CBB
Hobart, TAS
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How it's calculated: a transparent, evidence-weighted score — identity & longevity from the public ABN register, reputation from verified Google reviews, and consistency from cross-checking independent platforms. Grades are proportional to the evidence. Where we search the register and can't confirm a business, the identity check scores zero rather than being quietly left out — so a firm we couldn't verify never outranks one we could. Longevity stays unscored in that case, because without a registration date there's nothing to measure.
Our honest take
We'll be blunt, because this is what we'd tell a friend: don't hire this outfit, and above all don't hand over money up front. The 2.3 rating actually flatters the record — of the twenty most recent Google reviews we pulled, nineteen are one-star, and they don't describe twenty different problems. They describe the same problem, over and over, across five years: a quote is given, a deposit is requested 'for materials', the deposit is paid, and the roofer never comes back. Reviewers describe unanswered calls and texts, jobs abandoned half-done, one customer's house keys never returned, and having to pay a second roofer to finish or fix the work.
These are allegations from reviewers, not court findings, and we can't independently verify any single account. But the sheer consistency matters: independent people, years apart, describing an identical sequence. One reviewer states the business was under investigation by CBOS (Tasmania's building and consumer regulator); another says they've taken legal action. Several name Cameron as the person they dealt with. We found no website, no verifiable business registration, and no second review platform where a different story might live.
In fairness, the record isn't uniformly bleak on workmanship itself: the single five-star review praises a prompt, well-communicated, same-day repair, and another reviewer says her first job with him was faultless — before her second ended with an upfront payment and an unfinished job. That pattern suggests someone capable of decent work when he turns up. But 'capable when he turns up' is not a standard you should pay a deposit against, and of the Hobart roofers we've reviewed, this is the clearest avoid on the list.
Reputation across the web New
The same firm, checked across platforms
⚑ Serious, repeated allegations: deposits paid, work never done
Across five years of Google reviews, more than a dozen separate reviewers allege the same thing: they paid an upfront deposit — typically 'for materials' — and the roofer never returned, stopped answering calls, and kept the money. One reviewer reports a CBOS (Consumer, Building and Occupational Services) investigation; another reports taking legal action; one says property keys were never returned. These are unverified individual accounts, not findings by a court or regulator, but the volume and consistency of the pattern is unlike anything else among the Hobart roofers we've reviewed. If you deal with this outfit at all, pay nothing before completion.
Business registration
No verified ABN on file
We couldn't match CBB to a single ABN on the public register with confidence. Rather than show a number we're unsure of, we've left it blank — and the identity check scores 0 out of 25 in their Trust Score, which is why it sits below firms we could verify. We couldn't verify any business registration for this outfit, and we tried hard. There's no active TAS registration under 'CBB' that matches a Hobart roofer — the only Tasmanian 'CBB' entities on the Australian Business Register are a contracting-and-developments group in Somerset on the north-west coast, which appears to be an entirely unrelated business, and we won't tar them with this listing's reviews. One reviewer names the man behind CBB as Cameron Blake Browne; an ABN does exist under that exact personal name, but it sits in Victoria, was only reactivated in May 2026, carries no registered business names and no GST registration — and we can't confirm it's the same person, so we don't count it. Bottom line: no verifiable trading entity, which for a firm with this review record is itself a warning sign.
Checked against the official Australian Business Register (abr.business.gov.au). A business can trade legitimately without a registered business name matching its trading name, so this isn't a mark against them — but it's worth asking for their ABN before you engage. If this is your business, claim this listing to add your ABN and we'll verify it.
What they're actually known for New
Ranked by what customers mention — not a self-declared list
Who you'll actually deal with
Cameron — a one-man operation
Every account we've read points to a single operator: a man named Cameron, who quotes the jobs, takes the calls (at first), and does whatever work gets done. One reviewer gives his full name as Cameron Blake Browne — that's their statement, not something we could confirm against a business register, because no verifiable registration for this operation exists under 'CBB' in Tasmania. There's no team, no office, and the Argyle Street address on the listing is just a street name; one reviewer says the address once advertised 'appears to be non existent'.
The one-man structure explains both halves of the record. The five-star reviewer got the good version: fast callback, photos with the quote, job done by mid-afternoon. Everyone else describes what happens when the same single point of contact simply stops answering — there is no company behind him to complain to, no office to walk into, and no registered entity we could find to pursue. That's the real risk profile here, independent of any individual allegation.
Best for
- Honestly, nobody — on the evidence we have, we can't describe a customer this operation is a safe choice for
- If you're determined anyway: only a small repair with strictly zero money up front and payment on completed, inspected work
- Only proceed after sighting a current licence, insurance certificate and a verifiable ABN in writing — none of which we could find
Less suited for
- Anyone asked to pay a deposit 'for materials' before work starts — this is the exact pattern nearly every complaint describes
- Any job big enough to hurt if it's abandoned half-done — multiple reviewers paid a second roofer to finish or redo the work
- Anyone who needs a traceable business behind the handshake — there's no website, no confirmed registration, and no second review platform
Before you commit
Five questions worth asking
- What is your ABN and registered business name, and can you show me the record on ABN Lookup before we discuss the job?
- Can you show me your current Tasmanian licence and public liability insurance certificate?
- Will you accept full payment only on completion, with no deposit of any kind? (If the answer is no, walk away.)
- Can you give me the addresses and phone numbers of two recent customers whose jobs you completed?
- Reviewers mention a CBOS investigation — what's the status of that, and what would you say to the complaints on your Google listing?
Bottom line
We don't say this often, but here it's unavoidable: the review record — a five-year pattern of near-identical allegations of taken deposits and vanished work, with no verifiable business registration behind the name — makes this the clearest avoid of the Hobart roofers we've reviewed. If you're already out of pocket, contact CBOS Tasmania and consider the Magistrates Court's minor civil claims process.
Assessed by the editorial team at AustralianRoofers.com from public Google Business Profile data, the firm's own website, and the ABN register. Not a paid placement.
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