Property Description
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Location:
Gold City welding is located on the southwestern side of town in an industrial area surrounding by other businesses.
About Charters Towers:
Charters Towers accesses all the services of a regional town with a population of approximately 10,000 people. Charters Towers experiences a tropical semi-arid climate, with a short-wet season and a long dry season. For most of the year it has cooler nights and lower humidity. The average rainfall is 650 millimetres of rain per year.
Schooling, both primary and secondary, are a feature of the Charters Towers community with the town having three Private Schools, a State High School and three State Primary Schools. Charters Towers is an historic town established in the gold rush of the 1880’s and today still services a large Gold & Coal Mining industry with mines close by such as Ravenswood Gold, Pajingo and Bravus. Aswell the mines it services a very large grazing industry of the Dalrymple Shire and other outside towns and shires. For cattleman, the weekly liveweight selling centre in Charters Towers, Live Export and the Townsville meatworks are all considerations of this location. Just down the road (120km) is the vibrant city of Townsville which has a population of approximately 200,000 people. Townsville has a diverse manufacturing industry, a major hospital, a university and other additional opportunities for employment, business, and higher education.
Area & Tenure:
Freehold – 1.41 ha (3.48 acres)
Zoning – Industry
Land Use – Builders Yard, Contractors Yard
About Gold City Welding Pty Ltd:
Gold city welding Pty Ltd was established in 1989 by Mark & Tracey Crouch. It all started out in a small shed when Mark decided to go out on his own way back when after having worked for his father Ray Crouch of Ray Crouch Industries since school, and slowly built the business up to what is today. Gold City Welding specialises in metal fabrication and can make and build just about anything when it comes to steel. They have serviced the Rural, Industrial, Mining and Commercial industries making all sorts of things throughout the years.
Some of the things that they have done and are capable of building include-
- Stick rakes, Blade Ploughs, Scrub canopies
- Molasses tanks, fuel tanks
- Cattle Crates, Flat top & Step deck trailers
- Drilling rigs, Rod slews, Hydraulic lifting platforms plus more
- Making Mining equipment such as Crushers
- Chassis extensions, bull bars, trays, toolboxes
- Specialist parts and jigs using computer systems
- Sandblasting and painting
- Truck & Car Panel repairs
- Sheds designed & built
- Construction beams and bearers
They are a one stop shop for everything to do with metal fabrication. They have a loyal customer base and repeat clients in all different industry types. They are always booked up with work and there is no shortage of demand for their services.
Mark wishes to stay on with the new owners as a foreman / consultant on a casual basis of two three short days per week. He remains in love with the work and the business but needs to find more time for other things in life and doesn’t want the day to day running responsibilities of the business anymore. Mark has a very extensive list of specialist skills and knowledge plus licenses that are invaluable to the new owners. Mark wants to ensure the new owner/s have a smooth transition into this business and are successful from day one of ownership. It has been his lifetime achievement to steer Gold City Welding this far and he looks forward to helping guide the new owner/s into a successful future.
Staff:
Currently is run by the owners/directors working in the business and four other staff members, a total of six staff members on wages.
Stock:
Any stock will be included in the purchase (cutting blades, wire, punches, leftover materials etc). This does not include materials that the customers have purchased for their jobs.
Gold city welding has started doing jobs by which the customers pay for their materials and Gold City welding charges for their time and labour only. This has been to reduce the stress of carrying material overhead costs.
Plant & Equipment:
The business is being offered for sale with an extensive list of plant and equipment. This list will be provided to serious buyers upon application.
Land & Building:
The buildings are located on a 1.41 ha or 3.48 acres of Freehold Land in a quiet well-located area on the outskirts of Town surrounded by other industrial businesses. This type of zoned land and size are quite hard to come by in Charters Towers as there are not many available.
The property has two very large sheds.
Shed 1 – is 20 metres wide x 27 metres long and has three nine metre bays each one is used for a specific task (sandblasting, painting and storage).
Shed 2 – is the main workshop shed. It is 27 metres wide x 45.5 metres long. It has two drive thru bays with the height clearance capable of handling double decker cattle crates or Torliner height trailers. It has 7 bays in total. Built inside one end of the workshop there is three offices, a storeroom, shower & toilet. It is well setup shed, and purpose built for its requirements.
Donga – Included in the sale will also be a good quality self-contained donga, which has been rented out to workers and outside parties for another source of income. It has a shower, toilet and aircon and small kitchenette.
Electricity, Solar system & Mains water:
The property has three phase mains power connected to the buildings. As well there is an extensive solar system on the roof of the main workshop rated at approximately 15.4 KW system. It has 56 x 275W JA Solar Panels, a 10-year product warranty and a 25-year Performance Warranty. It is estimated to produce 28,0000 kWh, saving around approximately $8,400 dollars per year at the current electricity prices. This was installed in 2018.
The property has mains water connected, which is treated, filtered quality drinking water.
Reliable Sales & Income:
Financial information and figures are available upon completion of a confidentiality agreement.
Agents Comments:
Gold City Welding is a very successful, well supported metal fabricating business, with big workshop sheds, a large list of Plant & Machinery, on a very large block of industrial land. It is setup ready for a buyer to continue working from day one. Being offered as a walk-in walk-out sale this sale provides everything the new owner/s need with the rare benefit of ongoing support and training from one of the current owners. This business has been operating for the last 35 years and is a well-loved and supported by the locals, miners and graziers. It’s a testament to the quality of there work.
