advertising, the internet included. A builder working both sides of Coolangatta and Tweed Heads should show both licences, labelled by state.
We're an Adelaide team at Hutt St, and we build for Gold Coast builders by phone and email; nobody needs to visit your office or a site. Tell us which part of the coast you work, which build types you want more of and whether you cross into NSW, and send a set of project photos. We send a draft you can look at between site meetings, and you pay once you approve it.