MEMBER PROFILE
NEW BEGINNINGS This story is about our journey (of change and discovery) and the people who made it possible. Our story began in the tropical Northern Territory capital city of Darwin, in the industrial area of Winnellie (NT) in DABSCO, a local company proudly serving the NT region since 1966. DABSCO manufactures, supplies and installs large range of home improvement products including glass windows and doors and security screen products. DABSCO is the largest northern Licensee for products such as Bradnams Windows and Doors, Luxaflex Blinds and Crimsafe Security Screens and celebrates over 50 years of family business. Scott Duncan, Allview Windows and Doors Director, had been part of DABSCO since 2002. A carpenter/joiner by trade, Scott quickly built a reputation for loyalty and integrity, not only as a salesperson but as a boss and part of the broader business community. In 2019, after many years of gaining product knowledge and installing experience, including building knowledge through his trade and for the last few years, the person in charge of the day to day running of the business, Scott was approached with an opportunity to run his own Aluminium Window and Door business, in Coffs Harbour, situated on the midnorth coast of NSW. This was an opportunity to become a licensee for Bradnams Windows and Doors and this is where Scott left DABSCO to take up the ownership from the prior owner of Allview Windows and Doors. This is where the next part of the journey began, and all of Scott’s years of experience fell into place.
Our story began in the tropical Northern Territory capital city of Darwin, in the industrial area of Winnellie (NT) in DABSCO, a local company proudly serving the NT region since 1966.
Here is when the reality of what we were about to do began. Lucky me stayed in Darwin for another six months to organise the move, pack up the house, finalise my job and say goodbye to the family! You see, I had lived in Darwin (NT) all my life (well most of it) and Darwin had been home forever. Leaving friends and family behind was really the hardest part. The change was enormous, but the change really did not hit me until I arrived in Coffs Harbour, NSW. In October 2019, Scott became a Bradnams Windows and Doors Licensed Fabricator and we bought Allview Windows and Doors in Coffs Harbour. We put our savings into the new business and committed ourselves to being the masters of our own destiny, then the COVID-19 pandemic hit us, and we really started to worry, had we made the best decision?
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