Disclaimer: The above report has been prepared by Slaney & Co based on information supplied by the property/business owner and other credible sources. Every endeavour has been made to verify its accuracy. Whilst we trust the information to be correct, we make no warranties nor guarantees, and prospective purchasers must rely on their own enquiries & research. © Slaney & Co
Location:
Gold City welding is located on the southwestern side of town in an industrial area surrounding by other businesses.
About Charters Towers:
Charters Towers accesses all the services of a regional town with a population of approximately 10,000 people. Charters Towers experiences a tropical semi-arid climate, with a short-wet season and a long dry season. For most of the year it has cooler nights and lower humidity. The average rainfall is 650 millimetres of rain per year.
Schooling, both primary and secondary, are a feature of the Charters Towers community with the town having three Private Schools, a State High School and three State Primary Schools. Charters Towers is an historic town established in the gold rush of the 1880’s and today still services a large Gold & Coal Mining industry with mines close by such as Ravenswood Gold, Pajingo and Bravus. Aswell the mines it services a very large grazing industry of the Dalrymple Shire and other outside towns and shires. For cattleman, the weekly liveweight selling centre in Charters Towers, Live Export and the Townsville meatworks are all considerations of this location. Just down the road (120km) is the vibrant city of Townsville which has a population of approximately 200,000 people. Townsville has a diverse manufacturing industry, a major hospital, a university and other additional opportunities for employment, business, and higher education.
Area & Tenure:
Freehold – 1.41 ha (3.48 acres)
Zoning – Industry
Land Use – Builders Yard, Contractors Yard
About Gold City Welding Pty Ltd:
Gold city welding Pty Ltd was established in 1989 by Mark & Tracey Crouch. It all started out in a small shed when Mark decided to go out on his own way back when after having worked for his father Ray Crouch of Ray Crouch Industries since school, and slowly built the business up to what is today. Gold City Welding specialises in metal fabrication and can make and build just about anything when it comes to steel. They have serviced the Rural, Industrial, Mining and Commercial industries making all sorts of things throughout the years.
Some of the things that they have done and are capable of building include-
- Stick rakes, Blade Ploughs, Scrub canopies
- Molasses tanks, fuel tanks
- Cattle Crates, Flat top & Step deck trailers
- Drilling rigs, Rod slews, Hydraulic lifting platforms plus more
- Making Mining equipment such as Crushers
- Chassis extensions, bull bars, trays, toolboxes
- Specialist parts and jigs using computer systems
- Sandblasting and painting
- Truck & Car Panel repairs
- Sheds designed & built
- Construction beams and bearers
They are a one stop shop for everything to do with metal fabrication. They have a loyal customer base and repeat clients in all different industry types. They are always booked up with work and there is no shortage of demand for their services.
Mark wishes to stay on with the new owners as a foreman / consultant on a casual basis of two three short days per week. He remains in love with the work and the business but needs to find more time for other things in life and doesn’t want the day to day running responsibilities of the business anymore. Mark has a very extensive list of specialist skills and knowledge plus licenses that are invaluable to the new owners. Mark wants to ensure the new owner/s have a smooth transition into this business and are successful from day one of ownership. It has been his lifetime achievement to steer Gold City Welding this far and he looks forward to helping guide the new owner/s into a successful future.
Staff:
Currently is run by the owners/directors working in the business and four other staff members, a total of six staff members on wages.
Stock:
Any stock will be included in the purchase (cutting blades, wire, punches, leftover materials etc). This does not include materials that the customers have purchased for their jobs.
Gold city welding has started doing jobs by which the customers pay for their materials and Gold City welding charges for their time and labour only. This has been to reduce the stress of carrying material overhead costs.
Plant & Equipment:
The business is being offered for sale with an extensive list of plant and equipment. This list will be provided to serious buyers upon application.
Land & Building:
The buildings are located on a 1.41 ha or 3.48 acres of Freehold Land in a quiet well-located area on the outskirts of Town surrounded by other industrial businesses. This type of zoned land and size are quite hard to come by in Charters Towers as there are not many available.
The property has two very large sheds.
Shed 1 – is 20 metres wide x 27 metres long and has three nine metre bays each one is used for a specific task (sandblasting, painting and storage).
Shed 2 – is the main workshop shed. It is 27 metres wide x 45.5 metres long. It has two drive thru bays with the height clearance capable of handling double decker cattle crates or Torliner height trailers. It has 7 bays in total. Built inside one end of the workshop there is three offices, a storeroom, shower & toilet. It is well setup shed, and purpose built for its requirements.
Donga – Included in the sale will also be a good quality self-contained donga, which has been rented out to workers and outside parties for another source of income. It has a shower, toilet and aircon and small kitchenette.
Electricity, Solar system & Mains water:
The property has three phase mains power connected to the buildings. As well there is an extensive solar system on the roof of the main workshop rated at approximately 15.4 KW system. It has 56 x 275W JA Solar Panels, a 10-year product warranty and a 25-year Performance Warranty. It is estimated to produce 28,0000 kWh, saving around approximately $8,400 dollars per year at the current electricity prices. This was installed in 2018.
The property has mains water connected, which is treated, filtered quality drinking water.
Reliable Sales & Income:
Financial information and figures are available upon completion of a confidentiality agreement.
Agents Comments:
Gold City Welding is a very successful, well supported metal fabricating business, with big workshop sheds, a large list of Plant & Machinery, on a very large block of industrial land. It is setup ready for a buyer to continue working from day one. Being offered as a walk-in walk-out sale this sale provides everything the new owner/s need with the rare benefit of ongoing support and training from one of the current owners. This business has been operating for the last 35 years and is a well-loved and supported by the locals, miners and graziers. It’s a testament to the quality of there work.